Juan Rulfo “Pedro Paramo” has been compared to James Joyce in the Ulysses because the story is a narrative where people who are dead are thinking back about their lives. In the story “Es que somos muy pobres” the narrator is a boy who is older than Tacha and they are very poor family. The reason a reader can tell that this is a poor family because the father had to have many jobs to pay for Serpentine. Loosing that cow is a big deal because paying for another cow would take a while due to the fact the father does not make that much money. Tacha means blemish which is like a small mark of flaws on someone's face. The animal is a cow and is named Serpentine. The cow is very important to the family, especially Tacha. The father does not want Tacha to end up like the older sisters who he is disgusted with by their actions. The cow is a like a dowry to marry off their daughters and if the cow gets lost going down the stream then the sister wont have anyone to marry. If Tacha gets married it is like a new and better life for her which her dad wants.
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