https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98 How the author's view can affect a novel en-us 2016-09-14 16:18:44 UTC 2023-10-14 00:44:29 UTC hello@padlet.com isabella_brine46 https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124447293 2016-09-16 18:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124447293 isabella_brine46 https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124447538 The Plaza is important to Ernesto as although it is useless, it gives the town "a touch of dignity, the mark of a proper Pueblo."-page 8. The Plaza is a place that kids roam around in on hot days or mule drivers stop in, to rest under the shade supported by the trees. It's important to the town and to Ernesto as it shows how small the town truly is. The  Plaza does not have a chapel or any form of law enforcement, but it stands there anyways without any issues. Without the Plaza, it wouldn't be clear just how small Jalcocotán actually is.]]> 2016-09-16 18:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124447538 isabella_brine46 https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124449979 2016-09-16 18:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124449979 isabella_brine46 https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124451461 The arroyo is important as it is the source of drinking water and used to wash clothes in Jalcocotán. It also symbolizes the center of life for Ernesto as he states on page 10, "...but most important of all, it piped the sweet seepage of the forest to our town, always cold, transparent, and greenish blue. We called it agua zarca, good for drinking and washing." Without the arroyo, the town wouldn't have such a close, clean source of water that can be used to fish or to wash clothes. The arroyo is also used to show how hot it is as on page 3 it states, "...children waded and men squatted until high noon had passed." This shows that it's not only hot enough for the children to play in the water till noon, but for grown men to sit in it due to the scorching heat. Without this little tidbit, it would be hard to imagine how hot it could really be.]]> 2016-09-16 18:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124451461 isabella_brine46 https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124453688 2016-09-16 18:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124453688 isabella_brine46 https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124453867 Finally, Jalcocotán is the most important location of all as it's where Ernesto starts his life. His mother had moved there after divorcing his father and traveled there with his two uncles to start a new life. As stated on page 15, "We moved to Jalco-my mother, my uncle Gustavo, my uncle José  and I-several weeks before I was born." Jalcocotán is where Ernesto began, where his journey started. It's the most significant place in the book because if they hadn't have started there, their lives may have been very different and the book probably wouldn't have been written at all. The info on how they moved to Jalcocotán also shows how poor and small the town is as she barely had anything other than a ring, a sewing machine, and some clothes and managed to raise a son and still put food on the table for both of them. She was also able to start a new life with what little she had left with her new son.]]> 2016-09-16 18:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/isabella_brine46/h3cxnlrnl98/wish/124453867