PJCC Multicultural Voices ELA course discussion

Every author whether it's in an online internet journalism article, a magazine, history text, or in a novel and poem makes choices in language, development of themes, imagery, character and plot, or even organization of piece of literature in terms of length of chapters. Instead of lengthy chapters of 25 to 30 pages each, Sandra Cisneros decided to tell her story of community, growing up, and the shackles of poverty in a Latino neighborhood through small "vignettes". Why did she make this choice? What impact does short vignettes have on the reader's interest in her storytelling of Esperanza's experience in a Latino neighborhood? How does Cisneros' words create a voice for Esperanza, her family & friends, and even the neighborhood? What are some examples of Sandra Cisneros using literary devices: imagery, off rhymes, and personification (giving inanimate objects human characteristics) do breathe life and paint a picture of her Chicago Latino neighborhood? What's the effect on you the reader and in the development of her story?