I Rigoberta Menchu Analysis

QUESTIONAIRE FOR PREPARING DOCUMENT DISCUSSIONS: 1. TITLE of document? WHO wrote this document (include all relevant facts about author's occupation, background, etc.)? The title of the document was I Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. It was written by Rigoberta Menchu. Rigoberta Menchu was born on January 9, 1959 to a poor Indian peasant family and raised in the Quiche branch of the Mayan culture. In her early years she helped with the family farm work, either in the northern highlands where her family lived, or on the Pacific coast, where both adults and children went to pick coffee on the big plantations.
2. What type of document is it? I Rigoberta Menchu : An Indian Woman in Guatemala is a autobiography. 3. Write a detailed SUMMARY of this document. Clearly and concisely discuss the nature,
Why does the document exist? What motives prompted the author to write the material down in this form? This document exists because it was a way for Rigoberta to poor her feelings out. She did not have anyone to turn to so she thought she would tell her story to let people know how hard her life was in Guatemala and how Indians were treated.
5. Who or what is left out of the document---women, children, other minorities, members of the majority...? I feel as if the important things that were left out of this document are schooling/ education and women and children. They did not get nearly as much education that was required because they were all so poor.
6. In addition to the main subject, what other kinds of information can be obtained from the document? In this autobiography, Rigoberta Menchú details the two stages of her life: before political organizing, and after. Because she was born into a life of varied suffering and extreme poverty, and because hunger and crippling labor were constants, she was always conscious of the repercussions of Guatemalan politics in her personal