There is only one option for homework this week: this one!
Read the following selection, a short story called a vignette, by Sandra Cisneros from her book House on Mango Street. You'll find the assignment questions below!
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In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.
It was my great-grandmother's name and now it is mine. She was a horse woman too, born like me in the Chinese year of the horse--which is supposed to be bad luck if you're born female-but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong.
My great-grandmother. I would've liked to have known her, a wild, horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn't marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier. That's the way he did it.
And the story goes she never forgave him. She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be. Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window.
At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth. But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver, not quite as thick as sister's name Magdalena--which is uglier than mine. Magdalena who at least- -can come home and become Nenny. But I am always Esperanza. would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees. Esperanza as Lisandra or Maritza or Zeze the X. Yes. Something like Zeze the X will do.
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Assignment: Answer the following comprehension questions. Remember to answer each question using a complete sentence. ("Her dad" is not a complete sentence. "Esperanza is named after her dad" is.) Then, read the "Think Deeper" questions. Choose ONE and a prepare a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) that answers the question. Remember to follow the structure we've been practicing in class for your paragraph. Publish the answers to the questions and your paragraph in the comment section below.
Comprehension Questions:
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
Think Deeper
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
What does her namesake's story tell you about the status of women in Latino society?
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteEsperanza was named after her great grandmother.
*2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
Esperanza found shameful that other people in her school pronounced funny her name.
**Think Deeper
*Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
We all know the authors have the hard duty of express emotions across the letters. In this case he was dealing with a character exploring the origins of her name and the meaning of it for her so it would be boring for us as readers if we only see her talking about the name of her grand mother that have no meaning at all like Katherinne or Antonia. Where are the emotion on that? So, to avoid that, he give her a name with an actual meaning so we can feel interesting for her and also star asking ourselve what our name mean for us and maybe what that name mean for our parents (The ones who gave us our names).
1- After who was named Esperanza?
DeleteAfter his grandmother who was named Esperanza.
2- What did you find burdensome and shameful on their name Esperanza?
The name of Hope in Spanish means of burdensome way, sadness, hope and embarrassing, a woman horse also born in the Chinese year I, so wild he would never marry, bad luck if female.
3- What kind of name Esperanza as you would by itself?
But in Spanish my name is made of a softer something, like silver, it is not as thick as the name Cupcake sister, but I'm always Hope. We would baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, which nobody sees. Esperanza as Lisandra or Maritza.
4- Why could Cisneros (author) chose this name for your character? What could represent his name?
The style in which the novel is written by Cisneros as antipoetic invented to glorify and embody elements generally seen as boring and even ugly. Cisneros uses a series of sketches, which can be seen as short poems, sometimes equipped with internal rhyme, or together, as chapters that make up the narrative of the life of Hope. What does the name Esperanza? Represents the name and meaning of it from his grandmother, I inherited his name, but I do not want to inherit his place by the window.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteAfter the death of her great-grandmother.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
That her name in Spanish is just a set of words, and in her school her classmates mispronounce it.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
Another that identifies her more like Zeze the X.
Cisneros American writer of Mexican parents maybe chose this name for her protagonist to make the contrast between two cultures and two languages. When the protagonist talks about the origin of her name she shown interest in its origin(her great-grandmother), but when she compare their meaning in English and Spanish she is not satisfied, and feels that this does not represent her. The name of the protagonist represents the situation of young people of Latin parents growing up in North America culture, and may not feel identified with their roots or the culture that they are growing up.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteI think she was named Esperanza after her gram-mother .
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
For her it does shameful because other students in her class didn't know how to pronounce.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
A name more like the real her.
Think deeper
the author might has chosen this name because she wants to express what is behind a name,because sometimes parents put names without knowing the meaning of it. And also, because has different meaning and is a better way to explain what she wants to explain clearly. is a good example that name because in a form or another we are familiarize to that kind of named.so purpose made it.This name could represent the generation of her family.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteEsperanza was named after her great-grandmother.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
She finds shameful or burdensome her name because besides it means "hope", for her, it also means too many letters, sadness, waiting, and a muddy color. Her classmates mispronounce it, and reminds her of her Mexican culture.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She would like a name that represents more who she really is, that part of her that nobody really sees. Something like Lisandra, Maritza or Zeze
4. Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
I think that the author chose "Esperanza" for her protagonist because of what that name represents. It means "hope", it means that no matter the situation, no matter how hard things are going, that it seems like there's no light at the end of the tunnel, there is a bright side, there is a light. It means that things can always get better, and their are going to get better.
5. What does her namesake's story tell you about the status of women in Latino society?
The story of her great-grandmother shows that in Latin society, women are seen like the week gender, almost a second category human been, and are not really free to do whatever they want to do.
Comprehension questions
ReplyDelete1) Esperanza was named like that because it was the name of her grate-grandmother.
2) She feels worried because as the same way she inherited the name of her grate-grandmother she did not wants her same life looking out the window feeling pity about her life.
3) She wants an easier name to pronounce and properly to herself like Lisandra or Maritza but she prefers Zeze the X.
Think deeper
4. Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
The author chooses this name for her protagonist because it means a lot of things. Esperanza means hope, sadness, waiting for something better and also is a muddy color. In the story Esperanza inherited the same name as her grate-grandmother as a lot of cases in real life. Sometimes people think that a name represents a personality even that they look for a lot of meanings and different personalities for each name. And when people have a name of someone else feels scared to repeat the same story. Also people look for other names proper to their personality and attitudes.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteShe was named like that because it was th name of her great-grandmother
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
She find shameful that her classmate mispronounced her name, and that she cant have a nick name.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She wants a name more like her, the one nobody sees, and a name easier to pronounce.
Think deeper
4-Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist?
I think maybe this name mean something in her family, maybe it was the name of her mother or grandmother. Also this is a very common name, that can easily mispronounced in another language, and like the author presents also have different meanings. it may be that it has been an experience itself and she changed the name to enhance the message
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteEsperanza was named after her great-grandmother.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
I think what she finds burdensome about her name is what it represents. It represents her great- grandmother’s sadness,weaknesses and regrets.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She would like a name that identifies her as a unique individual, and would compliment her personality.
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
The author has chosen this name for the protagonist because of the meaning Esperanza has. This name could either represent aspiration or disappointment. I think the author wants to put in perspective the meaning of the word hope and what it represents to each individual that reads the story.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteEsperanza was named after her great grandmother
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
Esperanza found her name shameful because it means two differents things in Spanish and in English, it means so many different things, and doesn´t represent her.
3. What kind of name Esperanza like for herself?
Esperanza would like for herself a name that represent something, a name more real for her. Like Lisandra or Maritza.
Gloria Cabrera
2011-0612
1. After whom was Esperanza named? Esperanza was named after her great-grandmother.
ReplyDelete2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name? Esperanza found her name shameful or burdensome because the meaning the has in English, it means sadness and waiting, also because it was her great-grandmother name and she don’t want to be like her, because her great-grandmother couldn't do all the things that she want to do in her life. So Esperanza doesn’t feel identify with the name.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She want a unique name, not her great-grandmother name, a name that she can feel identify with it.
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
The author chooses this name for her protagonist because the name Esperanza means a lot of thing, maybe he want to anyone who read the story can give they own perspective of the meaning of the name, maybe something positive or something negative, it just the way you say it.
ReplyDelete1. After whom was Esperanza named?
She was named like that after her great grandmother.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
What she finds shameful or burdensome about her name are the different meanings it has, she explains at school no one could properly pronounce it. Another thing is that she was named Esperanza after her great grandmother, a woman who didn’t have an easy or happy life.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She would like a name that could match with her personality, a name more like her.
THINK DEEPER
What does her namesake's story tell you about the status of women in Latino society?
It tells me that women have struggling for be recognized and for not being identified as the weak genre. In Latino society every day they try to fight against prejudices. Also, we judge people by their names not by what they really are. If we meet a person with the exact name of other person, we assume that both people behave and act the same way. Esperanza thought she could end as her great grandmother did, just because they have the same name.
Dd1.After whom was Esperanza name? Esperanza name is from Her grandmother
ReplyDelete2. WHat does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name? She found her name shameful or burdensome because of the diffrents meanings that has the name on differents countries. Also she dont want to be like her grandmother because she didnt has the life that she wants. Thats why she dont feel that she match with this name.
3. What kínd of name would Esperanza like for herself? She would love to have a name that belongs to her and doesnt be related to an others personal lifes.
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chisten This name for her protagonist? Because like i said before, Esperanza is a name with diffferents meanings, and maybe like her they are people who doesnt feel identify whith their name. So maybe he try to show parents hoy to be generous putting nice names to their childrens.
1- From her grandmother 2- She said her name in Spanish means bad things for Her and only mean too many letters 3- She wants a name that can describe her 4- He chose that because it represent a lot of things. When you talk about hope you talk about things that you want. Moments that you want to spend with people that you love.
ReplyDelete1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteShe was named after her great-grandmother died, so she inherited it.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
She found it shameful because her classmates mispronounced it. Also, besides her name stands for "Hope", in Spanish she remember that it means sadness and remember her great-grandmother and all she was to go through.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She wanted to be named by a name that is more like her personality that nobody knows about her.
Think deeper
What does her namesake's story tell you about the status of women in Latino society?
I think that in Latin American society a women's name represent who she is. By the time a girl is born, her parents chose a name that goes with the family culture and status. Sometimes those names represents the women in every aspects of her life and how she may develop herself in her culture.
What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
ReplyDeleteShe feels ashamed about her name because it reminds the sadness of her grandmother. Also because she did not feel identify with the name Esperanza.
What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She feels like the underdog in her life so she wants a name that represents her in that aspect.
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
The author chose the name Esperanza because it means hope. I believe she chose that name because the protagonist is a lonely girl that seems like she does not believe in herself. In addition, I think she wanted to give her that name so she understand the significance of that beautiful name and find and accept herself just the way she is.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteShe was named after the death of her great-grandmother.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
She found shameful or burdensome about her name the meanings in English and Spanish. Other things was the funny way that the people said at school.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She would like a name more like the real her. She would like something like Zeze the X.
Think Deeper
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist?
What could her name represent?
Cisneros might have chosen this named because has different meaning in English that in Spanish. She wants to show that the meanings of the names are cultural. So that is not something about personalities.
Comprehension Questions:
ReplyDelete1. After whom was Esperanza named?
She was named Esperanza because of her grandmother. She was born in the Chinese year of the horse like her and she inherited it.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
She find shameful about her name how people pronounce it in a funny way.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She would like a name that can describe better herself, for example Lisandra.
Think Deeper
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
The author may have chosen Esperanza as her protagonist name because he wants to express a message with it. Most of the times, when parents decided a name for their son it is because it represents a lot for them. The author may used that name, because hope is the last adjective that can describe the girl and it could express how sometimes the name don't define your personality even if it was your parents point. Through their life, people take decisions as deciding to change their name and for me it is a valid action, because your name is your identity and we need to feel comfortable with the name we will be called for our entire life.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteEsperanza was named after her great-grandmother
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
Esperanza find shameful or burdensome because of the meaning of her name in English. Also because in school her friends say her name funny.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
Esperanza would like to be named as Lisandra or Maritza or Zeze the X.
Why might Cisneros have choosen this name for her prptagonist? What could her name represent?
Maybe the author choose this name to demostrate that a name doesn’t describe a personality. Some people judges other ones because of their names. Personally i think that people should not judge others simply by their name, they should meet them before judge them only for their names.
Comprehension Questions:
ReplyDelete1. After whom was Esperanza named?
As well as her grandmother Esperanza was born in the Chinese year of the horse so her parents decided to name her after her.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
Esperanza finds her name a burdensome because she lives in an English speaking country with a Latin name and sometimes it’s difficult for the people around her to pronounce her name correctly.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like her herself?
Esperanza would like for herself a name that truly resembles how she feels about herself, a name that truly suits her.
Why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
Cisneros chose this name for the protagonist for different reasons. This name represents a Latin name in an English speaking country and how hard is it for immigrants to adapt to a new country. Also this name represents how immigrants feel once they are in a different country not because of what it means but by the simple fact that Americans can’t pronounce it correctly makes immigrants feel kind of out of place.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteEsperanza was named after her great-grandmother
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
Esperanza said that her name was too long, too many letters. She thought that her name meant sadness and expectation. Also, she mentioned that she didn’t mean to inherit her great-grandmother’s life.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She wanted a name a little bit more appropriated to her real personality. She wanted a name more sophisticated, more chic, a name you could say not as if it was made of tin but of silver. She put some examples, such as Lisandra, Maritza and Zeze
4. What does her namesake's story tell you about the status of women in Latino society?
Her namesake's story tells that the status of women in Latino society was pretty much different of men’s. Men and women were treated differently. Man were supposed to be the wildest, the bravest, the strongest and the smartest, they knew best. By the other hand was the female gender, the weakest and the submissive. The society had these stereotypes, what a man and what a woman should be. It was a men’s world.
-Marla Vargas 2012-1061
1) Her grandmother was called so.
ReplyDelete2) She felt ashamed when was pronaunced diferent in school.
3) The some of name that would like she use are: Lisandra, Maritza and Zeze la x.
Think Deeperas
The story said the Esperanza name has many meanings in Spanish. Is more than a name and it means to be waiting for something or have faith that was achieved what it craves, whether a feeling, situcion or object.
1. After whom was Esperanza named?
ReplyDeleteShe was named after her great-grandmother.
2. What does Esperanza find shameful or burdensome about her name?
She find shameful the way people pronounce her name as if syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of their mouth, also she find burdensome that her name means sadness, and that it has a lot of letters in Spanish.
3. What kind of name would Esperanza like for herself?
She would like names like lissandra, Maritza or Zeze names with X.
Think deeper
1. why might Cisneros (the author) have chosen this name for her protagonist? What could her name represent?
I think that the author chose this name for different reasons. Maybe because that name you can write it in different ways depending of the language and steal they mean the same. Also to make the reader see how people of different countries feels when they are not in their native country and others do not pronounce or do not understand their name or another personal thing of them.
Malú Abbott 2012-0837
1- your name is after her grand mother
ReplyDelete2 Ezperanza, think your name is long a many letterst, the pronous in english is difficull.
3- her would like name short.
Think her discribes the tradition in latin society. The meaning of the names are important in this custom.