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“Two or Three things I know for sure” by Dorothy Alison is very different from the other books we have read in class because of its authenticity. Most of the other Books we have read were all fiction, but the … Continue reading →

Dorothy childhood is similar to Esperanza and Sally because they both was poor working class. People made fun of their house. Dorothy and Esperanza both fantasize about a better life that would make them happy. The difference in Dorothy home, … Continue reading →

In the novel Two or three things i know for sure by: Dorothy Allison, she explains that woman should first learn to love themselves before anything else can be loved. Woman should also not seek beauty through a mans perspective, … Continue reading →

Both stories The House on Mango street and Two or Three things I know for sure have both simalarities and differences.They are similar in the way that they both talk about their childhood and their dreams and goals for the … Continue reading →

This book is definitely different from all the other books we have read.  With a memoir the book is usually past events of the narrator or main character.  In this book we can out ourselves more into the character’s shoes … Continue reading →

There are a couple of similarities between the two stories, The House on Mango Street and Two or Three Things I Know For Sure, but there are differences also. Sandra Cigneros story takes place in an urban environment and a … Continue reading →

In the passage “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, she talks about her childhood experience. Also, in “The House on Mango Street”, Esperanza talked about her childhood as well. The main difference between these two passages are that … Continue reading →

This book feels different from other texts we have read because its a memoir. this means that the events in the stories told are actual event and not just a figment of the author’s imagination. the places are real places … Continue reading →

“Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made.” (pg.51) It would have been so easy for Dorothy to give up hope and … Continue reading →

Two or Three Things I Know For Sure is a memoir, though it is written from the first-person point of view like the autobiographies we have read before, it differs in the fact that it is a collection of stories, … Continue reading →