Sandra Cisneros
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The document provides biographical information about author Sandra Cisneros and analyzes her short story "Woman Hollering Creek". It notes that Cisneros was born in Chicago to a Mexican father and Mexican-American mother. Her writing often explores this Mexican-American heritage. The story "Woman Hollering Creek" depicts a woman named Cleofilas in an abusive relationship who seeks help from a doctora and returns to her father in Mexico.
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Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican American novelist, poet, and short story writer. Some of her notable works include The House on Mango Street and Women Hollering Creek and Other Stories. She was born in 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to Mexican parents. In her writing, Cisneros explores themes of femininity and cultural identity through the lens of growing up as a young Mexican American woman.
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2) In class, the teacher wrongly accuses her of owning an ugly, old sweater that was left in the lost and found which causes the narrator great embarrassment and shame on her 11th birthday.
3) Humiliated in front of her classmates, the narrator breaks down crying uncontrollably, wishing to be invisible or much older rather than having to experience the humiliation of being 11 years old.
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