"The House on Mango Street" was a short and quick reading that I enjoyed. I thought it was interesting that the young girl telling the story never introduced herself or said her name at the beginning of the story. She waited until the story was over and than took a separate time to explain her name and what it meant to her. You can tell that Esperanza isn't completely happy with her identity. She talks about how in English it sounds harsh but in Spanish it is "softer". When she explained the part about the nun passing by her house and asking if she lived there I think that Esperanza got a new view of people as well as her life that day. I believe that it was hard for her to not want something better.
Satrapi's short comic story called The Veil was talking about a young girl and her life during the Islamic Revolution. I personally think that she was also trying to find her identity and trying to get involved in what was going on at the time. It talks about how ladies had to start wearing veils and how some believed that it was taking away their freedom and they wanted it back. Towards the end of the comic you could tell that the young girl was trying to become more and more involved because of her social surroundings and the family and friends around her.
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