Summary Of Speaking With Hands By Luis J. Rodriguez

The poem Speaking With Hands written by Luis J. Rodriguez illustrates discrimination that members of the lower class face because of their lower class status. The narrator grows up in a poor neighborhood where there are virtually no stores for him or his family to shop at. Only small corner stores were available for shopping. Unfortunately, the owners of these corner stores tended to overcharge for, “cheaper goods than what existed/in other parts of town,” as the narrator stated. From the narrator’s statement, the reader is now informed that the shopkeepers do charge more money for goods that are usually inexpensive. In addition to being overcharged, the narrator and his family had nowhere else to shop at which made it so they were forced to