EXERCISE 14.1
Skim Gabriel Thompson's "A Gringo in the Lettuce Fields" in Chapter 3, and underline the
references to calendar and clock time. How do you think these time markers function in the
narrative? What do they tell you about the impression Thompson wants to create about a
period of his life?

My best friend is a white girl named denise — we look at boys together. she sat in front of me all through grade school because of our names: o'connor, ozawa. i know the back of denise's head very well. why does the speaker share details about race, friendship, and names in this stanza? check all the correct answers. to indicate that the students were already segregated and isolated to emphasize the idea that all americans were treated as equals prior to the attack to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on pearl harbor to identify the compassionate response following the attack on pearl harbor