The House on Mango Street has given me my first experience in reading Vignettes. I sort of felt as though I was watching a play, viewing a slice of life. There are no quotations. Just writing which made it hard for me to follow at times. I think this writing technique by Sandra Cisneros makes the story very raw. Then again, it is as if she is feeding the reader very hard to swallow information on a sugar covered spoon. Something tells me that this is a new way of writing. I think I like it. I'll report back once the book is read and done to see if I still feel the same way.
Your turn, how do you all feel about the authors choice of no quotations?
It was my first experience in reading vignettes as well. The story was written in the simple language of the young,impressionistic girl point of view.Esperanza had such a keen outlook on everything but there was still a childish innocence to it all. That is why, Cisneros used the simplest form of writing.
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