The House On Mango Street
...affects the tone, characterization, and style. There are a lot of examples of those
three affects. Some of those examples are on different chapters of The House on
Mango Street.
Characterization explained in the chapter called " Earl of Tennessee." It is
explained in the way that people say that Earl's wife looks different ways when she
asks different people. Esperanza says in the chapter" We never agree on what she
looks like"(pg.71). Another example of characterization can be found in the chapter
called"Sally." In the chapter Esperanza says"The boys at school think she's
beautiful..."(pg.81) Characterization is explained in this chapter in the way that
Sally wears make-up to school and skirts that she pulls up, but when she goes home
she washes off the make-up and pulls down her skirt so her father won't notice
anything.
Tone is explained in the chapter called" Darius and the Clouds" because a lot
of people in Esperanza's school think of him as a fool. Then when one day he says
something wise, something smart, people don't think of him as such a fool. In the
chapter Darius says,"You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can
keep you safe when you are sad."(pg.33) He also says,"Here there is too much
sadness and not enough sky."(pg.33) Tone is also explained in the chapter
called"Red Clowns."Esperanza becomes very mad with Sally because Sally left her
alone and some guys come and have their way with her. Esperanza says"Sally, you
lied. It wasn't what you said at all. What he did. Where he touched me. I didn't
want it, Sally."(pg.99) Esperanza get very emotional about what happens to her. She
becomes very mad and changes her tone in the way that she isn't the cheerful happy
girl.
Style is explained in the chapter called " The Monkey Garden" in the way
that "the Monkey Garden" stands for the Edenic Bower. Esperanza and her...
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