Under the Feet of Jesus
Question about Estrella
What quote in the novel best shows that estrella is growing?
What quote in the novel best shows that estrella is growing?
“Estrella had figured it out: the nurse owed them as much as they owed her." 148
Panicked in the clinic, Estrella has an important revelation: society owes her for her hard labor. She works tirelessly in the fields to make others' middle-class existence possible; it is her sweat that allows the nurse to buy cheap produce at the grocery store.