reading response for Farmer Jane

-What quotes did you underline or highlight?

            “But the behind the scenes work—the seeding, planting, pruning, pinching, and harvesting of plants and animals---is still largely invisible.”

“Disconnecting, lifting, and getting pipes is grueling work---especially for a child of eight years.”

“”I would talk with other women workers, my brothers would talk to the younger male workers and my father wold also help by talking with the older men,” she remembers.”

-What did you find interesting about this woman's story?

            I really liked how even though she didn’t live the perfect life and she still enjoyed her job because it made her happy at the end of the day. Even though they struggled with civil rights and poor conditions she fought really hard to get what she deserved. She had a very hard life and she should be respected for going to school and how hard she fought. If the farming conditions improved she would be a much happier farmer and would enjoy her days outside.

-What kinds of writing techniques is Costa using? You could touch on style, organization, substance, or something else you notice in her work, using examples from the text.

            I think Costa is using good diction choices that help stress the idea of their situations. When she was talking about things she did such as “disconnection, lifting and setting pipes” she used words such as grueling to signify how hard it really was. These days on the farm were gruesome for them as children. When describing Milys academic performance she used the word “starkly” to stress the contrast between her grades and her works. When talking about Milys confidence fading as her farming years progressed…she used the word “diminished.” Basically Costa organized her paper by telling the facts as she grew up and she used good diction choices to show the impact farming had on them as an individual.

-What was your personal response to this profile?

            I personally really liked this piece because it was a time of hardship. Costa used good diction and was successful on how she organized this piece as a whole. This passage made me really think about how people work when they have a hard life. They never give up.