Question

Part C

Read the following stanza from "Freeway 280" by Lorna Dee Cervantes. Describe the environment from which the speaker is trying to escape, both physically and in the way that it affects her. Then explain what you think the speaker is trying to achieve.

I scramble over the wire fence
that would have kept me out.
Once, I wanted out, wanted the rigid lanes
to take me to a place without sun,
without the smell of tomatoes burning
on swing shift in the greasy summer air.

Answer 1

At one time the speaker wanted to escape from the place where she lived. She paints a picture of a neighborhood in the city that is exposed to the hot sun. For the speaker, her old life seems to represent a culturally isolated experience. The speaker craved a life with more opportunities and excitement. Ultimately, the speaker comes back to her roots to explore what that past life means to her identity then and now.

Step-by-step explanation:

from plato

Answer 2

Answer: At one time the speaker wanted to escape from the place where she lived. She paints a picture of a neighborhood in the city that is exposed to the hot sun. For the speaker, her old life seems to represent a culturally isolated experience. The speaker craved a life with more opportunities and excitement. Ultimately, the speaker comes back to her roots to explore what that past life means to her identity then and now.

Explanation: plato