And The Earth Did Not Devour Him Summary

Tomas Rivera portrayed the suffering, strength, and beauty of the migrant farm workers by telling their stories about their lives and the struggles they went through and the blessings they received. There were three things that stood out to me the most and they were: the conditions which the migrant farm workers had to work through, the way they were being treated by people, and how they always had hope. These three things show how strong these people were and how much they had worked for everything they have. These migrant farm workers had worked in lots of different areas. They have also worked in very bad conditions which was mostly in the heat. For example, in the ...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, it tells us how it was very hot yet these kids still worked, “They began working more slowly because of the weakness, dizziness and suffocation they felt when they worked too fast” (Rivera, 41) In this quote it tells about how hard it is to work out in the hot sun …show more content…
They have hope for their children to have a good and better future than they do. The author points out what the migrant farm workers want for their children, “...y’all go to school so much? My Dad says it’s to prepare us. He says that if someday there’s an opportunity, maybe they’ll give it to us” (Rivera 23) This shows that the older generation would want better things to come out of the kids and have faith and hope in them that they will succeed. Hope was always burning inside them and everything they found joy in. For example, Don Efrain shows how he had hope for his child’s future and their family, “Maybe one of them will turn out good with the glove, and then will be set vieja” (Rivera 53) In this quote it describes how Efrain was in love with boxing and his children and how one of them can be big in boxing instead of working in the hot sun in the fields. He wanted them to have big futures that didn’t involve