Essay on Themes of House on Mango Street, and The Bluest Eye

Disturbing Themes of House on Mango Street, and The Bluest Eye Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago and grew up in Illinois, the only girl in a family of seven. Cisneros is noted for her collection of poems and books that concentrate on the Chicana experience in the United States. In her writing, Cisneros explores and transcends borders of location, ethnicity, gender and language. Cisneros writes in lyrical yet deceptively simple language, she makes the invisible visible by centering on the lives of Chicanas, their relationships with their families, their religion, their art, and their politics. Toni Morrison, born as Chloe Anthony Wofford in Ohio in 1931 changed her name because it was hard for people to pronounce it. She was the†¦show more content†¦The plot in The Bluest Eye is the tragedy of Pecola Breedlove, an African-American girl whose fondest wish is to miraculously awaken one day with blue eyes, thinking that perhaps it will make her mother attentive and her father loving: It had occurred to Pecola †¦ that if those eyes of hers were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different†¦. If she looked different, beautiful, maybe Cholly would be different and Mrs. Breedlove too. Maybe they’d say, Why, look at pretty-eyed Peola. We mustn’t do bad things in front of those pretty eyes (Morrison 46). Pecola’s misery is so complete, so deep, that she convinces herself that her only hope for a better life rests in changing her eye color. Even more pathetically, Each night, without fail, she prayed for blue eyes †¦ Although somewhat discouraged, she was not without hope (Morrison 46). Pecola was doubly tragic in that she placed all her hope in something which could never really happen and, despite her earnest belief, change nothing if it did. Morrison contrasts Pecola’s home life is crippled and crippling (Morrison 210): her mother is cold and distant, her father is an alcoholic who rapes her and impregnates her when she is barely twelve years old. Although Claudia’s family is neither rich nor terribly close, her provide for and protect her and her elder sister Frieda. Claudia findsShow MoreRelatedComparative Essay : Bluest Eye And The House On Mango Street1981 Words   |  8 PagesCOMPARATIVE ESSAY ON BLUEST EYE AND THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET â€Å"The Bluest Eye† is an English novel written by Toni Morison. The novel â€Å"The House on Mango Street† is written by Sandra Cisneros. These two novels have a number of similarities. The novel â€Å"The House on Mango Street†, revolves around a young girl and her struggle to fit the perplex bits of her personality, sexuality, ethnicity, sex, monetary status and social legacy. These features become possibly the most important factor as Esperanza