By:Piri Thomas
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- Piri's dad went home to Puerto Rico on relief.
- The "Great Hunger" called The Depression was still down on Harlem it was 1941.
- The landlord did not give them heat so the mother took a hammer and started beating the radiator with it.
- Piri's mother is angry because she thought that she will never see the island of Puerto Rico again.
- Piri's father digs up snow for the WPA
4questions
- How did Piri's father loose his job?
- Will his mother ever return to Puerto Rico again?
- Do the children go to school?
- What does Piri really think of his father?
3vocabulary
- Cristo- Christ
- Corazon- heart
- la pobreza-poverty
2literary terms
- "Poppa looked so lost in his clothes. A jacket and a coat, sweaters on top of sweaters, two pairs of pants, two pairs of socks, two pairs of long johns, and a woolen cap." p.10 direct characterization
- "His eyes were cold; his ears were red with pain." p.10 metaphor
1overview statement
- Piri's family grew up poor and to make things worse his father lost his job and now he has to dig up snow for the government WPA.
