"I, Rigoberta Menchu" by Rigoberta Menchu

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This paper explains that Rigoberta's story is not only the story of a young girl growing up and making her own decisions, but also the story of a people's fight for their rights and their lives. The author states that Rigoberta saw that education and language were the keys to changing her life, but the author questions why the peasants didn't fight for better educational opportunities for their children while they were fighting to retain their lands so the children would not have to live the same kind of brutal lives as their parents? The paper relates that Rigoberta's story has touched millions, and she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her continued work in bringing the plight of her people to light.

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"Committed to holding on to what they had worked so hard for, the peasants resisted the landowners whenever they could, and began to discuss forming a union that would unite the peasants and give them more rights and opportunities. "My father came back very proudly and said, 'We must fight the rich because they have become rich with our land, our crops.' That was when my father started to join up with other peasants and discussed the creation of the CUC with them" (Menchu 115). The peasants began to fight back against the horrid conditions, but the government became involved, and began their own quest for the peasants' lands. Eventually, Rigoberta's father was jailed for resisting government land takeovers, and the family only managed to get him released by a combination of phenomenal effort and luck."

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