The Red Pony | Compare and Contrast
1930s: Migrant farm workers, most of them coming north from Mexico are subject to the dictates of the farm owners and suffer poor wages and working and living conditions. In 1936, some of them go on strike for better wages, employing a former colonel of the army to lead them. They are equipped with machine guns and steal red flags from a highway crew, threatening the residents of Salinas by telling them that a communist army is about to take over the city.
Today: Although working and living conditions still remain difficult for migrant...
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