Esperanza Rising

Esperanza and Miguel encounter Marta and her mother, Ada, walking down the road and give the two a ride. Describe the farm where Marta lives. How do you feel about their situation? Cite evidence from the text to support your response.

Esperanza and Miguel encounter Marta and her mother, ada, walking down the road and give the two a ride. Describe the farm where Marta lives. How do you fell about their situation? Cite evidence from the text to support your response.

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Finally, they reached several acres of land surrounded by chain-link fencing and barbed wire, its single opening guarded by several men wearing armbands.

There were only ten wooden toilet stalls for hundreds of people and Esperanza could smell the effects from the truck. Some people lived in tents but others had only burlap bags stretched between poles. Some were living in their cars or old trucks. Mattresses were on the ground, where people and dogs rested. A goat was tied to a tree.
There was a long pipe that lay on top of the ground and a line of water spigots sticking up from it. Near each spigot were pots and pans and campfire rings, the makings of outdoor kitchens. In an irrigation ditch, women were washing clothes, and children were bathing at the same time. Clotheslines ran everywhere. It was a great jumble of humanity and confusion.

The farm in which Marta and her mother live is overcrowded, unsafe, and unsanitary.

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