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Solito

Javier Zamora

Hai Dinh/Aden

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Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His debut poetry collection, Unaccompanied, explores the impact of war and immigration on his family. He has been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Radcliffe fellow at Harvard and holds fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation. He live in Tucson, Arizona.

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A young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine, in this gripping tale of bravery, perseverance, and seeking one's family.

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Point of view and reader’s interpretation perspective 

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Point of view and reader’s interpretation perspective 

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The first-person point of view in Javier Zamora's Solito immerses the reader directly into the unfiltered consciousness of his nine-year-old self. This create connection experience between reader and the character in the story as the book go.

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Javier Zamora

a nine-year-old, he makes the 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States to reunite with his parents, who left years earlier due to the civil war. (Protagonist of the book).

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Loneliness and longing

develop from a child's initial innocence into a mature understanding of migration's difficult reality.

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Departure from Home: Javier's departure from his grandparents' home in El Salvador to escort to Guatemala.

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Patricia

mother figure to Javier during the long journey. She protects and cares for him, even pretending to be his mother in dangerous situations.

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El Salvador:

The starting point of the journey, where the boy leaves his home and extended family.

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when his initial traveling companions abandon him, forcing the nine-year-old to form a new, makeshift "family" with three complete strangers.

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valedictorian:

Part of speech: Noun

Definition: A student who has achieved the highest academic standing, usually based on their grade point average (GPA), within their graduating class.

Sentence usage: "I'm my grade's valedictorian; I get a diploma every year for being the best student" (Zamora 6).

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The Formation of the "Fake Family": Javier meets and bonds with the small group of migrants who become his second family: Chino, Carla, and Patricia.

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Coyote:

Part of speech: Noun

Definition: A slang term for a person who smuggles immigrants across the U.S. border for a fee.

Sentence usage: "Don Dago is the coyote who took Mom to La USA four years ago” (Zamora 6).

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Guatemala

The first country the boy travels through after crossing the border from El Salvador.

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Marañón trees:

Part of speech: Noun

Definition: Called the cashew apple, better known in Central America as marañón, it ripens into a yellow or red structure about 5–11 cm (2–4+1⁄4 in) long. The true fruit of the cashew tree is a kidney-shaped or boxing glove-shaped drupe that grows at the end of the cashew apple.

Sentence usage: “I was playing by the marañón trees next to the mangos” (Zamora 14).

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Crossing the "Big River": One of the most intense and life-threatening events is the group's attempt to cross a major river.

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Language

Throughout the book, Javier encounters different dialects and slang as he passes through Guatemala and Mexico.

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Imagery: "one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure. Like the one Simba goes on before he comes home" (Zamora 3)

Impact: It contrast between a child's perception of the journey and the harsh reality.

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Metaphor: "The world had turned on its head," (Zamora 15).

Impact: This show his sense of reality, security, and family has been upended.

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The Separation from His Group: Javier and the rest of his "family" are separated during an evasion of immigration authorities.

The Reunion with His Parents: Javier's reunion with his parents in California after several challenges.

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Tone: innocence and anxiety.

Impact: The innocence of Javier at the beginning then shift to a tone of anxiety is crucial for the reader's to understand Javier emotion.

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The U.S. Border

The final destination of the journey, where the boy hopes to reach his parents.

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Dramatic irony: the "trip" promised by Javier's parents and the perilous reality of his journey.

Impact: It creates a powerful sense of foreboding from the very beginning.

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Folklore

cadejo, a spirit from Salvadoran folklore, as a protective force that travels with him.