1) "Volar" is told in the
tense, from a
point of view.

The tense used in 'Volar' is past tense and written in First Person narrative.

Explanation:

'Volar' is a short story written by Judith Ortiz Cofer. The story is about an immigrant family. In this essay, Cofer recounts her childhood memories about her fantasies and her mother's dreams.

The point of view or narration used by Cofer in her essay 'Volar' is First-Person narrative. The first-person narrative is a type of narrative technique which  is used to tell story-tales. This narrative technique uses 'I', 'me', 'we', and 'us'. Cofer has used past tense in her essay 'Volar'.

the author is showing that it is the insatisfaction of basic needs that brings about the protests such as the strikes.if workers do not earn enough to buy food and feed their families and themselves in order to continue working, what is the use of working? besides, another message from the author is that of the owners of factories should be worried about ensuring their furure by having a second and third generation of workers in their industries.if they do not hear the workers demands, they will not have any more workers to make their pockets full.