This 90-year-old lady, whom Rigoberta meets during her educational activities in the countryside, is remarkable for her bravery and resilience. Although her entire family has been murdered by the army, she resolves to confront soldiers face-to-face when they enter her village. Ultimately, she succeeds in scaring the cowardly soldiers away, because they believe that she might be part of a guerilla. This courageous deed reveals that everyone—including the supposedly weakest members of society—is capable of contributing positively to poor Indians’ political struggle against the army, in possibly unpredictable ways.
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The old lady Character Timeline in I, Rigoberta Menchú
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Chapter 19: Attack on the Village by the Army
One day, an old lady arrived. At the age of 90, she was extraordinarily old for these communities, since most...
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...but no human scream. Then, around five in the morning, after hours of hiding, the old lady suddenly joined the group, ecstatic. Suspicious of the fact that she survived, the villagers wondered...
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The old lady recounted her story: she explained that the soldiers avoided the trap in front of her...
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