Question 1 (1.5 points)
Which of these is a common thread that runs through the vignettes "Papa Who
Wakes Up Early in the Dark," "Born Bad," and "Geraldo No Last Name"?

The value of hard work
The sadness of death
The importance of friendship
The necessity of dreams

The sadness of death.

Explanation:

Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street is a collection of short narrative stories about a young girl Esperanza. The book contains numerous short stories under different titles telling a story of specific parts of her life.

The vignette "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired Early in the Dark" tells the story of how his hardworking father had to go to their ancestral home for the death of her abuelito.  She saw her "poor papa" crying as if he had just heard the news all over again.

"Born Bad," tells the story of how Aunt Lupe lived her life in darkness, for she was blind. And when she died, Esperanza declares "And then we began to dream the dreams".

"Geraldo No Last Name" is a story about Geraldo who had died in an accident and Marin was the last to see him alive. She did not know his last name, nor does she know a lot about the dead guy for why does it matter? But the narrator states "the ones he left behind are far away, will wonder, shrug. remember. Geraldo-he went north ... we never heard from him again".

All three vignettes have a common theme of the sadness of the death of a person and how it affects others no matter what they may have thought of him/ her while he/ she was living.

The sadness of death

Explanation:

The three vignettes show the sadness of death as a common theme. In "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired Early in the Dark" shows a little boy witnessing his father weeping over the death of his grandfather. The father's cry is one of sadness at the motto of a loved one. Similarly, "Born Bad" tells the story of a lady who was blind and never had the privilege of seeing the light. One day this lady dies, leaving everyone around her with a melancholy and sad feeling, with a feeling of failure.

Finally, "Geraldo No Last Name", which exposes the accident that killed a man named Geraldo. The man who saw Geraldo before he died did not know his surname, nor did he know his family and was left with a sad and melancholy feeling for the man without a name.