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What challenges to human rights do characters face in Chapter 11? How do they respond? |
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1. Miguel tells Esperanza why they shop at Mr. Yakota’s store. Explain how Miguel’s comments about Mr. Yakota connect to the ideas in Article 1 of the UDHR. Be sure to cite specific evidence from the text. Article 1 of the UDHR states: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
2. Look at pages 187 and 188. Summarize Miguel’s explanation of how the farmworkers are treated. Then explain how Miguel’s comments and Esperanza’s thinking connect to the ideas of Article 2 of the UDHR. Be sure to cite evidence from the text. Article 2 of the UDHR states: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing, or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”
3. The farm laborers live in two different types of camps. Reread pages 192 and 193. Why are Marta and Ada living in a different camp now? What is that camp like? What does the author mean when she writes that Marta’s new camp was a “great jumble of humanity and confusion”? Be sure to cite evidence from the text.
2. Look at pages 187 and 188. Summarize Miguel’s explanation of how the farmworkers are treated. Then explain how Miguel’s comments and Esperanza’s thinking connect to the ideas of Article 2 of the UDHR. Be sure to cite evidence from the text. Article 2 of the UDHR states: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing, or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”
3. The farm laborers live in two different types of camps. Reread pages 192 and 193. Why are Marta and Ada living in a different camp now? What is that camp like? What does the author mean when she writes that Marta’s new camp was a “great jumble of humanity and confusion”? Be sure to cite evidence from the text.