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This 7 page paper reviews Elva Trevino Hart's book about growing up in a poor, migrant family. The paper delves into this autobiography and talks about the life lessons Elva learned as a child and how it affected her life. No additional sources cited.
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quite poignantly: "My whole life, I never had a bed" (Hart 3). In fact one would think that the sentiment would be dismal and indicative of poverty, but while Elva
was poor, the sentiment may also be construed to relay the story of a girl who grew up in a close-knit family. They had to be. The family did not
even have the luxury of plumbing, something that most people take for granted. They had no car and when a work opportunity came up--an opportunity to work the fields of
Minnesota-- the family traveled by truck with others who were in the same boat. The book relays a great deal about Latino culture, but culture aside, the life of a
girl growing up in poverty in the United States is also provided. Barefoot Heart is a story that is often obscured. People pretend these situations do not exist, but the
fate of migrants had often been that way during the time period and it is therefore a work of great importance. From a life course perspective, one can look at
a variety of developmental stages. How did this girl grow up? How did the others relate to the same circumstances, and did their ages matter in terms of how they
reacted? In part, the writer relays the good times. Certainly, as a child, she was an optimist. She writes, regarding the plight of the long truck ride with her family:
"I loved everything. The dollhouse, secret cavelike quality of the back of the truck. Everyone lying about on blankets and bundles" (Hart 7). It appears odd to some, but the
words convey the idea that the family was close, and what else matters? To a child it seems, that is all that is important. Many wealthy people realize eventually
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