the color of shame
Colors can portray many things and set certain moods. Yellow can mean happiness and cheerfulness while blue is a calming and relaxing color. It depends on how the color is used. For example, yellow can also be used as a sign of caution. Sandra Cisneros uses the color red in many of her metaphors to emphasize a sense of shame and regret. Cisneros’s character Esperanza greatly dislikes her house on Mango Street and is ashamed of it. She wanted a nice white house with her own stair and bathroom. “But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight steps in the front...(4).” When Esperanza is forced to point out her house she always feel embarrassed and ashamed of it. “The way she said it made me feel like nothing (5).” The
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Approximate Word count = 541
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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