Lit Circle Blog 1

I selected the scene was when Juan saw a dirty, ugly, old begger up along the streets of the church disgusted by the scene, when he comes to realize it was his own mother (145). That just stabbed me in the heart while i was reading, Dona Margarita was so desperate for her family to survive that she went, put her shame away and she did what she had to do for her family. It was important because this was Juan Salvador's motivation to work under any circumstances so he wouldn't see his mother beg ever again. Dona Margarita took a level of her pride and knocked it down. Her motivation was to keep her kids and grandchild healthy enough to move on. If I saw my mother begging in the streets to keep us well enough to get through another day would give me the sickest feeling in my stomach just like Juan. The impacts of economy when terms are unstable and low can pull a family apart. In Juan's family"s case they pulled together, once Dona Margarita put any embarrassment into consideration she just took it, and did her business begging to keep her family alive. Survival.

The second scene I selected was when Juan yelled out about the soldiers coming into his hometown. Everyone paniced and left the corn they were picking. Their family running for their lives not because of the soldiers but because Juan Salvador pulled "the little boy who cried wolf," schme (101). This was important because this got Juan and his family chased out of their town and started their new adventure with their family. Juan is a true hard core jokester. He has the "balls", (excuse my french,) to take that gamble and risk his families safety and lack of preparation.You have to shut some doors yourself in order for more stable doors to pen. When Juan yelled that the soldiers were coming, his family did what they were instructed, they beiieved him. The people in small villages must have been frightned by the sights of soldiers because soldiers during the revolution didn't have respect for peopple and their belongings. Their authority was way superior than any househoold of a family, becuase they carried weapons and fought with their fists. The people were "ruled by the sowrd," and obeyed the "upper" hand on whatever they wanted. Fear.