Clemente_Chavez

Clemente Chavez “There is a heat more intense than fire of the torch! And it can be rekindled at a moment’s notice! Where discrimination, injustice and oppression rear their ugly heads the fire can be called upon to burn them away.” Clemente Chavez is a protagonist in the novel Heart of Aztlan. The took place in Barelas, a “barrio” in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the year 1950’s. Clemente Chavez used to be a farmer, and he loved to work the soil. He lived in a rural area with his family. He yearns for his life in barrio, he also fight for his and his co-workers rights in the city. The book ends with Clemente leading his co-workers on a peaceful demonstration through the railroad company. And he want his family to have a better future, he believe that there is a better life in the city. Clemente is a father that is willing to give his life to his family’s future and the rights and conditions of his co-workers. Clemente wants his family to have a better life. He had a land in a barrio. Unfortunately he was not able to earn enough to pay the mortgages on his land, so he was clemente, family, life, land, barrio, rights, man, co-workers, better, heritage, future, fight, felt, city, wherever, very, through, takes, rural, railroad, people, peaceful, own, old, moving, injustice, heart, give, fighting, falls, discrimination, demonstration, company, clemente’s, chavez