This book shows three American boys who have decided that running off to Mexico was in their best interest. They leave the ‘land of the free’ to go to another more physically free place. I found it interesting that these boys found it necessary for their success and happiness to travel to Mexico to find work and start a new life. In these times not many people decided to leave America, because it was the home of the most individual freedom. People normally went to America to find their freedom not away from it. This shows that in the 1940s there was a restlessness of the people for work and success. Everyone wanted to be a part of the American dream and if it did not come quickly to them or there was a small obstacle they looked elsewhere just like John Cole.
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