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In the novel The House on Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros violence plays a large role in the characters lives. Violence is shown throughout the story through the eyes of Esperanza who is the main character. She has friends and neighbors all who are affected by violence.
To begin with, in the vignette "Minerva who writes poems" Esperanza talks about her neighbor Minerva. She says that Minerva's boyfriend comes to visit and beats her and then she goes to her house "black and blue asking what can she do."Pg85 this displays how violence plays a role in Esperanza's experience on Mango Street because some one close to her gets constantly beaten which definitely makes Esperanza aware of the violence that surrounds her. That is one example of how violence plays a role in the story.
Another good example of violence on Mango Street is the vignette "What sally said." In this vignette Esperanza says "But sally doesn't talk about the time he hit her with......

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