Summary:Chewing gum in Mexico is a lifestyle for most Mexicans as it is their jobs to either make, sell gum, or find the ingredients used to make gum or as they call it chiclet. There would be people that would make a living off of selling gum in downtown Merida with reasonable prices also, they dont want to sell it for real cheap but they dont want to overprice it which is about 2-5 pesos(20-50 cents). Gum comes from a product named henequen and it is made by the agave cactus which is only found in Mexico so it became a big job for some people when gum production rose. The history of chewing gum started at a meeting of Santa Anna and Thomas Adams but there was many events before this that actually led to the event. First was Santa Anna's victory in Alamo Texas. Then Santa Anna was captured and while being stoned on Opium he agreed to a Texan independence and also for his troops to be retreated. Then Santa Anna moved to Staten Island, New York and this is where the history of chewing gum begins to unravel after he meets Thomas Adams.
Quote:"The development of the product that made chewing easy" (Redcliff 17)
Reaction: This quote is something that can be questioned in my eyes because chewing gum doesn't really make chewing easy but makes people want something to chew on. They are two different things because chewing is an everyday action and chewing gum just makes it more fun for people not easier at all.
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