The House on Mango Street :: essays research papers

 The House on Mango StreetThe affects of an unreliable narrator in The House on Mango Street is itaffects the tone, characterization, and style. There are a lot of examples of thosethree affects. Some of those examples are on different chapters of The House onMango Street.      Characterization explained in the chapter called “ Earl of Tennessee.” It isexplained in the way that people say that Earl’s wife looks different ways when sheasks different people. Esperanza says in the chapter” We never agree on what shelooks like”(pg.71). Another example of characterization can be found in the chaptercalled”Sally.” In the chapter Esperanza says”The boys at school think she’sbeautiful...”(pg.81) Characterization is explained in this chapter in the way thatSally wears make-up to school and skirts that she pulls up, but when she goes homeshe washes off the make-up and pulls down her skirt so her father won’t noticeanything.