My grand padlet by https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v Made with a warm hug en-us 2021-03-04 05:24:22 UTC 2021-03-04 06:36:02 UTC hello@padlet.com The Portrait umoh0002 https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267341095 2021-03-04 05:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267341095 A statement of what you think this story “is about?” A statements of what you think this story is about umoh0002 https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267344159 A statement of what you think this story “is about?”


This story is about deceptprs who use the joy of struggling migrants for cash.
It’s in the hope of seeing Chuy in a better light that Don Mateo gave this seemingly friend/business guy about $30. When in actuality it turned out to be a strung out methodical lie from the get go.

]]> 2021-03-04 05:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267344159 umoh0002 https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267346476 What untitled story comes before and after this one?   Are either or both of them connected to your story?  In what ways? 
The untitled story after speaks of Figueroa going to prison and potentially being executed for being in some sort of relationship with a 17 year old white female. While the story before speaks of a con artist posing as a priest who uses religion for gain. I feel both untitled stories aren’t connected to my story but a larger story of deception and racism. There’s deception in the untitled story by the priest and the portrait people and racism (I assume) that lead Figueroa to prison for being with a white girl.

]]> 2021-03-04 05:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267346476 umoh0002 https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267347617 What are some metaphors in this story?  This can be metaphors in the structure, specific symbols, repeated imagery, use of water, earth, fire. When you share the metaphors or symbols in this story, please copy the passages onto your poster as quotes. 
I see the metaphor of light and images here. Don Mateo and his partner are so enthralled by the thought of an image, something that’s not really there. They know that their Chuy isn’t actually present or will physically be more present, but to have someone fix a portrait that resembles real physical presence is cool.
“But you take good care of that picture for us because it’s the only one we have of our son grown up.”(pg 131)

]]> 2021-03-04 05:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267347617 umoh0002 https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267349436 What does the story make you think about? 
The story makes me think of a part in the Bible where the devil is mentioned as a false angel of light that looks authentic, but is really ones worst nightmare. That’s what the portrait people had me feeling.
]]> 2021-03-04 05:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267349436 umoh0002 https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267350222 How does it fit into what you see as the important ideas, questions or themes of the book?  (i.e. what is being pieced together?)
I think number 4. helps me piece together the story in a way that makes triumph an output. And struggle as a journey, in this case the triumph wasn’t the portrait that Don Mateo got, but the fact he faced one of the men who took something valuable from him. 
]]> 2021-03-04 05:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267350222 umoh0002 https://padlet.com/umoh0002/rxoj2kwnsfnpd52v/wish/1267350976 An image that highlights the author’s use of imagery/symbols/metaphors - this should be a picture that is an image suggested by the author’s written metaphor or imagery
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f5/05/24/f50524ee5f161f437400aaf215c9e12f.jpg
This image is perfect because it shows how our imagination/lives can seem dull without anything of color in them. It’s like Don Mateo just wanting to see the vibrant colors of his Chuy. From that I assume that there must be something dull or blank that the narrator as well is trying to fill in, why else should you give $30 to a stranger. That’s a lot of today still, sheesh.
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