I enjoyed this story in a way that finally the people that say to be "american" are critizised, in this story the character they are laughing at is "Miss JIM-enez" (no, not Jimenez please). Her surname can tell us that obviously she is mexican and not american, but she is adapting it to an american fonetic to feel "superior" in a way. This is something we can see frecuently when people in Mexico start to speak in english without reason or adopt some english words to use them and demonstrate that they know english and look more american.
Another important point in the story is that mexicans are also a part to laugh at, there are many kinds of mexican "robots", (but they are human), and none of them is equal. The mexican that is chosen by Miss JIM-enez is the "mexican-american", in resume a mexican handmade but with american brand. Definitely this specific part of the story leads us to a big discussion about why american people needs us and want from us... but anyway the best part is the end when the lady runs scared and the 3 mexicans stay with the money, showing that they can be more intelligent than the "chicanos."
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