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Martín Espada embodies the feeling of a great come back in his poem "Imagine the Angels of Bread". He tells of people who have faced oppression finally being equal in the eyes of their oppressor. Espada refers to the bible in his title by mentioning the Angels of Bread which can also be called manna (bread of angels). "So may every humiliated mouth, teeth like desecrated headstones, fill with the angels of bread." Espada foretells of the happy ending that most people in oppressed situations will never experience during their lifetime. Injustice is something that has been around for a long time and at the rate, things are going it is not going away anytime soon. Espada states, "This is the year that police revolvers, stove-hot, blister the fingers of raging cops, and night sticks splinter in their palms;" referring to police receiving punishments for their actions as soon as they act in unjust ways (Espada 3). In many situations of injustice, the victim wishes they could release an equal or more intense wrath on their oppressor, Espada shows that happening in an immediate punishment. Much like the underpaid tomato farmers who work hard to get paid next to nothing will one day reap the …show more content…

With there being so many injustices throughout history if there is going to be a year to change it or fix the wrongs the author feels this is the year. With so many things that went wrong in history, many of those things have been fixed but there is still a lot more fixing to do. In "Imagine the Angels of Bread" it paints a picture of a perfect world that as yet to be seen. "So may every humiliated mouth, teeth like desecrated headstones, fill with the angels of bread." Restores the hope of the people by giving them the thought that although you may not see it one day things will be

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