The white men come: in the book and the play, there are major concerns over Americans coming to California and taking the land previously owned by the Indians and the Californios. After the all the changes in their lives and all that is happened, Ramona and Alessandro had achieved some stability...until now...
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You will notice that Alessandro mentions that to be free they must go up to the mountains. This is something that very much relates to this blog. I definitely can understand what he is saying about that. So, there is a sense of desperation, yet escape to a better place.