(1) To Soto working in the vines was a low, embarrassing, dishonorable job. There was no glory to be found in it. It was cut and dry hard work. He knew however, that this was the line of work he had to do in order to obtain some sort of status. “Along with my brother and sister I picked grapes until I was fifteen, before giving up and saying that I’d rather wear old clothes …showed first 75 words of 702 total…

…showed last 75 words of 702 total…that if he worked hard and earned the same pay as the other men, then he would have accomplished something worth while. As long as he was satisfied with his work than everything was fine. “We returned smiling to our car happy with the money we had made and pleased that we had in a small way proved, ourselves to be tough; that we worked as well as other men and earned the same pay.