I believe that you have to have footnotes.
Answer:
please give BRAINLIEST: She has tried to create something beautiful even when times are hard.
Many of it is ending up in landfills and were not recycling enough of it.
Even though Esquivel knows the story of maiz is a myth, she nevertheless warns her daughter not to step on a kernel of corn because the corn represents fertility and the kernels are part of the ritual. It would be wrong, or perhaps even sinful to step on such an important symbol of their culture which is why Esquivel doesn't want her daughter to be in some kind of danger because of such a reckless act.