When Gloria states that the mirror not only reproduces images but also contains and absorbs them, she:

a. is revealing not only her own ignorance, but the reliance Chicanos have on primitive superstitions.
b. draws from her indigenous roots, noting the practice of seers, who gazed into obsidian mirrors until they saw a vision concerning the future of the tribe and the will of the gods.
c. is using the mirror as a metaphor for poisonous snakes, like the rattlesnake that bit her while she was hoeing cotton as a child.
d. is speaking of the many defense strategies that people use to escape from their feelings of inadequacy.


b. draws from her indigenous roots, noting the practice of seers, who gazed into obsidian mirrors until they saw a vision concerning the future of the tribe and the will of the gods.

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