Minerva Writes Poems:
To start with, I am going to talk about an extract of the literary work The house on
Mango
Street, written by Sandra Cisneros in 1984.
From my perspective, this extract is located at the end of this work.
I hold the view that, this extract tells us about how Minerva, a neighbor of Esperanza, is
going through very difficult times, since in addition to having to deal with her husband,
who always leaves, and she always has to receive him, she has to support her
children. two children, just as her mother did with her and her sisters, so in order to
vent her suffering she writes poems.
From my point of view, the conflict that I can find in this excerpt is that Minerva refuses
to move on without her husband, since when he supposedly leaves, he always returns,
throwing stones at the door, since at first, he refuses to listen to him again. but after
this he repents, and opens the door again, it is the same case as always, he is falling
into a vicious circle, since the same sequence is followed, he is still forgiving, in
addition, he should be more concerned about the well-being of others her children and
not that of a man who isn't worth it, who doesn't love her, because if he loved her, he
wouldn't do this to her.
I personally think, I don't feel identified with any character, since I think that Minerva
should no longer forgive him and leave him, she should get ahead, just like her mother
did with her and her sisters and not have to vent writing poems, and I don't agree either
with her husband, since he must respect, more than his wife, the mother of his children,
not leave them, because he is also hurting them.
In my view point, this extract is related to the IB theme of Social Organization, located
in subtopic Social relationships because This is a very common case today, to be
honest, I know women who love their husbands more than their own children, since
they feel that they do not have the ability to get ahead without a man, which is a great
stereotype of society, since if a man really loved a woman, he would not leave her
alone, and even less with his children, since he would worry about the well-being of his
family, doing everything possible to get them ahead, but if they refuse to do it, there is
no other way than to get ahead without them, apart from hearing sexist comments, like,
"without me you are nothing", which must be broken, because it is not true.
In closing, I have learned today women must be more independent, have a career, their
own job and not depend on a man, and become aware, because violence is one step
away from this, since some may prefer to be mistreated, with such that their husbands
do not leave them, a woman can be happy without the need of a man.
