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1) The time i got stung by a sting ray (growing up)

2) Moving into high school, (growing up)

3)

TS The House on Mango Street and son, both contain the theme the abuse of women.

CD From The House on Mango Street, Sally says, “He never hits me hard.”

CM Sally is Esperanza’s friend, she wants to go to a new home because of her dads beatings.

CM When sally does get married at a young age it doesnt get any better, she says, ” She is happy, except for some times her husband gets angry and once he broke the door where his foot went through, though most days he is okay.”

CD The father says,” duty calls, the social contract is a balance of compromises,” knowing that this would infuriate her.

CM This shows that the women are not respected and just tools of life to men.

CM This shows that all of the women are not important and expendable to most men.

CS The abuse of women is a reoccuring theme in Son and The House on Mango Street.

Son

1. below him, irksome voices grind on, like machines working their way through tunnels. simile

2. up in de mornin’,down at de school, work like a debt for my grades.  alliteration

3. accepts the role of aggressor. assonance

The House on Mango Street

1. My papa’s hair is like a broom, all up in the air. simile

2. My hair is lazy. personafication

3.And kiki, who is the youngest, has hai like fur. simile

4. It is  the mexican name records my father plays on sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing. simile

5.It is like the number nine. Simile

6.And what about the kind that looks like you combed its hair. simile

The first one is a simile because it uses like. the second one is alliteration, it has de,de ,de dept.the third one is assonance, it relates to the house on mango street because ther was some family violence. I think that The House on Mango Street did a better job of using these elements. The house on mango street used them more often than “Son”, and made them part of the story more than “Son”.