https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489 en-us 2019-02-26 13:54:37 UTC 2026-01-23 01:46:31 UTC hello@padlet.com mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/335349321 Through figurative language, irony, and symbolism, Viramontes develops and characterizes Estrella into a determined and resilient character from the innocent and confused girl facing injustice for being a migrant worker as she was portrayed in the beginning. Despite the hostility from her teachers, Estrella did not let this inhibit her pursuit of knowledge, eventually achieving it through an ironic character. ]]> 2019-02-26 13:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/335349321 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/335349362 "She had opened the tool chest and all that jumbled steel inside the box...seemed as confusing and foreign as the alphabet she could not decipher."  

]]> 2019-02-26 13:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/335349362 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336393196 "For days she was silent with rage...Estrella hated when things were kept from her."]]> 2019-02-28 14:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336393196 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336394100 "Estrella often wondered what happened to all the things they boxed away in tool chests and kept to themselves."]]> 2019-02-28 14:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336394100 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336395375 "And for the first time, Estrella realized words could become as excruciating as rusted nails piercing the heels of her bare feet."]]> 2019-02-28 14:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336395375 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336396500 "...weighed the significance it awarded her, and soon she came to understand how essential it was to know these things. That was when she began to read."]]> 2019-02-28 14:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336396500 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336397696 Initially, the author characterizes Estrella as a confused and stern little girl who can not read. She establishes this confusing tone with her choice of words: "jumbled", "funny-looking", and "foreign". She compares the jumbled tool chest to her little knowledge of the alphabet.  ]]> 2019-02-28 14:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336397696 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336398904 Referring to the teacher, Estrella is irritated and curious about all the things she could be learning if their attitude towards her was not hostile.  ]]> 2019-02-28 14:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336398904 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336399372 This quote signifies a shift in tone and maturity for Estrella. She compares the hateful words from her teachers to rusty nails. ]]> 2019-02-28 14:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336399372 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336535073 This quote shows us the irony in how Estrella came to gain her knowledge. She did not learn to read by learning from her teachers, but rather from an uneducated carpenter who invested time in her and did not see her as merely a migrant child that would be gone when the "pisca" was over. ]]> 2019-02-28 17:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336535073 mckijrog https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336539215 This quote shows us how initially she was an immature and spiteful girl who did not appreciate the way she was being treated by her ignorant teachers. Over the course of the excerpt, she develops into a determined and resilient girl. ]]> 2019-02-28 17:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mckijrog/7eioqhsyl489/wish/336539215