Soleito Zamora Sparknotes

Solito by Javier Zamora is a memoir about the adventures and escapades of a nine-year-old boy named Javier coming to the United States using different kinds of transportation like the bus, boat, as well as foot. It is not an easy adventure and it becomes a difficult one as well as a treacherous route. The trip to the US became a hardship for him, especially not having his loved ones during the trip. Also, the situations that are shown throughout the memoir will show the encounters that will be engraved in his brain for the rest of his life. Javier is the narrator who tells his own story about coming to the US. The first dangerous transportation Javier had to use to get to the US was by bus. The bus is one of the three different kinds of transportation

At one point, Marcelo confronts Don Dago about the delay in their departure. At the beginning of the book, his adventure to the US starts with a bus. “Grandpa and I already got snacks and water, so we waited on a wooden bench in front of the buses spewing dark smoke. Everyone else fetches the things they need.” (Zamora 43) The trip on the bus was about to start and Javier didn’t know what was to come. He had his grandpa with him, but not for long. Javier and his grandfather were prepared for the long-awaited bus trip with the necessary supplies and essentials they needed to survive. As more of the trip to the United States continues, Javier’s grandfather leaves and he needs to do the rest of his trip alone. “As the bus starts moving, through the dark puff of smoke, I see Grandpa in the middle of the wet and dry road, waving his hand. . . I concentrate on Grandpa’s light-brown hand waving. Grandpa getting smaller and smaller as the bus rattles forward.” (Zamora 73) He was not as close to his grandfather as he was to his grandmother. He would call his grandmother Abuelita but to his grandfather, he would address him as only

At the beginning of the book, Javier is getting prepared for his trip. He was listening to his mother and Abuelita talking about the trip. They mentioned the trip multiple times. “Trip this, trip that”. Trip trip trip. I can feel the pain in the soles of my feet. I see it in my dreams.” (Zamora 5). That is the only word he has heard this many times. To the point that that word was engraved in his mind, and he would never forget it. He was ready for his trip and was waiting for it. But he didn’t know what was in store for him. Javier was coming to the end of his trip to the States, he was finally about to get to the US. He was ready for this trip to be over. “My legs almost feel normal, except my shins feel like someone is squeezing them hard, like I'm in the middle of a river and water is rushing around me. My headaches are almost completely gone. Just one more day to go. One more walk to go. We leave tomorrow at dusk.” (Zamora 348) He is near the end of it all. He is exhausted from the entire trip and what he had to endure to get to the US. He was complaining about how he was only seeing sunsets and