Life of a Piscadores

Under the Feet of Jesus brings the reader into the world of a migrant worker family suffering through the many hardships of poverty stricken piscadores. In this book author Helena MarĂ­a Viramontes exemplifies the struggles that these families must go through. A passage from the first chapter of this book truly made me picture what this family must be going through. This book was also very captivating due to the austerity of this migrant family. In this passage by Viramontes she explains how everything that happens to these people will affect them in the long run and are all important aspects for survival. Continue reading