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"Wheels" refers to the wheels of the car beginning to turn as Milo thinks. It also refers to the "wheels" of Milo's mind turning after not doing much thinking for a long time.
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Whenever the author uses the word <em>American </em>with quotation marks, it is to ridicule the Americanized people who started believing they are truly American and decided to leave behind their heritage and history. The author, Anzia Yezierska, talks about how she finally moved to America in order to pursue her dreams, happiness, and financial stability, and started living with and working for a family from the same Polish village she comes from. The family completely forgot about where they come from and pretended they were truly American, or rather "American" as Yezierska would put it.
Through this usage, we can see how quickly the author's thoughts and feelings about the "land of freedom" changed. She moved there in order to earn her own money and finally be happy. However, what she encountered was loneliness, misunderstanding, shame, hatred, inadequacy, etc. which she wasn't hoping for. Therefore, her feelings about America shifted from childish exhilaration towards sad acceptance and ultimately hatred.
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It was snowing again and I smiled as I stared at the white flakes fluttering by my window. It was (capitalized the C)Christmas, and my day had been one of the best all year. First I (had removed) awakened in the morning to the sound of my brother (added the n to runing)running madly around the house, yelling that it was Christmas. Jumping out of bed, (capitalized the i that was there)I skipped happily down the stairs, with my brother at my heels, and made my way to the Christmas tree in the living room. My parents(apostrophe removed from between the t and s) groggily walked down the stairs to watch us open (up removed) our presents. My Mom sat down on the couch and dad plopped himself on the floor, grumbling something about coffee. I started opening my presents because, after all, its ladies first. Ripping open the wrapping paper, I stared down at my brand(removed dash)new pink boom box. It was beautiful!(question mark changed to exclamation) (capitalized e)Even more, it came with little, stick-on jewels to decorate the boom box. Mom and Dad finally got their coffee and we all took turns watching each other open presents. I got(get turned to got) many more presents that were absolutely amazing. (changed every one into one word)Everyone spends the rest of the day admiring their gifts and playing with their new toys. "I will remember this Christmas forever,"(added endnote) I thought. (capitalized s)Sighing contentedly, I finally turned away from the snow (removed the e from what was danceing)dancing outside the window and rejoined my family.
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