House on Mango Street 13-20

Chapter 13

1. They are without respect for all things living, including themselves. 
they don't respect anyone or anything.

2. But after a while you get tired of being worried about kids who aren’t even yours. 
there's so many kids you can't keep track of them and you just give up.

Chapter 14

1. What did Alicia inherit from her mother? 
her mom's rolling pin and sleepiness

2. Of what is Alicia afraid? 
fathers and four legged fur

3. How does Alicia’s father treat her? What does he say about a woman’s place? 
badly, she's afraid of him. and there is no such thing as a good women 

Chapter 15

1. Many people turn to nature when they are upset or sad or in need of peace. Esperanza says that you can get drunk on sky. Is there a part of nature that soothes you when you are sad or upset? Is there a part of nature that inspires you?
the beach is really soothing to me, whenever i would get upset over the summer i'd just walk down to the beach

Chapter 16

1. Why do the girls argue about the names of things? 
because they wanna be right and only them

2. Why does the argument disintegrate into name calling? Are the girls actually fighting or are they exercising their wit?
because they have different opinions of things. the girls are just messing around with each other

Chapter 17

1. What happens to Esperanza when she and her friends are given some second-hand high heel shoes?
a bum man tries to talk to them

2. Why does the man say the shoes are dangerous? 
they're too young to be wearing high heels

3. How does the shoes change the girls? 
they make them more lady like

4. How do the men in the neighborhood behave when they see the girls in those shoes?
they get sexual with them


Chapter 18

1. How are the adults portrayed in this novel? How did you see adults when you were a child? 
the adults are portrayed as better than the kid and theyre mean. i saw adults as scary people and i never wanted to grow up.  

Chapter 19

1. What did Esperanza’s mother forget? How does Esperanza feel about this? 
her shoes; she feels relieved because she didnt want to wear them

2. Why does Esperanza turn down the boy who asks her to dance? 
her feet are too big 

3. How does she feel at the beginning of her dance with her uncle? 
she didnt want to, she felt like her feet were plungers

4. How have her feelings changed by the end of the dance?
she felt as if they came out of a movie

5. What does Esperanza notice about the boy who asks her to dance?
he watched her dance

Chapter 20

1. At what age did you feel that you had left your childhood behind? When did you feel that you were becoming an adult? Have you felt that? How would you describe growing up?
i felt that i was growing up when i stopped believing in santa and all of them. i felt that i was becoming an adult at the age of like 13 when i started high school. growing up is scary and frustrating.