76 pages 2 hours read

Gary Soto

Buried Onions

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

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Essay Topics

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One view of this novel is that it paints a canvass that is deterministic and largely without hope for the Mexican-American community in which Eddie lives. Do you agree or disagree?

2.

What role do the female characters play in this novel?

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Why are animals mentioned so frequently in this novel? What role do animals play in the text?