“Earl of Tennessee”
What does he do for a living? Earl is a single man who lives in the basement of Edna's apartment. He
works nights as a jukebox repairman
, a skill he learned when he lived in the South.
Is Earl married in House on Mango Street?
Earl supposedly has a wife
, and many of the neighbors have seen her enter his apartment, but they all describe her very differently. … Esperanza rather naively assumes the different-looking women entering his apartment are all actually his wife, but in fact they are probably different prostitutes.
How does Esperanza describe Earl?
What words does Esperanza use to describe Earl? Esperanza uses
words like dusty, mold, and damp
to describe Earl and his house.
Who is Earl wife in The House on Mango Street?
Earl is a jukebox repairman from the South. Rumor has is that Earl is married and has a wife somewhere.
Edna
, Esperanza's mother, and the neighborhood kids all claim to have seen her, but they disagree as to what she looks like.
Who is sire's girlfriend?
Sire has a girlfriend name
Lois
. She is small and pretty with little pink toenails like “seashells,” but she doesn't know how to tie her own shoes. Esperanza watches Sire and Lois walking together around the neighborhood, and Lois riding Sire's bike, and Sire tying Lois's shoes.
Does Ruthie have a disability?
Summary: “Edna's Ruthie”
She doesn't go into stores with the children, and one night when her mother's friends invite her to play bingo,
she is paralyzed
at the thought of going out with them. Ruthie is talented, but when she was young she got married instead of taking a job.
What doesn't Esperanza realize about Louie's cousin?
What doesn't Esperanza realize about Louie's cousin? …
Louie's first/oldest cousin. Lives with Louie because
her family is in Puerto Rico. Wears dark nylons and kits if makeup.
What does Esperanza mean by everything is holding its breath inside me?
Esperanza's feelings about dancing show that she's becoming aware of boys and starting to realize that she can attract them. Everything is holding its breath inside me.
Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas.
What does Esperanza say about Ruthie?
Esperanza says that
Ruthie is good at many things, but instead of getting a job she got married when she was young
. Esperanza can't understand why Ruthie returned to live on Mango Street with her mother, but Ruthie says she is just waiting for her husband to come and take her away. But he never comes.
When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks then it is I look at the trees?
“When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I
look at trees
. When there is nothing left to look at on this street. Four who grew despite concrete. Four who reach and do not forget to reach.
Why is Esperanza afraid of Sire?
Esperanza is afraid of Sire
because he makes her uncomfortable
; she says, “it (makes) your blood freeze to have somebody look at you like that”.
What does Esperanza learn from Sally?
Esperanza wants to learn to
wear makeup and to wear black suede shoes
like Sally.
What or whom does Esperanza believe understands her?
“
Four Skinny Trees
”
Esperanza feels that the trees are the only ones who understand her, just as she's the only one who understands the trees. Both the trees and Esperanza have skinny necks and pointy elbows, and they both belong but don't belong on Mango Street.
What happened to sire the day Esperanza looked back at him?
What happens when Esperanza looked back at Sire?
Sire ran into a car
when Esperanza looked back.
Why does this curiosity make her feel as though everything is holding its breath inside me?
Why does Esperanza's curiosity about Sire make her feel as if “everything is holding its breath inside me?”
She desires to feel loved by someone like Sire loves his girlfriend.
Why was Louie's cousin put in handcuffs?
The cops put handcuffs on Louie's cousin,
and they drove away
. Everyone stood on the curb, waving as they left. This because they are too naive, and they didn't understand that he had stolen the car, or that he had been arrested, so they just waved. The white people who come to the barrio are afraid.
