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Part 1

Part 5 of "Rain of Gold" starts of with Lupe and her sister Sophia not getting paid what they're supposed to because the men would get mad if they did. Sophia leads a strike that results in them not getting hired anymore or getting rides to work either. At the next payday when they are refused to get paid their full amount they earned again Sophia has had enough and she decides to lead a three day strike. This time a sense of accomplishment is felt by all the workers when they are finally paid what their owed. Lupe, Victoriano and Sophia get tired of watching their parents struggle on the fields so they decide to support them instead and let them rest at home. In part 4 Mark had asked Lupe to marry him but she didn't answer. Once again Mark finds her wanting answer but also comes to tell her the good news that his uncle is looking for a bookkeeper, Lupe's dream job. Dona Margarita says that she has "personal conversations" with the Virgin Mary each morning and that she gives her advice. Juan doesn't know what to think but he plays along thinking it's just her old age getting to her. One day as Juan drove up to Lupe's house he caught her practically destroying her home as she attempted to teach herself how to drive. Juan drove up not only to see Lupe but to teach her how to drive just as he had promised her. Lupe wasn't going to let a man tell her what she can and can't do. She surprised everyone as she drove through the field almost running over her own brother. After a lot of praying, Juan's brother Domingo comes back. He's the exact replica of his father and he brought company, his pregnant girlfriend Nellie. Domingo's hot temper soon leads to him fighting with his own brother only to later be made to apologize by their mother. Juan gets help from his good friend and tailor Harry to buy a diamond ring for Lupe. He ends up buying a $2,000 ring for $400 from a man that he later finds out was Harry's brother. Juan's dream of having his brother ask for Lupe's hand is soon ruined after finding out from his mother that Nellie is married and left her her three children to come here. Dona Margarita instead insists that he have the Priest ask for Lupe's hand. Juan finds out that Domingo has exposed his bootlegging business and ends up having to move to a different location. Juan is surprised to find out that Lupe wants to live alone with him and not with her parent's like she had originally said. Juan finds himself falling more in love with Lupe. The day that the Priest was supposed to ask for Lupe's hand he found him drunk and Juan gets drunk too on the way to Lupe's house. The Priest ends up rambling on for quite awhile before finally asking for Lupe's hand. As Juan drove up to the distillery house he is ambushed by Tom Mix and his racists cops. Domingo is handcuffed inside with a bloody unrecognizable face because he refused to talk, Juan soon receives the same beating once their in jail. Juan calls his lawyer and is soon led out but his brother is given five years in jail in San Quentin. It turns out that Domingo had met this guy in a bar and invited him to the house not knowing that he was an undercover cop. Nellie soon leaves hoping to get her husband to forgive her. Juan is mad beyond words when his own people refuse to let him borrow money but his white friend does. Dona Margarita worries for him after seeing his anger and gives him a lecture. Juan later on goes to confession so that he can give all of himself over to Lupe on their wedding day. Their wedding day ends up becoming the biggest celebration with happiness, forgiveness and acceptance.    

Part 2

1. What is the significance of education to Mexican immigrants?


2. What qualities, conditions or circumstances make Racial justice possible or impossible?


3. When is the meaning of feminism misunderstood?