书评——芒果街的小屋

第一篇：书评——芒果街的小屋

芒果街的小屋

读《芒果街的小屋》时，总有种相见恨晚的感觉，这本曾被不少人追捧的书，的确蛮适合现在人的节奏的，切的碎碎的时间碎片里，拈一口，即时消化，给人的则是愉悦的感受。它由几十个短篇组成，语言清澈如流水，点缀着零落的韵脚和新奇的譬喻，如一首首长歌短调，各自成韵，又彼此钩连，汇聚出一个清晰的世界。全书的叙述中心是居住在芝加哥拉美移民社区芒果街上的女孩埃斯佩朗莎，女孩生就对弱的同情心和对美的感觉力，她用清澈的眼打量周围的世界，用美丽稚嫩的语言讲述成长、沧桑、生命的美好与不易和年轻的热望与梦想，梦想有一所自己的房子，梦想在写作中追寻自我，获得自由和帮助别人的能力。写这本书的作者，文字功夫是举重若轻的那个路数，用很少的字，表达一个很漫漶的意思。很多童话文字，还有金子美铃童谣,似乎也是这个路子，但无可否认的是，这种文字总是在平淡之中散发着无与伦比的魅力，更能打动我们的内心。

我不知道是该称它为一本日记还是应该说它是一本童话，也不知道这样一本书是写给哪个年龄段的人的，小女孩的故事看起来琐琐碎碎、平淡无奇，却有一种奇妙的力量让人在任何时候任何场所都会不由自主地想象着那样一个遥远的地方，一个饱满的透明的女孩，一段细微的敏感的多彩时光，它涂抹着麦芒和番薯的颜色，与童年和故乡相连。

我喜欢这些小女孩的故事，这本书里的埃斯佩朗莎也是，宫崎骏电影中的小主角们也是，在她们的故事里，一种时光的印记在当中穿插出淡淡的水印，有一些片断像是在夏日午后吹起的微凉的风，翻动日记本中那些稚嫩的笔记。这样一本细致的小日记，你翻动它的时候仿佛都能看见漆黑长发下埃斯佩朗莎明亮的大眼睛，像小野猫一样，带着清澈的倔强和牛奶一般稚嫩的气息，她告诉你她今天的小收获、小烦恼、小心事，她告诉你她多么想要一所属于她自己的大的房子，告诉你她和蕾妮的小冒险，告诉你很多很多似曾相识的故事。它就像熟透的芒果一般，饱满多汁，任何轻微的碰撞都会留下印迹。

读这本书时总会想起曾经一起嬉闹的光阴，在那个高高的泡桐树下，捡一种尖尖的花；在爷爷那个昏暗的小屋子里，折很多的纸船；跑很远的地方，吃一些稀奇古怪的小零食……每一个女孩都曾经是埃斯佩朗莎，每一个男孩身边都有埃斯佩朗莎。那个在你身边躲躲藏藏的女孩，不知道什么时候躲进了你的心里，在那些河水宁静阳光细腻的日子里，她偶尔也会在出来晒晒头发晒晒脚丫。

她不是小王子，也不是彼得潘，她自然而真实，触及到每一个人柔软的心，当你跟着她进入她的世界之后，你会发现，这样一本书，原是自己遗忘的儿时的日记本。那些可爱的文字，穿越时空引鸣你的心灵之钟，然后归于沉寂，安静地驻扎下来。设想许多年后，静静回忆的你，还能念出书里的句子：“你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以再天空下睡去，醒来又沉醉。在你忧伤的时候，天空会给你安慰。可是忧伤太多，天空不够。蝴蝶也不够，花儿也不够。大多数美的东西都不够。于是，我们取我们所能取，好好地享用。

第二篇：芒果街的小屋（范文）

Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago.Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics.Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty.Esperanza doesn't want to belong--not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her.Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become.

第三篇：芒果街 论文

分析《芒果街上的小屋》埃斯佩朗莎缺失的文化身份下的女性意识

作者：朱雯

摘要：论文通过运用文化批评理论分析“奇卡纳”女性在追寻身份过程中的困境，探讨族裔文化与主流文化的分离与渗透，少数族裔与白人主流的排斥与融合，“奇卡纳”的双重边缘地位以及一些“奇卡纳”社会地位的提高。本文以女主人公埃斯佩浪莎为主线，探讨埃斯佩浪莎走出芒果街，实现自我价值的原因并揭露主流社会与少数族裔之间的冲突与矛盾，分析“奇卡纳”所遭遇的自我身份构建与文化身份问题，力图找到在美国这个种族问题严重，民族众多的社会中面对强势文化冲击的少数族裔女性追寻身份，实现文化认同的方法与途径。

关键词：奇卡纳 女性意识 缺失的文化身份

The Analysis of Esperanza’s Female Consciousness with Absent

Cultural Identity in The House on Mango Street

Zhu Wen

Abstract: Drawing upon the theories of cultural criticism，the thesis analyzes the dilemma of Chicanas in the process of pursuing identity，and discusses the separation and permeation of ethnic culture and mainstream culture，the rejection and assimilation between the ethnic minorities and the dominant whites，and the double marginalized position of Chicanas as well as the up grading of social status of some Chicanas focusing on the analysis of the protagonist Esperanza，the thesis tries to explore how Esperanza succeeds in leaving Mango Street，identifying herself with the mainstream society and realizing self-value.Key words :Chicanafemale consciousnesscultural identity

Sandra Cisneros is most famous for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street which displays the existence state of the Mexican immigrant group in the United States and which is a comprehensive representation of Chicanas’ search for identity.It became an immediate success and met with various criticism which is either directed toward such ideological issues as ethnicity，female identity ,cross-cultural presentation，or toward such formalistic issues as genre and postmodern thinkingChieanas who are“not white and not black，but brown” feel confused about their identity.Facing two cultures，they can’t integrate into either.Without a sense of belonging，they don’t know how to define themselves.The Loss of Cultural Identity

The House on Mango Street mainly depicts the position and living situation of Mexicanoppressed society-negating patriarchy and locating the vocation of “ feminine writing”in her own house as her true identity.The writer puts forward the view tllat Esperanza wants to find her true identity by the power of language and

“ feminine writing” which is a weapon to combat against the unjust patriarchy and frnally obtains the liberation.1.1 The poor life of Mexican-Americans

Sandra Cisneros says the stories，in a sense，are a girl's diary.Little narrator Esperanza just writes down a list of what she sees every day.Here is an example.“I want a house on a hill like the ones with the gardens where Papa works.We go on Sundays, Papa's day off.I used to go.I don't anymore.You don't like to go out with us, Papa says.Getting too old? Getting too stuck-up, says Nenny.I don't tell them I am ashamed--all of us staring out the window like the hungry.I am tired of looking at what we can't have.When we win the lottery...Mama begins, and then I stop listening.”

People who live on hills sleep so close to the stars they forget those of us who live too much on earth.They don't look down at all except to be content to live on hills.They have nothing to do with last week's garbage or fear of rats.Night comes.Nothing wakes them but the wind.1.2 The Discrimination of Minority Group On one hand，the ethnic minorities should search for a new“self”through appropriate cultural identifying，integrate into the mainstream society and win spiritual freedom by making compromises between self and community and improving their social position through education.On the other hand，in order to promote national integration，American society should encourage communication between different races，eliminate racial discrimination and ethnic segregation，and develop a new ethnic culture to promote the inter-subjectivity between the mainstream culture and the ethnic culture.1.3 The Suppression to Female in the Patriarchy Culture

In the multi-ethnic society of the United States，the whites are privileged for their color without any sense that most people suffer from discrimination for their color，let alone getting benefit from their position.In Teaching The House on Mango Street:Engaging Race，Class and Gender in a White Classroom，Ryan(2002)has used Louise Rosenblatt’s reading theories，Maria Lugones’s Political theories，and strategies of engaged pedagogy to discuss ways in which white，privileged teachers can encourage white，privileged students to recognize themselves as raced，classed and gendered so that they can begin to think more fully about the reasons of their cultural dominance and have a sense to question the distances between their lives of privilege and the characteres Peranza’s life of marginalization.In order to offer a deeper，interdisciplinary approach to Cisneros' The House on Mango Street，Mcleod(2002)has carefully

analyzed

Cisncros’

growing

background.With an effort to presenting Chicanas’ identity crisis，Mcleod has given a glimpse into the history of Mexican Ameriean’ s immigration.The house one lives can represent one ' s identity or status in the society.The house Esperanza ' s family lives on Mango Street is small and shabby which Esperanza is ashamed of.She regards the house as a house she lives in not her real home which also indicates that she has no sense of place and no sense of satisfied identity.At first she is just aware of it, but later she begins to search for her re al identity in her deep heart.Before her Aunt Lupe dies, Esperanza reads her poems and her aunt encourages her to keep writing which can make her free.Esperanza realizes education really counts from her mother who is capable and can speak two languages, sing an opera, and so on but quits school just under the pretext of no nice

clothes.This is one reason why she chooses to pursue a house of her own and start writing.Her thought echoes the view of Cixous, a French feminist critic, that “ he hopes feminine writing can lead women to be awaked and eventually liberated ”Conflict between dream and reality with absent cutural identity

Drawing upon the theories of cultural criticism，the thesis analyses the dilemma of Chicanas in the process of pursuing identity，and discusses the separation and permeation of ethnic culture and mainstream culture，the rejection and assimilation between the ethnic minorities and the dominant whites，and the double marginalized position of Chicanas as well as the up grading of social status of some Chicanas focusing on the analysis of the protagonist Esperanza，the thesis tries to explore how Esperanza succeeds in leaving Mango Street，identifying herself with the mainstream society and realizing self-value.With a discussion of the conflicts and contradictions between the mainstream society and the ethnic minorities，the thesis intends to analyse the problems of self-identity construction and cultural identity and aims at finding ways to approach for cultural identity for ethnic minorities who are facing the shock of dominant culture and searching for identity in the multi-ethnic society ofthe United States.2.1 House in Mind and Reality

The teenager girl has her own choice of words.In the first chapter，Esperanza forms a sharp contrast of the real house on Mango Street and their anticipation from parents' description.Look at the following excerpt,for instance:

“They always told us that one day we would move into a house,a real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn't have

to move each year.And our house would have running water and pipes that worked.And inside it would have real stairs, nor hallway stairs, but stairs inside like the houses in TV.And we'd have a basement and at least three washrooms so when we took a bath we wouldn't have to tell everybody.Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence.This was the house Papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed.”

But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all.It's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath.Bricks are crumbling in places,and the front door is so swollen that you have to push hard to get in.There is no front yard, only four little elms the city planted by the curb.Out back is a small garage between the two buildings on either side.There are stairs in our house, but they're ordinary hallway stairs,and the house has only one washroom.Everybody has to share a bedroom-Mama and Papa,Carlos and Kiki,me and Nenny.2.2 Love in Mind and Reality

Under the rule of patriarchy on Mango Street, women are observed as the “ object” and dominated and oppressed by father or husband in the family.Sally's father is very strict with Sally and other sisters, thinking that to be beautiful is trouble and not allowing them to So out or dance.They are bounded in the cage of house like birds deprived of freedom.All Sally wants is to love, which “ no one would call that crazy”,but the patriarchy deprives her of opportunities to love, which is unfair.2.3 Female's Circumstances in Mind and Reality

Rafaela is locked young indoors, leaning out of the window and getting old because her husband fears that she will run away.On Tuesday Rafaela would ask the kids buy her coconut and papaya juice sweeter than the bitter empty room.Rafaela is a passive “ angel” in house.She is subordinated and oppressed by her husband and sentenced to be life-long prisoner and a victim of the

patriarchy.It is a pity that she just dreams to be locked in a better cage where she can keep coconut or papaya juice on “ a silver string”rather than clothesline.Sally escapes from her abusive father by marrying a marshmallow salesman.But her situation is worse after marriage with rulingsignificant other“ but a valuable person having the same equal rights and privileges as men do.Vargas and Minerva are strong and honored by their sense of responsibility to feed their children.If they are weak, where are the strong men? These brave women are also a negation of the patriarchy.Most of the other females in her neighborhood spend their lives isolated and trapped.At first Esperanza has pity on these women situation.But as she grows, Esperanza is not comfortable with the patriarchy.Sally escapes from her abusive father by marrying a marshmallow salesman.But her situation is worse after marriage with ruling-class husband at the top and herself in the colonized world at the bottom.Esperanza rejects Sally's practice of depending on her husband and allowing her husband to decide her fate.Thus the traumatic experiences and observations of other girls in her neighborhood which is the second reason make her determined to”say goodbye“to her impoverished Latino neighborhood.What she wants is a house of her own”Not a flat.Not an apartment in back.Not a man's house.Not a daddy's.A house all my own.With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias.My books and my stories.My two shoes waiting beside the bed.Nobody to shake a stick at Nobody's garbage to pick up after.Only a house quite as snow,a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem“"Beavoir insists that women see themselves as autonomous beings.Women, she maintains.must reject the societal construct that men are the subject or the absolute and that women are the Other.Embedded in this false assumption is the

supposition that males have power and define cultural terms and roles.Accordingly, women must define themselves outside the present social construct and reject being labeled as the Other”(Bressler 1999,182).“One day I will pack my bags of books and paper.One day I will say goodbye to Mango.I am too strong for her to keep me here forever.One day I will go away.”

Therefore, Esperanza is hopeful and optimistic to find her true identity by leaving and realizes that her leaving Mango Street is not to escape but to return for those who cannot.This is women's unfulfilled responsibility to each other and it coneys the important concept of women's mutual help.Conclusion

Through the above analysis, the House on Mango Street represents the voice of Chicano women who are not infenors to men but are capable, strong, hard-working and optimistic and their innate artistic talents can be expressed by their pen in their own house.This is the women's true identity.Emma Goldman says that“History tells us that every oppressed class gained true liberation from its masters through its own efforts.It is necessary that woman learn that lesson, that she realizes that her freedom will reach as far as her power to achieve her freedom reaches.Thus in order to gain true liberation, women should help each other which is”the spirit of Cisneros".

第四篇：《芒果街上的小屋》读后感

我不知道是该称它为一本日记还是应该说它是一本童话。《芒果街上的小屋》就是这么一本优美纯净的小书。它由几十个短篇组成，一个短篇讲述一个人、一件事、一个梦想、几朵云，几棵树、几种感觉，语言清澈如流水，点缀着零落的韵脚和新奇的譬喻，如一首首长歌短调，各自成韵，又彼此钩连，汇聚出一个清晰世界，各样杂沓人生。所有的讲述都归于一个叙述中心：居住在芝加哥拉美移民社区芒果街上的女孩埃斯佩朗莎（埃斯佩朗莎，是西班牙语里的希望）。生就对弱的同情心和对美的感觉力，她用清澈的眼打量周围的世界，用美丽稚嫩的语言讲述成长，讲述沧桑，讲述生命的美好与不易，讲述年轻的热望和梦想，梦想着有一所自己的房子，梦想着在写作中追寻自我，获得自由和帮助别人的能力。我不知道这样一本书是写给哪个年龄段的人的，小女孩的故事看起来琐琐碎碎、平淡无奇，却有一种奇妙的力量让人在任何时候任何场所都会不由自主地想象着那样一个遥远的地方，一个饱满的透明的女孩，一段细微的敏感的多彩时光。我喜欢这些小女孩的故事，这本书里的埃斯佩朗莎也是，宫崎骏电影中的小主角们也是，在她们的故事里，一种时光的印记在当中穿插出淡淡的水印，有一些片断像是在夏日午后吹起的微凉的风，翻动日记本中那些稚嫩的笔记。

这样一本细致的小日记，你翻动它的时候仿佛都能看见漆黑长发下埃斯佩朗莎明亮的大眼睛，像小野猫一样，带着清澈的倔强和牛奶一般稚嫩的气息，她告诉你她今天的小收获、小烦恼、小心事，她告诉你她多么想要一所属于她自己的大的房子，告诉你她和蕾妮的小冒险，告诉你很多很多似曾相识的故事。这些故事让我想起跟儿时伙伴曾经一起嬉闹的光阴，在那棵古老的榕树下捡一种传说中的四叶草；在我们那些昏暗的破旧小屋子里，折很多的纸船玩很多的娃娃；跑很远的地方，吃一些稀奇古怪的小零食；和她们一起在河边晒太阳在、在田野里玩泥巴。每一个女孩都曾经是埃斯佩朗莎，每一个女孩身边都有埃斯佩朗莎。那个在你身边躲躲藏藏的埃斯佩朗莎，不知道什么时候躲进了你的心里，在那些河水宁静阳光细腻的日子里，她偶尔也会在出来晒晒头发晒晒脚丫。她不是小王子，也不是彼得潘，她自然而真实，触及到每一个人柔软的心，当你跟着她进入她的世界之后，你会发现，这样一本书，原来是自己遗忘的儿时的日记本。

第五篇：《芒果街上的小屋》读后感

有梦想就有希望

——我读《芒果街上的小屋》

《芒果街上的小屋》是美国当代著名女诗人，墨西哥裔作家桑德拉·希斯内罗丝的成名作。自1984年出版以来，全球销量近六百万册，有十余种译本及有声读本面世。小说之所以有这么大的影响，在于它告诉人们一个朴素的道理：任何时候，都不要放弃生活的梦想——有梦想就有希望。

小说的主人公叫埃斯佩朗莎，这个名字在英语里的意思就是“希望”，可见作者是想通过这一人物形象的塑造，表达她对生活的梦想与希望。埃斯佩朗莎生活在美国芝加哥拉丁市区的芒果街，其祖辈曾是墨西哥移民。自然，在这个倍受种族歧视的社会，埃斯佩朗莎一家只能生活在贫民区，全家六口人挤在一个“窗户小得让你觉得它们像是在屏着呼吸”、“每个人都要和别人合用一间卧房”的房子里。于是，能拥有“一所真正的大屋，永远属于我们，那样我们就不用每年搬家了”的渴望，成了埃斯佩朗莎的梦想。

然而，梦想的实现是需要条件的。

首先是长大。因为只有长大，你才有能力去实现自己的梦想。然而，对于埃斯佩朗莎来说，成长的过程是那样的艰辛，就连她的生辰都被认为不吉利，她想自带午饭到学校餐厅吃竟得不到老师的许可，她第一次去图片社打工战战兢兢地连坐下来都不敢„„成长的沧桑，生活的酸、甜、苦、辣，让她在委屈时学会了忍耐，在受挫时学会了坚强。正如小说中写的那样：“我已经开始了我自己的沉默的战争。简单。坚定。我是那个像男人一样离开餐桌的人，不把椅子摆正来，也不抬起碗筷来。”

其次是敢于追求。对于一个生活异邦底层的穷孩子来说，实现梦想需要付出更大的努力。很多的时候，没有人会帮你，只有你自己。小说在结尾部分，写埃斯佩朗莎决心走出芒果街，就是试图通过自己的努力，到广阔的社会里历练，以实现自己的梦想，为了自己，也为了他人。正如小说写的那样：“有一天我会对芒果说再见。我强大得她没法永远留住我。有一天我会离开。”“我离开是为了回来。为了那些我留在身后的人。为了那些无法出去的人。”从这里我们可以看到，埃斯佩朗莎不仅是真的长大了，而且她的思想也变得成熟了，他的追求不仅是为了自己，更是为了“那些无法出去的人”。人物的思想境界走向了崇高，小说的主旨得到升华，其实，在我们每个人的心里，都有一条看不见的芒果街，我们都曾在或正在那里居住，挣扎，努力，也都在追寻一所真正属于自己的梦想的“房子”。那么，我们就应该像埃斯佩朗莎那样，在委屈时学会忍耐，在受挫时学会坚强，在坚强中不停成长壮大。

小说形象地告诉我们：梦想是人前行和创造的动力，没有梦想，就没有希望。最后让我们再来聆听一下埃斯佩朗莎发自心灵的呐喊：“我想成为 / 海里的浪，风中的云，/ 但我还只是小小的我。/ 有一天我要 / 跳出自己的身躯„„”