y, Chonita and her people find themselves "walled out" from all comfort and security because of their poverty and alien status. Chonita herself specifically represents poverty, hardship, and the cry of a forgotten people. Her own body is a symbolic example of her people's suffering. "She was already on top of the alley fence when we got there, a scrawny little girl of about nine, her dirty bare feet clinging to the fence almost like hands." (p. 359) She mirrors the innocence which all victims possess. Chonita is a voice for all of those who society deems unworthy of having their needs met. In the story Chonita continuously cries out for "the hammon and the beans" in a display which portrays her choice to "rise above" her poverty and demand to be given better. Throughout the story the narrator

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Approximate Word count = 541
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)