Pablo Neruda uses the extended metaphor of fruit and flies throughout the poem to explain how the industry preyed on his hometown of Chile. He describes the feeling of despair created by the United Fruit Company and felt by his native people. In the opening stanza, Neruda alludes to the Creation by saying ... that harvested their fruits for sale overseas monopolized the coast of Central America. The "sweet waist of America" shows how sacred and almost virginal Neruda felt that his land was. The United Fruit Company and all the other corporations that would come along to exploit it, were seen ...

• Word Count: 821
• Approx Pages: 3