All 12 Uses of
peasant
in
Esperanza Rising
- There are cattle grazing on the big ranches yet some peasants are forced to eat cats.
p. 12.4peasants = people of low income, education, and social standing
- Instead, Alfonso led them to a car with rows of wooden benches, like church pews facing each other, already crowded with peasants.
p. 66.5
- Esperanza had never been so close to so many peasants before.
p. 66.9
- And the peasants always kept their distance.
p. 67.1
- The barefoot peasant girl ran over.
p. 69.2peasant = person of low income, education, and social standing
- They talked as the train traveled through small towns, where peasant children ran after the caboose, just for the sake of running.
p. 76.9peasant = related to people of low income, education, and social standing
- Do you think it is wise to tell a peasant our personal business?
p. 77.7peasant = person of low income, education, and social standing
- She whispered back, "It is all right, Esperanza, because now we are peasants, too."
p. 77.8 *peasants = people of low income and low social standing
- So you're a princess who's come to be a peasant?
p. 96.9peasant = person of low income and low social standing
- Then she remembered Mama's kindness to the peasant girl on the train — and her disappointment in Esperanza.
p. 111.8peasant = person of low income, education, and social standing
- You are still a peasant!
p. 224.8peasant = people of low income and low social standing
- I got angry and told him he was still a peasant and then he left.
p. 232.5
Definition:
used historically or possibly in relation to a very poor country: a person of low income, education, and social standing -- especially one who raises crops or livestock