88 pages 2 hours read

Tomás Rivera

And The Earth Did Not Devour Him

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

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Essay Topics

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Define stream-of-consciousness narrative technique, and explain how Rivera uses that technique in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him.

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What does the portrait in Chapter 12 represent, and how does Rivera indicate its symbolic meaning?

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In Chapter 13, Rivera describes the inner thoughts of the workers on the truck and concludes the chapter with a vignette about Bartolo’s poems. Discuss how the two are connected and how they relate to the book’s overall structure and purpose.

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