上学的时候，有位精读老师一直跟我们强调要拥有批判性思维，无论看什么书，针对什么事，不能一味的随波逐流，要用批判性的思维和态度去对待，以下是针对我看过的一本书“芒果街上的小屋”做的简短评价，起初我以为只是一本女孩子的成长日记，可是一旦用了批判性的眼光去看几遍，会发现原来里面充斥着对女性的歧视，无论在墨西哥，西班牙还是美国。庆幸的是，书中的女主人公一直励志要拥有的是一份事业，而不是一辈子待在厨房。

针对The House on Mango Street的短评

                                          赵艳婷

It's about a girl Esperanza whose name in English names hope, but in Spanish means sadness. she lives in Mango street which is an area of immigrants.Her whole family immigrant to America from Spanish. In that area, the brown race are discriminated against by the white people, and the shadow of the race discrimination has been following her since she was a little girl, which often makes her sad, but as a child , she was still a girl with a heart full of sensitive and sympathy. When she live in Mango street, she met some female who were poor Mexican immigrants and under the Mexican traditional culture and the decayed patriarchal system, those female all had the same miserable destiny-to be fettered. There is no doubt that Esperanza sympathized those females who were not only fettered by men but fettered by their weakness.

However although Esperanza had the same background of birth with those females. She decided not to live like other women who spend their whole life in a factory or in the kitchen. She dreamed she has a house of her own, not her daddy's, not her husband's, a house all her own. But such a dream which is impossible for a woman at that time to achieve. So Esperanza made a decision in her mind. She could one day go away from the Mango street where there full of discreaminations and conservative traditions.

This book is just like a diary. Although it was short, easy, the deep meanings are profound. It not only recorded the growth of Esperanza but  reflects the issues of racial discreaminations. When it refers to the racial discrimination, we may not experience it, but there is no deny that the discrimination do exert in every area and every country. Of cause, sometimes, the discrimination exists all around us. As for me, when I was in senior high school, I prejudiced to the people from XinJiang, Because at that time, there were many rumors about XinJiang people, such as murder, stolen and spread ADs. So when I saw the Xinjiang people, I have no good impression on them, but when I know more about the Xinjiang people. I realized I had to change the concept, so although the discrimination exists in our word and we also know it can't be totally eliminated. What we can do is to keep a love and tolerance heart, because no one can be discriminated due to their color, and their race. So I was appricated Esperanza, even though she and other immigrants were discriminated by the white men. She was still full of kindness and sympathy and she also dreamed she could be free and have the ability to help others by writing. But she was just a girl at that time. It not only have the racial discrimination but have the discrimination against women and girls.

There is no denying that nowadays women have more and more rights in the family and in society, but for women. There still exists the traditional Chinese thinking and some unfair treatments. Therefore under these reality issues. What we should do is to keep a clear mind and to get rid of the fetter of the traditional thinking. For women, we can fight for our rights. We could also pursue the fair between male and female, but we should realize there is no absolute fair in this world. Although all men are created equal, it doesn't mean that everyone should have the same status in society, it depends on our ability and our own efforts. Therefore, though we do not have the bodies as strong as the men, as long as we have the ability and have the strong willings we will get the respects and the status we deserved.