The House on Mango Street has many different symbols that are important to understand throughout the vignettes. One of the symbols it uses is falling. The symbolism of falling is somewhat important to Esperanza's attitude, it shapes a certain attitude for her. This symbolism would be hard to find if not read carefully because there are only little hints of it.
The following quote is from the vignette There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What to Do. In this vignette, it talks about a woman named Rosa Vargas who has too many kids and talks about how the kids act."...nobody looked up not once the day Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like sugar donut, just like a falling star, and exploded down to earth without even an Oh." (30) In this quote, Angel Vargas throws himself off a building thinking he can fly and dies. By the way I read this quote it seems as if no one cared or was surprised that he had jumped off the building
In the following, Esperanza is talking about Meme and his house. She also talks about a significant tree he has in his backyard. “This is the tree we chose for the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest. Meme won. And broke both arms.” (22) In this quote, Meme fell off the tree breaking his arms. Even if he won the contest, it was a failure because he had broken his arms, which changed his life.
Th following quote is from the vignette Marin and it is talking about Marin and how she lives. "Marin, under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere. I know. Is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life." (27) This quote shows that Marin is waiting for a miracle or just waiting for something to happen. The most important part of the quote is this, "a star to fall, someone to change her life." This part of the quote seems as if Marin is hoping to see a shooting star for a wish so it could change her life.
In conclusion, I think that falling symbolizing a few thins. I think that it symbolizes change. I mean by this is that the falling of characters or objects, symbolizes that they want something to change their life. I also think it means failure or accidents. I think this because Angel accidentally thought he could fly. I think it means more to change though because all these falling accidents bring change to the community or other people like Esperanza. This all comes back to Esperanza who does not want to end up like the people who feel like falling.
The following quote is from the vignette There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What to Do. In this vignette, it talks about a woman named Rosa Vargas who has too many kids and talks about how the kids act."...nobody looked up not once the day Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like sugar donut, just like a falling star, and exploded down to earth without even an Oh." (30) In this quote, Angel Vargas throws himself off a building thinking he can fly and dies. By the way I read this quote it seems as if no one cared or was surprised that he had jumped off the building
In the following, Esperanza is talking about Meme and his house. She also talks about a significant tree he has in his backyard. “This is the tree we chose for the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest. Meme won. And broke both arms.” (22) In this quote, Meme fell off the tree breaking his arms. Even if he won the contest, it was a failure because he had broken his arms, which changed his life.
Th following quote is from the vignette Marin and it is talking about Marin and how she lives. "Marin, under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere. I know. Is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life." (27) This quote shows that Marin is waiting for a miracle or just waiting for something to happen. The most important part of the quote is this, "a star to fall, someone to change her life." This part of the quote seems as if Marin is hoping to see a shooting star for a wish so it could change her life.
In conclusion, I think that falling symbolizing a few thins. I think that it symbolizes change. I mean by this is that the falling of characters or objects, symbolizes that they want something to change their life. I also think it means failure or accidents. I think this because Angel accidentally thought he could fly. I think it means more to change though because all these falling accidents bring change to the community or other people like Esperanza. This all comes back to Esperanza who does not want to end up like the people who feel like falling.
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