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Rigoberta’s Grandfather
Rigoberta’s brother Petrocinio was the secretary of their village and thus stayed in the village after his family separated to engage in political tasks of their own. As retaliation for his family’s political activities, the Guatemalan army kidnapped and tortured him for over two weeks. Petrocinio was left disfigured finally burned alive, alongside other prisoners, in a horrific display meant to subdue Indian resistance and punish guerrillas for their activities in the mountains. Petrocinio’s fate was a particularly brutal illustration of how the army terrorized Indian communities in order to keep them from protesting against social issues such as unfair land distribution.
Petrocinio Menchú Tum Quotes in I, Rigoberta Menchú
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Chapter 27
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My mother used to say that through her life, through her living testimony, she tried to tell women that they too had to participate, so that when the repression comes and with it a lot of suffering, it’s not only the men who suffer. Women must join the struggle in their own way. My mother’s words told them that any evolution, any change, in which women had not participated, would not be a change, and there would be no victory.
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Petrocinio Menchú Tum Quotes in I, Rigoberta Menchú
The I, Rigoberta Menchú quotes below are all either spoken by Petrocinio Menchú Tum or refer to Petrocinio Menchú Tum. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 27
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My mother used to say that through her life, through her living testimony, she tried to tell women that they too had to participate, so that when the repression comes and with it a lot of suffering, it’s not only the men who suffer. Women must join the struggle in their own way. My mother’s words told them that any evolution, any change, in which women had not participated, would not be a change, and there would be no victory.
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