SEARCH UP THE BOOK THE SCHOLARSHIP JACKET AND ANSWER THE FOLLING QUESTION: WHAT THREE CHARACTERISITICS WOULD YOU USE TO DESCRIBE MARTHAS CHARACTER? USE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT TO SUPPORT UR ANSWERS

Marta can be described as tough, determined, and fearless.

Explanation:  "This is what we are!" she yelled. "Small, meek animals. And that is how they treat us because we don't speak up. If we don't ask for what is rightfully ours, we will never get it! Is this how we want to live?" She held the kitten by the back of the neck, waving it high in the air. It hung limp in front of the crowd. "With no decent home and at the mercy of those bigger than us, richer than us?"

determined, proud of her family, and hard working.

Explanation:

near the  beginning, we see that martha sates she dosen't  have many talents; that she wasn't good at sports or dancing, so she decides to focus on acedemics. she proves how she is determined to make a name for her family and prove herself, just as her sister did. it is obvious that marta admires her sister and has a deep love and pride in her family.  in the text, it states how hard work is treasured in the family, and marta works hard to become the top in her class. she is determined, hard working, and proud of her family.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.