Assignment: Rich and Poor in Argueta's One Day of Life

Find and write a paragraph on each of THREE passages in the novel in which the relations of exploitation between rich and poor are explicitly discussed (there are quite a few of these passages).

Discuss how the character who speaks each passage views these relations.

Email to me and to your group. Length: about 300 words.


IN ADDITION: Please study carefully the chapter on pp. 181-189, titled "1:30 p.m."

What is this chapter doing here? What is going on? What does this story mean, in the context of the rest of the novel?

Write 100 words, or a little more, on this. But do NOT summarize or retell this story. ANALYZE!

This is a great chapter to practice your skills of analysis on! Let's see what we can do with it.


Send BOTH your passages -- the 300+ word and the 100+ word passages -- in the same email. Separate them by putting a line between them.

Email to me and to your group.