The most obvious theme I could seek out in the novel "... Y No Se Lo Trago La Tierra" by Thomas Rivera, was fear. The theme of fear is explored through the different point of views, as every person seems to be in a different difficult situation trying to deal with life. It is apparent the books revolves around immigrants and the struggles faced of having to deal with harshness of coming into this country with nothing other than their families. The people in the short stories seem to have fear push them to their limits by wanting to put it all on the line in order to have a good outcome. In "The Children Couldn't Wait" (Pg.77-78) and "... The Earth Did Not Devour Him" (Pg. 101-105) both father's and children work through the struggles of harsh working environments just to get the pay they desperately need.
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80-81) when she cries out for her son's safe return by saying "bring him back alive and I will give you my own heart," (Pg.81) as a parent the only thing that matters more than life itself would be the well-being of their child. In a less derivative approach, "...we don't trust the man that's contracting people to go to work in-- how do you say it?' 'Utah. Why, compadre?' 'Because we don't think there's such a state..." (Pg. 82) just expresses the fear of the unknown, of not wanting to go head first into something new because it us something that does not seem as if it's a good deal and what terrible things may come if one does choose to go that route. "It's That It Hurts" (Pg. 83-88) comes into a child's view, he expresses his fear of not being accepted and being made fun of, and this caused the child to act out when getting "embarrassed and angry" so his solutions was to "fight" (Pg. 85) which made him feel "bigger" (Pg. 85) but up until that point all he felt was "fear" (Pg.
80-81) when she cries out for her son's safe return by saying "bring him back alive and I will give you my own heart," (Pg.81) as a parent the only thing that matters more than life itself would be the well-being of their child. In a less derivative approach, "...we don't trust the man that's contracting people to go to work in-- how do you say it?' 'Utah. Why, compadre?' 'Because we don't think there's such a state..." (Pg. 82) just expresses the fear of the unknown, of not wanting to go head first into something new because it us something that does not seem as if it's a good deal and what terrible things may come if one does choose to go that route. "It's That It Hurts" (Pg. 83-88) comes into a child's view, he expresses his fear of not being accepted and being made fun of, and this caused the child to act out when getting "embarrassed and angry" so his solutions was to "fight" (Pg. 85) which made him feel "bigger" (Pg. 85) but up until that point all he felt was "fear" (Pg.