The House on Mango The House on Mango Street Vignette.Street Vignette.

By: By: Jack Suarez, Daniela Rivera, Jack Suarez, Daniela Rivera, Natalie Montenegro and MariaNatalie Montenegro and Maria

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““And inside it would have real stairs, not hallway stairs, And inside it would have real stairs, not hallway stairs, but stairs inside like the houses on TV.” page: 570but stairs inside like the houses on TV.” page: 570

““They always told us that one day we would move They always told us that one day we would move into a house, a real house that would be ours for into a house, a real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn’t have to move each year.” always so we wouldn’t have to move each year.”

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““This was the house papa talked about when he held a lottery This was the house papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket and this was the house mama dreamed up in the stories she ticket and this was the house mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed”. Pg:572told us before we went to bed”. Pg:572

““You live there?” Pg:572You live there?” Pg:572

“I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it. The house on Mango Street isn’t it.” page: 572

““She looked out the window her whole life” Pg:573She looked out the window her whole life” Pg:573

““And so she trudged up the wooden stairs, her sad brown shoes And so she trudged up the wooden stairs, her sad brown shoes taking her to the house she never liked.” Pg:574taking her to the house she never liked.” Pg:574

““But in spanish my name is made out of a softer something,like But in spanish my name is made out of a softer something,like silver.” Pg: 574silver.” Pg: 574

““Before Keeler it was Paulina, but what I remember most is Before Keeler it was Paulina, but what I remember most is Mango Street, sad red house, the house I belong but do not Mango Street, sad red house, the house I belong but do not

belong to.” page:574belong to.” page:574

““One day I will say goodbye to Mango. I am One day I will say goodbye to Mango. I am too strong for her to keep me here forever. too strong for her to keep me here forever.

One dayOne dayI will go away.” page:574I will go away.” page:574

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