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.
Answer:
Genre
: Fiction/Coming-of-age
Setting and Context
: Florida, mid-1990's
Narrator and Point of View
: First-person narration by Paul Fisher.
Tone and Mood
: Observant; smart; wry; honest.
Protagonist and Antagonist
: Protagonist: Paul Fisher. Antagonist: Erik Fisher.
Major Conflict
: Paul Fisher must overcome his fears of his older brother while learning to confront the lies and subtle manipulations of his family.
Climax
: Paul remembers what happened to him when he was a kid, when Erik pinned him down and sprayed paint into his eyes. Paul confronts his parents about the reason they never told him what happened. They tell him that they didn't want him to hate his brother. In response, he asks them if they wanted him to hate himself instead.
Foreshadowing
: Paul's struggle with his family is foreshadowed in the preface of the novel when he has a mysterious flashback. He remembers Erik swinging a baseball bat at his head and missing. He remembers running to his parents and telling them about it, but his parents deny that Erik would ever do something like that.
Imagery
: The novel is filled with rich imagery, from the landscape of tangerine groves to the prefab school portables and the sterile landscape of the housing development.
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Answer:
Main Idea: Many people are outraged at the idea of student journalists not having the same First Amendment rights as other journalists.
Major Detail: The principal of Hazelwood East High School prohibited two topics from being printed in the school newspaper.
Major Detail: The Supreme Court decided that the school newspaper is not a "public forum."
Explanation:
