Now that you’ve finished reading “Los Aguacates: Avocados,” look more closely at how Pam Muñoz Ryan uses explicit details to suggest bigger, implicit ideas about the lives of farm workers in general and immigrant workers in particular.
Read each detail or idea from “Los Aguacates: Avocados.” Think about what these explicitly stated ideas reveal about Esperanza’s life and the lives of her friends and family. Then, answer a question about a bigger, implied idea about the lives of farm workers in general and immigrant workers in particular.
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Miguel says that Mr. Yakota “treats us like people,” suggesting that other market owners treat Mexican shoppers poorly. |
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Because they wear worn work clothes, people assume that Mexican workers are “uneducated, dirty, poor, and unskilled” and don’t bother to find out the truth. |
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Insulting language and rude manners are inappropriate between customers and store owners, yet Mexican shoppers have to put up with this mistreatment to shop at some stores. |
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Esperanza realizes that she, too, is perceived by many White people as poor and lacking in education, though in fact she has had years of schooling. |
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Even among poor farm workers, there is discrimination and mistrust. |
Question
The camp laborers work long, hard days, and it takes them a long time to save money for important goals like education and better housing. What makes their lives even harder? Make an inference based on the details you just reviewed.
