Esperanza Rising
What "looked as if someone had taken a giant comb, and dipped it in black paint, and gently swirled it across a huge canvas?"
chapter 3 Esperanza rising.
chapter 3 Esperanza rising.
The burnt out vines "looked as if someone had taken a giant comb, and dipped it in black paint, and gently swirled it across a huge canvas."
Esperanza Rising
It means that the vines were burnt and had spread widely across the field.