Read the lines from The Elements of San Joaquín. And tears the onions raiseDo not begin in your eyes but in ours,In the salt blownFrom one blister into another;

The lines connect tears from cutting onions to “the salt” blown from one blister into another, suggesting that the workers’ tears and injuries come from their labor. The image emphasizes the hardship of harvesting food for other people, so choice C is correct. The lines do not focus on the rewards of the work or on people’s ignorance about where food comes from.

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