Culture! What an amazing element of life! In House on Mango Street we again enter the realm of a culture unlike our own. We get to walk in the shoes of a woman living in the inner-city apartments surrounded and enmeshed in the Hispanic American culture. She opens our eyes to the deep struggles of life as she experiences each day on Mango Street. She reveals to us the small moments of life as if showing us a photo album all the while sitting beside us explaining the elements present within each picture. Highlighting important smells, sights, touches, sounds, and tastes. She takes us on a beautiful journey through her life as a Hispanic American woman growing up in America. This cultural journey is valuable to a middleclass American culture to journey, for it is present in every city. The value of experiencing and learning about cultures that differ from your own is priceless.
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