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In the poem “El sonavabitche,” the narrator is a teacher from the Rio Grande Valley who witnesses the farmer call immigration enforcement on his own undocumented workers in order to avoid paying them. She threatens to expose the farmer’s behavior and demands he pay him the wages he owes his workers.
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Narrator (“El sonavabitche”) Character Timeline in Borderlands / La Frontera
The timeline below shows where the character Narrator (“El sonavabitche”) appears in Borderlands / La Frontera. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 2, Section 2: La pérdida
...of the students’ fathers, who is also a Chicano from the Rio Grande Valley, tells the narrator of “El sonavabitche” that the men are undocumented and the brutal farm owner makes them work as much...
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The narrator of “El sonavabitche” walks inside and greets the farmer, who apologizes for how “immigration / is getting so...
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