The autobiography depicts the life of a Mexican migrant farm worker who overcomes his disadvantages to be the first college graduate in his family. The veteran lettuce harvester suffers a crippling, job related injury that leaves him unable to work. During the painful recovery, he goes through a series of flashbacks of key events leading to the injury. Inspired by a blind man and a former teacher, he finds the turning point of his life. Lucio Padilla came to the United States at age nine with his family to work the fields of central and southern California. As a teenager he endured the...
The autobiography depicts the life of a Mexican migrant farm worker who overcomes his disadvantages to be the first college graduate in his family. Th...
La autobiografia representa la vida de una familia de trabajadores campesinos emigrantes que sobrellevo sus desventajas para convertirse en el primer graduado en su familia. El veterano cosechador de lechugas sufre una lastimadura en el trabajo que lo incapacita y le impide trabajar. Durante la dolorosa recuperacion, el pasa por una serie de repentinos recuerdos del pasado hasta el momento de su lastimadura. Inspirado por un hombre ciego y su antiguo maestro, el encuentra una esperanza en su vida. Lucio Padilla vino a los Estados Unidos a la edad de nueve anos con su familia a trabajar en los...
La autobiografia representa la vida de una familia de trabajadores campesinos emigrantes que sobrellevo sus desventajas para convertirse en el primer ...
