Ispent the first years of my life beside the hearth in my mother’s and grandmother’s kitchens, seeing how these wise women, upon entering those sacred places, became priestesses, great alchemists who dealt with water, air, fire, and earth—the four basic elements that comprise the entire universe. and the most surprising thing is that they did it in the most humble manner, as if they weren’t doing anything, as if they weren’t transforming the world with the purifying power of fire, as if they didn’t know that the foods they prepared and the rest of us ate remained in our bodies for many hours, chemically altering our organisms, nourishing our souls and our spirits and giving us an identity, a language, a legacy. what does the passage reveal about gender roles in esquivel’s culture?

women work in the kitchen to prepare meals but are humble about their work.
women are great priestesses and alchemists who work with the elements.
women are seen as sacred and holy priestesses of the earth.
the passage doesn’t discuss gender roles.

The answer is: Women work in the kitchen to prepare meals but are humble about their work.

In this passage, the Mexican novelist, Laura Esquivel, reveals, in some very beautiful lines, part of the role that women play in Mexican culture. Indeed, in her culture, women are expected to work in the kitchen and to be humble about their labor, but, it also shows the importance of their labor and, more relevant, the secret beauty, almost magical, that such labor implies for this culture.

i believe it's c.

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this answer does make sense to me because the others don't really make sense to

also, it makes no sense to write a persuasive essay with the same topic you have chosen in the

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the silver bells of the sleds are merry and keep time in the winter nights while the sky twinkles happily. the golden bells of weddings are delightful in their peaceful happiness, foretelling a rapturous future. meanwhile, the brazen alarm bells scream frightfully in the night, with a discordant and desperate sound. in their clamor, these bells convey terror, horror, and anger. finally, the iron bells are solemn and melancholy, while those in the church steeple are like ghouls who feel happiness. the king of the ghouls, who rings the bells, cheerfully keeps time with the moaning and groaning bells.