Rain of Gold

Lupe wonders “why it was that men always put misfortune into the dress of a fine woman” (20). Based on the contextual clues in this book, why do men create this image of luck?

When Doña Margarita tries to usher the children away from a lustful moment between Luisa and Epitacio, the other children can look way but Juan can’t. Why is this?

Why does Juan tell Emilia that “[w]e are God” (136)? What causes him to come to this realization?

 After Don Victor and Carlota leave for town, Lupe decides to sleep outside instead of in bed with her mother like she used to because “she was still so angry with her mother” (165). Why does Lupe feel angry with Doña Guadalupe?

Why do Juan and Victoriano turn out so differently though they face many of the same obstacles and their families share many attributes?

 According to the standards set by this book, what constitutes a “good man”? Is Juan/Salvador a good man? What about Epitacio?

Why does Salvador choose to grab “the bars of the tank” and “scream” rather than attack his brother, Domingo, after he finds out that Domingo is the reason they got caught (438)?

Salvador says that Don Victor and other Mexican men have been “romanticizing” Mexico since they left it. In what ways have they romanticized Mexico? Are the women guilty of the same idealization?