Quotes
The House on Mango Street

 

Directions:  Tell what each quote means to you.

 

  1. “Stairs inside like the houses on T.V.” (page 4)

 

 

  1. “Hair that smells like bread” (page 7)

 

 

  1. “I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor” (page 9)

 

 

  1. “Laughing the crooked ride back.”  (page 16)

 

 

  1. “Fat Popsicle lips” (page 17)

 

 

  1. “The nose of that yellow Cadillac was all pleated like an alligator’s” (page 25)

 

 

  1. “Those two green apples you call eyes” (page 27)

 

 

  1. “The tortilla star” (page 31)

 

 

  1. “You can never have too much sky” (page 33)

 

 

  1. “You are like the Cream of Wheat cereal.”  (page 37)

 

 

  1. “My feet swell big and heavy like plungers” (page 47)

 

 

  1. “Ready and waiting like a new Buick with the keys in the ignition” (page 49)

 

 

  1. “A home in the heart: (page 64)

 

 

  1. “Leap and somersault like an apostrophe and comma” (page 71)
  2. “Eyes like Egypt and nylons the color of smoke” (page 81)

 

 

  1. “Sad like a house on fire” (page 84)

 

 

  1. “They smiled and waved in their smoky way.”  (page 105)

 

 

  1. “You are Mango Street:  (page 107)

 

 

  1. “House quiet as snow”  (page 108)

 

 

  1. “The house I belong to but do not belong to” (page 110)