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This 8 page paper compares the literary devices used by Sandra Cisneros and Amy Tan in their stories “The House on Mango Street” and “Two Kinds” respectively. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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regard to theme, plot, style, characters, symbolism and tone, and how the authors use these to make their works compelling. Discussion The House on Mango Street (Cisneros) and The Joy
Luck Club (Tan) are similar in structure, in that they are episodic. Tans book consists of four sections, each of which has four stories in it for a total of
16 separate episodes; Cisneross book is comprised of 44 different vignettes, some of which are only a few paragraphs long. In other words, the structure of both works is not
narrative, but a series of "snapshots" that can be pieced together to make a coherent picture of the authors lives. There is another similarity in the way the books are
constructed. Both authors are ethnic and so are the protagonists of their stories. The authors and their alter egos have shared similar experiences, but a reader should never make the
mistake of assuming that Tan and Cisneros are those characters. The situations and characters are obviously based on the authors lives, but they are using characters to make their points
and tell their stories. These are not autobiographies, but fiction. The themes of the works are similar as well: the authors tell of the experiences their protagonists have growing up
as young, ethnic women in America. However, the relationship between the fictional Esperanza and her mother seems much more loving and less adversarial than that between Jing-mei Woo and her
mother. The latter relationship is full of conflict, disappointment, rebellion, anger and martyrdom. Jing-meis mother, Suyuan Woo, has had a terrible life, including leaving twin girls behind in China; the
babies, she assumes, are dead (Tan, 1989). She pins all her hopes on Jing-mei, and in this story, tries to get her to learn the piano so that she can
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