Ruthie is described as a “tall skinny lady with red lipstick and blue babushka, one blue sock and one green because she forgot, and is the only grown-up who likes to play” seen on page 67. In regards to style, syntax, and artistic merit the vignette that was most impressive was the chapter titled ‘Edna’s Ruthie’ this chapter focuses on the daughter of a lady that owns a building next door to Esperanza, the daughter’s name is Ruthie. The young girl is trying to find herself in the world and what she wants and aspires to be. This shows the young girl’s childhood innocence starting to disappear the more she learns about people and the real world and its experiences. This house is an upgrade from where her and her family used to live but is still to small for the family in a not-so-good street in Chicago. Sandra Cisneros’ ‘The House on Mango Street’ is begun when a young Latina girl named Esperanza, growing up in the city of Chicago in a small red house on Mango Street.
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