The book has started off a little slow but is growing on me. I am becoming very interested in the average Guatemalan lifestyle and how they live day by day. Through reading this book and experiencing everything in a first person perspective is amazing. My picture of Guatemala and the lives the people live has completely changed.
2. Menchu uses the following quotation to start Chapter 7, "...those who sow maize for profit leave the earth empty of bones of the forefathers that give the maize, and then the earth demands bones, and the softest ones, those of children, pile up on the top of her and beneath her black crust, to feed her." After reading this chapter, what is your reaction to this quotation?
I think this is a very strange quote, but after reading it multiple times I think I finally got the meaning out of it. I believe this quote is trying to explain consequences that come with breaking tradition; such as sowing maize for profit. If you take more then you need, karma will come back and take from you; like Rigoberta's baby brother.
3. Based on your reading of Chapter 8, what are your thoughts of culture? How does Rigoberta's culture align to your own? How is it different?
While reading this chapter I realized how important culture is. It defines who you are and brings you closer to others that share similarities to that culture, but it can also show the differences between you and them.
The more I think about it, the more I realize how I dont really have culture. I think this is becoming more and more normal here in the United States. The U.S. is a giant melting pot of different cultural groups and everything is blended into one group.
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