Friday, March 25, 2011

According to the vignettes we read, Sandra Cisneros thinks that boys and girls should be raised the same. I say this because throughout the book it's obvious that she wants girls to be raised the same in order to be raised the same independence and equal treatment. She thinks that if girls were raised like boys they would be much more successful.
There are plenty of quotes that indicate the way she feels about how girls should be raised. One quote is,"Since you always get to look beautiful...and take you to live in a big house far away."Pg26
This quote shows that since girls are raised differently their future is basically chosen for them.
Another quote is,"Sally make them stop. I couldn't make them go away...Please don't make me tell it all."pg100. This one shows how Esperanza cannot defeat boys power in society because she was raised to be weak and frail. It also shows how in their culture women are made to be weak.
This quote shows how Sandra really wants independence. "And no one could yell at you...and no one could call that crazy."pg83 This quote implicates that Sally should have more independence. She is very understanding of Sally's situation.
My last quote is,"What matters,Marin says,is for the boys to see us and for us to see them."Pg27
This tells us that physical attraction is way more important than personality to them. Boys and girls were taught that appearance is the main thing in a person.

As you can see Sandra Cisneros believes that both boys and girls should be treated equally. She thinks that because girls would become more powerful and independent.

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