“What Sally Said”
“What Sally Said”
from House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
He never hits me hard. She said her mama rubs lard on all the places where it hurts. Then at school she’d say she fell. That’s where all the blue places come from. That’s why her skin is always scarred.
But who believes her. A girl that big, a girl who comes in with her pretty face all beaten and black can’t be fallin' off the stairs. He never hits me hard.
But Sally doesn’t tell about that time he hit her with his hands just like a dog, she said like if I was an animal. He thinks I’m going to run away like his sisters who made the family ashamed. Just because I’m a daughter, and then she doesn’t say.
Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent. And would’ve stayed too except when the dark came her father, whose eyes were little from crying knocked on the door and said please come back, this is the last time. And she said Daddy and went home.
Then we didn’t need to worry. Until one day Sally’s father catches her talking to a boy and the next day she doesn’t come to school. And the next. Until the way Sally tells it, he just went crazy, he just forgot he was her father between the buckle and the belt.
You’re not my daughter, you’re not my daughter. And then he broke into his hands.
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“What Sally Said”
from House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
He never hits me hard. She said her mama rubs lard on all the places where it hurts. Then at school she’d say she fell. That’s where all the blue places come from. That’s why her all the blue places.
But who believes her. A girl that big, a girl who comes in with her pretty face all beaten and black can’t be fallin' off the stairs. He never hits me hard.
But Sally doesn’t tell about that time he hit her with his hands just like a dog, she said like if I was an animal. He thinks I’m going to run away like his sisters who made the family ashamed. Just because I’m a daughter, and then she doesn’t say.
Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent. And would’ve stayed too except when the dark came her father, whose eyes were little from crying knocked on the door and said please come back, this is the last time. And she said Daddy and went home.
Then we didn’t need to worry. Until one day Sally’s father catches her talking to a boy and the next day she doesn’t come to school. And the next. Until the way Sally tells it, he just went crazy, he just forgot he was her father between the buckle and the belt.
You’re not my daughter, you’re not my daughter. And then he broke into his hands.
He never hits me hard.
mama rubs lard
where it hurts
at school she’d say she “fell”
all the blue places
He never hits me hard.
Skin is always scarred
Who believes her?
Pretty face Beaten and black
Just like a dog
Going to run away
When the dark came
Her father
This is the last time
Then, we didn’t need to worry
Until one day
Father catches her
Talking to a boy
He just went crazy
He forgot he was her father
Between the buckle and belt
Your not my daughter
Not my daughter
And then he broke
Into his hands
He never hits me Moving things to the next line for emphasis
hard.
mama rubs lard
where it
hurts Bolding or Italicizing for emphasis
at school
she’d say she
“fell” quotation marks
all the blue places… ellipses
He never hits me…
hard.
Skin is always
scarred
Who believes her? Question marks
Pretty face
Beaten and black look for poetic language like alliteration
Just like a dog
With the dark came “When” became “With” here.
Her father
“This is the last time”
Breaking into stanzas
Then, we didn’t need to worry
Until one day
Father catches her
Talking to a boy
He just went
crazy Different fonts
He forgot he was her
father
Between
the buckle and belt
“Your not my daughter”
“Not my daughter”
And then
he
Broke Play with capitalization
Into his
hands
What Sally Said
He never hits me
hard
Mama rubs lard
Where it hurts
Sally doesn’t tell, because “because” added here
He never hits her hard “me” becomes “her” here
She’d say she fell
But who believes her?
Big, pretty face, beaten and black
He never hits me hard
Can’t be fallin’ off the stairs
Hit her with his hands, just like
A dog, like she was an animal
He never hits me hard
One Thursday, she stayed a little
With a sack of clothes and a bag of sweetbread
And would’ve stayed, but
With the dark came her father
Eyes little from crying
“Please come back” and “The last time”
He never hits me hard
He never hits me hard
She said, “Daddy”
And went home
Until one day
He never hits me hard
Sally talking to a boy
He forgot he was her father
Just went
crazy
Between the buckle and belt
“You’re not my daughter!”
“Not my daughter!” and then
He broke--into his hands
He Never Hits Me…
hard
From Sandra Cisneros’ House of Mango Street from the short story “What Sally Said”
By Karen Sahaydak
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