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...recent immigrant, on the other hand, my aunt once made her living slaughtering hogs--hundreds of them. She says she feels sorry for them but does not feel particularly guilty. Why the difference between her feelings and ours? The reasons are two-fold...
First, Freddie's death was entirely our fault, whereas in my aunt's case, accountability for death was spread all over the meat-packing plant. There, one person herded the hogs into the hall; one person led them into the holding pen; one person pushed them up the plank; one person knocked them unconscious with a stun gun. Someone else pushed them onto the conveyor belt and yet another person operated the belt that processed the animals. "You know, I didn't really kill them," my aunt said...
...these confident supporters was Buonomo's aunt, Rose M. Earle...
...these confident supporters was Buonomo's aunt, Rose M. Earle...
Though she is often mediocre, at her best Mora is able to find the tone she is seeking in Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints. She gives voice to the New Mexican religious tradition. And at points, that voice becomes as transcendent as the spirituality which it seeks to represent...