Blog Post 6

In “The little Burnt Victims” Rivera does a fabulous job of portraying the suffering of migrant workers through the loss of two children. Rivera talks about the determination and commitment of the parents to provide for their children. Overall this chapter of the book has an extremely morose / sad ending but if the reader looks back at the author’s broader implications in the text, they find literary techniques implemented by the author to further enhance the short story.

Throughout the text Rivera uses the vivid imagery to describe scenes in the text. The specificity of the imagery is interesting to analyze. For example when the father let them dress up as boxers and let them fight in the house. “He even stripped them down to their shorts and rubbed a bit of alcohol on their little chests, just like they had seen done in the movie.” (Rivera 95) This shows how the father was very lenient with the children and wanted them to learn how to protect themselves. The mother tells them to stop but the father disagrees with her, telling her “Oh, let them fight. Maybe they’ll learn how to defend themselves.” (River 95) This shows how the father wants his kids to be safe. Rivera does a great job in the beginning of the story setting up the characters.

The first time I read the text I did not see this plot twist coming at all, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. By writing the children’s graphic death in the text he forces the reader to feel uncomfortable and by doing that the reader remembers the story. That is why I actually picked this story, because it was the first one i remembered due to the graphic content. I believe Rivera succeeds in portraying the suffering and the strength and the beauty of the migrant workers, through a style of writing that is brilliant and effective for imprinting a lesson in the reader’s mind.

16 thoughts on “Blog Post 6”

  1. Great example here Nick. I agree with you completely that this story was not only memorable for its morose content, but also because of the way Rivera told it to his audience.

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