As a sign of appreciation to god, Doña Margarita decided to feed as many people as possible with their old burro. She believed that it was because of him that the name of his son Jose had caused General Felipe Kelly to show them mercy and respect. This might not be important to many of us but it shows that she had faith and that god was with them even though they had suffered a lot. Even though Juan didn’t like the idea of killing and eating his friend he realized that it had to be done, so he somewhat started to grow into a man.
Pgs.112-115
After having a dream in which Juan and Domingo were back home racing through the canyon with their bull, Juan was woken up by the ants that had crawled on to his face and the sunlight that came down through the cracks of the fence. He told Emilia his dream and started arguing with her about how they needed to know what they had become. He felt repulsed by his sister and his niece because they had given up and felt somewhat less repulsed by his mother. He told Emilia that he wasn’t going to stay there while his mother was begging in order to feed them, he felt the urge to help his family so he decided to go find more wood to sell. Emilia cried and begged him not to go but he had already made up his mind and no one was going to stop him. I believe this scene is important because it shows Juan becoming a “man” and how all of his life was set on course. He wasn’t scared or had any more questions.
Pgs.147-149
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