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I Want To Buy A Vowel. What is the American dream? ... He grew up with eighteen brothers
and sisters, very poor and illiterate. "I want to buy a vowel'. ...
... your baby to make vowel-like and consonant-vowel sounds such ... What kind of fruit do
we need to buy at the store? ... the words she uses are not ones you want to hear ...
... it easier to record anything said that may want to be ... consonants, 24 double consonants,
and 16 vowel sounds” (History ... the money to be able to buy the proper ...
... military gentleman and coaxes him to buy a flower ... is having a technical discussion
about vowel sounds with ... Alfred Doolittle does not want to save his daughter's ...
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What is the American dream? For everyone, it is different. The old lady walking
across the street may dream of getting a new house. The rich man with a big house might
dream that he will five a true love. For the Chinese child at school, maybe it is just to fit
in with society. There are many things holding people back from their dreams, such as
family, age, or culture, their general lifestyle. This story is about an immigrant looking to
achieve his dream, but is held back for many reasons. Also, a white man looking to
terrorize a town has the dream of being powerful. In his novel, I Want to Buy a Vowel,
John Welter demonstrates that the road to the American dream is paved differently for
people due to ethnicity and religion.
The American lifestyle is often stereotyped to be very easy for everyone. The main
character, Alfredo Santayana, is an immigrant from Guatemala that illegally crossed the
border into Texas. He grew up with eighteen brothers and sisters, very poor and illiterate.
"I want to buy a vowel'. [he] said to the first American he met."(1) He is only seventeen
years old and doesn't understand any English. The only English he knows is lines from the
television, from shows like Wheel of Fortune and Ford commercials. He just knows that
on the show, people buy a vowel and end with a lot of money and a new car. The reason
he came to America was because "America is suppose to be the land of opportunity"
(141). Alfredo expects everything to be easy and simple, everyone is welcoming and
everyone can do whatever they like. People in America are just suppose to be rich and
give things away. He arrives in Texas and sees all the cars parked on the street. "It...
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