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The House on Mango Street

"Hairs" Expert Presentation

Summary

As she continues to describe her mother's hair in detail, she confesses that it smells lovely, much as when she is holding you and you feel safe.

"Hairs" Vignette

The narrator Esperanza introduces us to her family in the vignette "Hairs" from the novella The House on Mango Street. She portrays her families' personalities through the descriptions of their hair. Beginning with her father's hair, Esperanza goes on to describe her own as rebellious and disobedient to barrets, her brother Carlos' hair as straight without needing to be combed, her sister Nenny's hair as slippery, her youngest sibling Kiki's hair as resembling fur, and finally her mother's hair as being like little rosettes.

"Everybody in my family has different hair." (Cisneros 6)

"Everybody in my family has different hair."

The author introduces the character to her readers by explaining the characteristics of their hair when she uses this quote to start the vignette. It then leads the reader to believe that the same characteristics mirror their personas.

"But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin, and you sleep near her, the rain outside falling and Papa snoring."

(Cisnero 7)

"But my mother's hair, like rosettes... sweet to your nose...holding you and you feel safe"

In this quotation, Esperanza begins to drift off of the thought of her mother's hair and into the way her mother makes her feel. Allowing the reader to see the contrast of the detail with her other relative. She allows us to notice how her mother provides her with a deep sense of security

Something to thing about

Something to think about...

  • Analyze why Esperanza went into greater detail about her mother's hair when compared to her family's descriptions.

  • Speculateh Esperanza's intentions when comparing her mother's hair to the smell of bread before it is baked.
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