House on Mango Street

I think house on Mango street would be an effective book to teach within an English class. I do agree with Randy that this book may need to be paired with another book to really bring out the stereotypes that are embedded within the text.

I found the beginning of the text already shining on some stereotypes like when Esperenza's friend Cathy tells Esperenza that her family is moving because of the people who are beginning to live in the neighborhood. You can begin to get the notion, as does Esperenza, that the reason the white family is moving , is because of people like Ezperenza.

I also saw a great distinction between genders within the first few chapters of the text. Even though this deals more with stereotypes, rather then ethnicity or race, it still displays a form of repressing people in some way or another.