题目Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 in a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had "seven fathers," because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant,...
Cisneros, SandraSandra Cisneros, "Those Who Dont'," in The House on Mango Street (1984, revised in 1989; Vintage Contemporaries, 1991), p. 28.
Who influenced Sandra Cisneros? Who is Toyo in Farewell to Manzanar? Who is Alice in The Westing Game? Who wrote Franny and Zooey? Who is Mary Grace in Revelation by Flannery O'Connor? Who is Lavender in the book Matilda? Who influenced Agatha Christie? Who were the two women who influe...
Who influenced Shel Silverstein? Who was Enid Blyton? Who is Curan in King Lear? Who is Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion? Who is Allen Ginsberg in On the Road? Who is Homais in Madame Bovary? Who is Flipote in "Tartuffe"? Who are Oberon and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream? Who ...
My writing ambition was sharpened by Margaret Atwood,The Handmaid's Tale, an unapologetically political novel that reminds us of what it costs to be a woman in this world or the next. My ambition, that toward which I aspire to write, has long been guided by Toni Morrison,Beloved, and thr...
Caramelo is a confectionery, a colour, and, above all, a grandmother's shawl. With its toffee-hued stripes and wraparound warmth, it symbolises the alternately suffocating and liberating shelter of a large latina family. They live in Chicago, where papi plays on his regal surname of Reyes ...
Huipiles: I Bought the Traditional Embroidered Blouses and Wondered Who Had Worn Them. Why Did She Have to Give Them Up and Where Is She Now?I started wearing huipiles the summer before the big earthquake hit Mexico City. 1985. I was...Cisneros, Sandra...
Question: Who was Truman Capote's mother? Truman Capote: Truman Capote is famous for his worksBreakfast at Tiffany's(1958) andIn Cold Blood(1965). He gave a new dimension to the Southern Gothic tradition through his initial writing. Some of his notable works compriseOther Voices, Other Rooms...