The Harvest Documentary Analysis

a.) Culture/pg. 34: The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that characterize a group and are passed from one generation to the next. In the documentary “The Harvest” all the people on there were Mexican and all stuck together as a family. They had their own culture as working together in the crop fields and even living together in the same roof. Since they’re financially unstable they struggled and barely fit in the same house which was usually a little shack. They all eat the same foods and have the same routines they do each day together. They struggle as a family financially, and while watching the documentary I noticed half of the families on there are religious and have Mary statues or pictures on the
56: In a narrow sense, tools; its broader sense includes the skills or procedures necessary to make and use those tools. We have technology in our everyday life and can never get away from it. Even the little things we have like a dishwasher, washer, dryer, etc. While watching “The Harvest” I noticed that the only technology they had was mainly a cellphone or a camera. Even their washer/dryer was old and what people used back then that was unsafe. They did everything by hand basically and since they didn’t have money, working in the fields was complete labor. Around here, working in fields we have machines to use, and equipment, but for them they use their bare hands and a simple small basket, which means they can get hurt easily and especially for the kids, to go through all that labor for their age. The youngest age on the documentary was 12 years old and the things she was doing was a lot for her age. In the one scene she climbed on a ladder on a tree to pick apples and almost fell, her back was already hurting as well. They don’t have the technology like we do which isn’t a good thing because of the work they do can be dangerous and especially not good for the kids. Technology is important now but since they can’t get a high paying job they will never get through an education and technology to make things easier for their lives. Where they are also is extremely hot, they don’t even have the money to buy an air conditioner. Technology plays a huge role
75: Individuals of roughly the same age who are linked by common interests. Examples of peer groups are friends, classmates, and “the kids in the neighborhood.” An example of a peer group in the documentary is the families. They all one thing in common and that is child labor and working in the fields. Their children are all going through the same thing and they are all struggling with their lives and trying to survive. Their kids all have one thing in common and that’s not having a dream because they know they can’t have one because they will always be working in the fields and suffering financially and not getting an education. Another peer group is all the people working in the fields together, they have one thing in common and that is trying to make money to survive. The people who work in the field only make $45 a week. Not an hour, but a whole week. So that’s a lot of the time the children work as well to help maintain money for their family so they can at least buy food. Everyone in the documentary have the same things and same interests. They also all have the same life styles and struggles. And they are all workers and are trying to make it right in their lives and right in their kid’s lives. Peer groups can be any group but this group is mainly in the documentary. A peer group can be a mix of both genders, as long as they are linked with interests and common traits. After watching the documentary I realized that it’s not just some, but a group