"The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas Illustrates the theme of lost honor is something that everyone fears of. In the story the is heart broken for words she didn't deserve. The text states " The pounding in my ears drowned out of the rest of the words, only one word here and filtered through...Martha is Mexican"(228 Salinas). This quote shows that the teacher had a problem of who Martha was, she only focused on her generation and not on her grades, she deserved it. After Martha heard what her teacher said she was drowning in her own tears and suffering. The text says that " Then if you pay for it, it's not a scholarship jacket is it? Tell your principal i will not pay the fifteen dollars."(230 Salinas). This shows that if you pay it its
