Question

On pages 131-133, Marta is using kittens as a metaphor for the farmers. How are the farmers like the kittens? How does Marta suggest they fight being "like kittens"? Use specific evidence form the text in your answer.

Answer 1

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.