1. the step sisters always thought they were better than cinderella, therefore they put her down.
2. The stepmother wanted one of her daughters to marry the prince, so she hated cinderella, especially since she escaped and went to the ball
Answer:
1. The farmers are like kittens because they do not speak up for their rights and this is comparable to the timidity of the kittens.
Evidence: Holding up a kitten Marta said, "This is us small meek animals we don’t speak up.”
2. Marta suggests that they go on strike in two weeks to protest for their rights to "higher wages and better housing".
Explanation:
In page 132 of the book Las Almendras, Marta is unhappy with the treatment meted onto the farmers as well as their inability to speak up and demand their rights to food and proper housing. Using a metaphor to drive home her point, Marta holds up a kitten and compares the farmers to it.
Just as this animal was "small and meek", so were the farmers who appeared small in the eyes of their oppressors. She encouraged them to snap out of this timidity by protesting for their rights.
It could be stated that the connection between this two parts might be related to the role of women in the Middle Ages. In the prologue, the woman is described as being swathed in textile and "textere". this might should the connection between "cloth and "text" at that time. The wife seems to be good at "spinning a tale" she is also good at "spinning cloth".
