Chapter 5, "Pigs in the Maíz"
Having to deal with a four year old girl affects the story because Santiago has to make up stories, pretend everything is okay and has to make Angelina think they're going home. In this chapter, we see that Santiago says that pigs in the cayuco ate all the food to get her to realize that they have no food. Worst of all, they both have to jump off the back of a truck that is in motion! Santiago cushions Angelina's fall and scrapes the skin all the way off from his shoulders to finger.
Chapter 6, "Mud in the Gas Tank"
The setting of Fronteras is important to the story because most of the people there are drunk or not alert. So, when Santiago and Angelina are sitting in the back of a pickup truck that has horse dung (which makes the situation EVEN worse) and the driver is turning back and forth, it shows Santiago there are a lot of problems out there (in life) but you have to deal with them. He deals with this problem by shoving dung in the gas tank so that the truck will stop moving and they can get out. Another reason the setting of Fronteras is important to the story because Uncle Ramos' house is nearby. Uncle Ramos' house has all the maíz and most importantly it has the cayuco that will take them through Lake Izabal, the to THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! Then they can be safe and actually have a life (a decent life).
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