Summary: Virgen De Guadalupe

The woman on the wall in Mr. White’s house is the Virgen de Guadalupe. She is the mother of Jesus. Traditionally, the Virgen is wearing a green robe with a pink dress underneath. While the painting on the wall, she wears green and has her hair in braids with white flowers around her¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬. When the White’s first moved into the house and saw the painting, they wanted to paint over it as soon as possible. Eventually though, Jamie grew to like it and told Mr. White not to paint over it. The Virgen de Guadalupe is important in the movie because when the boys qualified for state, they got on their knees and began to pray.
It shows that they are religious. While they prayed, the other teams cheered. In one scene, when Thomas wakes up to work on the fields the camera shows a statue of the virgen de Guadalupe. The virgen de Guadalupe is very important in Mexican culture and traditions. The painting represents Mexican culture. …show more content…
She began appearing in Mexico during 1519-1531. She requested that a shrine be built on Tepeyac Hill. When Juan Diego told the Church, they didn’t believe him. So, the virgen de Guadalupe ordered him to collect dozens of roses. He went to the bishop and opened his robe, causing dozens of roses to fall. On the inside of his robe there was a picture of Mary. In order to gain Aztec cooperation, the Spanish transformed Aztec gods, the “mother god” into one of their own: La Virgen de Guadalupe. The