“Determination”

Discussion Questions

Supply chain problems combined with public fear to create shortages of basic supplies like toilet paper and some foods.

• What factors may have amplified those fears and lead to hoarding?
• What effect did it have on the community?

COVID had a much harder impact on essential workers, who were seen as heroes for keeping store shelves stocked and hospitals open.

• Do you think the pandemic made a lasting change in how essential workers are viewed?
• In what ways has progress toward workers’ rights and better wages been made? (Or has it?)
• Adriana shares the anxiety her husband experienced as an essential worker.
• How would you describe her response to the situation?
• How do you think she managed to turn things around? What impact did it have on her personally?