Coming of Age in Cisneros' The House on Mango Street and Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man .
This essay discusses Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street" and James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". The paper deals with how each book focuses on characters who are "coming of age". In each case, an individual attempts to understand their private self in a public world. 6 pgs. Bibliography lists 2 sources.