It now becomes clear to us that Mattie not only works for immigrants' rights, she hides illegal immigrants in her house. The novel takes a political stance, portraying Mattie's work as good and heroic. Edna and Virgie do not understand Mattie's remarks, perhaps deliberately: Virgie harbors very conservative views on immigrants, and twists Mattie's ideas in order to hear what she wants to hear. Neither does Taylor fully comprehend what Mattie says, a failure that …showed first 75 words of 553 total…

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