Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Morgan Henry

Cathy Queen of Cats

Key Characters: Cathy and Esperanza (narrator)

Summary: Esperanza is talking to Cathy, one of her neighbors. Cathy is telling Esperanza about the people on Mango Street. Esperanza learns who to hang out with and who not too. Cathy also tells Esperanza that she will be her friend, but only until next Tuesday, because Cathy, who has a ton of cats, is moving away on Tuesday because the neighborhood is getting bad. She is going to find her great great distance grand cousin.

Figurative Language: "Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street." p. 12 This is a simile comparing the way the girls look to the way a rat looks.

Question: Why does Esperanza get offended when Cathy says, the neighborhood is getting bad?

4 comments:

dantesinferno1 said...

Kara Lesti

Esperanza gets offended when Cathy says the neighborhood is getting bad because she just moved i. Also Shes one of the reasons that Cathy is moving.

dantesinferno1 said...

jessica Powers Esperanza gets offended when cathy says the nebiorhood is getting bad beacaue that is where Esperanza lives there and Cathy makes it sound (since the neiorhood has alot of Meicans...)that Mexicans are bad so thats offencive to esperanza as if she was the reason Cathy moved

dantesinferno1 said...

Joe Ziccardi

Esperanza gets offended because she just moved to Mango Street and also doesnt like the people that live there.

dantesinferno1 said...

she gets offended because its mostly kids who are around her age and cathy is stereo typing the community.

-Cindy white