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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
This paper deals with one of Luiz Valdes’s plays entitled Los Vendidos. This play consists of only one act. This play was taken from The Harcourt Brace
Anthology of Drama the third edition by W.B. Worthen. The play was first performed in 1965. Valdez established El Teatro Campesino the Farm Workers’ Theater and it
was awarded an Emmy in 1972. This theater specialized in doing short, improvised, satirical skits called actos. The idea of making the theater is because he had seen a
strikes of farm workers and a boycott against grape owner which organized by Cesar Chavez in Delano, California.
When the secretary first gets to the lot, Sancho, the model dealer, introduces her to each model. First is the Farm Worker Model, as a hard worker and an
economical machine. The secretary does not want him because he doesnt speak English and has tendencies to strike. Sancho then introduces her to Johnny, which
immediately pulls out a switchblade and swings at the secretary. Sancho shows her that this model knows how to be arrested while slightly resisting. This model isnt as
economical as the first, but he is still fairly cheap to operate. The problem comes when the secretary finds out that this model does drugs and steals the secretarys
purse. It is because of these things that the secretary decides that this is not an appropriate model for her needs.
Sancho moves on to the Revolucionario, which used to act in movies and do commercials for TV. This model is more economical than the second but it is rather
because he eats raw horsemeat and drinks tequila; however this makes it a better lover. The problem with this model is that he was come from Mexico and the
secretary wants a model from America. Finally, Sancho introduces the Mexican- American model. This model is charming, intelligent, patriotic, but very expensive to
purchase and to maintain. It is expensive to purchase because it takes two Pachuchos, a Farm Worker, and three white-raced models, to make it. It is expensive to maintain,
because it runs on dry martinis, bread, and moms apple pie. This model delivers political speeches and is very refined.
The secretary decides that the Mexican-American model is what she needed so she pays 15,000 for it. As she is getting ready to load the model into her vehicle,
the Mexican-American, starts shouting about human rights, striking for equality of the Mexican race and killing white people. The secretary is troubled about this new
discovery, and wants to return the model and get her money back, but before she can get a response from Sancho, all four models turn on and shout at her as they move in
on her. The secretary, runs for her life and leaves. After the secretary is gone, Johnny walks over to Sancho and takes the money
from his hands and turns him off. Then the four models proceed to divide the money up amongst themselves and talks about how much money they are making off
this con. Los Vendidos is a play that satires the condition of Mexican-American from at first the Mexican came. This satire shows in the six main characters in the play.
There are Honest Sancho, Secretary, Farm Worker, Johnny, Revolucionario, Mexican-American. The last four characters become the ‘models’. Each individual
give different identity within the Mexican race. Every single identity stands for a stereotype given by Mexicans in America.
B. Approach of the Study
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