If we leave out our tortillas – and by that i mean the language, history, cultural values and themes of our literature – the very culture we’re portraying will die. publishing has often forced us to do just that. trade publishers who control publishing in this country continue to have a very narrow view of the literature of this country. —“take the tortillas out of your poetry,” rudolfo anaya anaya uses the word “tortillas” as a symbol for .

In chapter 3, scout criticizes her classmate, walter cunningham, for asking for molasses and then pouring it on his vegetables and meat while he was a guest at the finch home. in this scene, what does the author’s use of flashback in a first person point-of- view narration achieve?

Which paired device and theme does the poet convey in these lines

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