1.The Journey, which can include but not limited to the reason(s) for leaving, the outcome, trials and tribulations, In the Journey, Enrique’s mother Lourdes leaves for the U.S. with a smuggler during the largest immigrant wave in U.S. history. She makes her way into Los Angela’s at night through the sewage tunnel. Her plan is to go to Miami but her transport, the smuggler, leaves her at the greyhound station. After hunger and desperation catches up with her after days of waiting for him to return she finally goes and finds a job at the factory earning $14.00 a day. Eventually, Lourdes finds a friend of her brothers who helps her get a counterfeit Social Security card and a job. Working as a live-in nanny she then moves to Beverly Hills and helps take care of a 3-year-old who …show more content…
Role of the church; Jesus, and also his parents being migrants, and also the church is suppose by doctrine protect those who have none or need it the most, The Catholic Catechism instructs the faithful that good government has two duties, both of which must be carried out and neither of which can be ignored. 3. Immigration-the book is neither pro nor anti immigration, and tries to give a fair a balanced story. Do you believe it does or does not, and how? How are Central Americans treated in Mexico?, I believe it is a non-biased view on immigration. Purely because of the various views that are discussed in the book. Enrique is one of the 48,000 Central American and Mexican children who went to the U.S. alone. Many of these young boys and girls are looking for their mothers who have left for El Norte to find work. Central Americans are treated badly. They are not excepted possibly. This is something I am unsure on a 100% because I was unclear on the reasoning. 4. Sonia Nazario herself tackles the journey that Enrique did, on top of the trains. She still had the luxury of staying in a hotel and coming home to the U.S., but do you think that that helped her tell the story
Enrique and many other Central American kids have a hard life. They come to America where they think their mothers will magically solve their problems because their mothers are supposed to be perfect. Enrique and others realize this isn’t true and goes on to accept it. Migrants resent their mothers a little bit, but come to start loving them as the migrants did before their mothers left. Migrants also learn about life lessons on the trains. Migrants learn that people should not be trusted, but not all people are bad. The migrants just have to learn which people are bad and which aren’t. Migrants also learned that you shouldn’t have high expectations of everything and also that you shouldn’t put your problems on one person and expect them to go away. You have to figure life out on your own.
The story is told in the first person and it seems to be reasonable, because the author tells his own story. Although, he is very careful, while talking about the facts, because even the fact of the existence of this book exposes him to danger. Because the content of it, revels the reality of life in Mexico, including the life of criminals, and the way they influence the life and career of the author and the ordinary people. The story is gripping, and it simultaneously appeals to both: ethos and pathos. At the same time the author seems to be worth believing, because, on one hand, he worked for Dallas Morning News, and got...
In both the movie, La Misma Luna, and the newspaper series, Enrique’s Journey, migrants are faced with many issues. The most deadly and scarring issues all relate back to bandits, judicial police, and la migra or Mexican immigration officers. The problems that arise are serious to the point of rape, robbing, and beating. It is not easy crossing the border illegally and secretly, but the successful ones have an interesting or even traumatic story about how it worked for them.
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The push-and-pull factors in Enrique’s yearn for the U.S not only allows him to rediscover himself as an individual in a world of uncertainty, it also eliminates his constant fear of failing as a promising human being; in addition exhibits the undying hope of a desperate man found in hopeful migrants. In Sonia Nazario’s “Enrique’s Journey,” his mother’s trip streamed “emptiness” into the heart of a once comfortable child and left him to “struggle” to hold memories they shared. Enrique’s life after Lourdes’ departure triggered the traumatizing demise of his identity. He threw this broken identity away while facing many obstacles, nevertheless each endea...
First of all, I can relate to the part in book when Joshua Davis said Luis Aranda’s mom (Maria) felt the only option to give her kid a better life was by coming to the United States (Davis, 82). A Japanese lady Maria worked for offered to adopt him, because she recognized Maria was struggling. Maria knew that Luis
The emotional letter that Juan left for his mother might be one of the most emotional scenes in the documentary. The pure emotions that the letter was written by Juan to her mother leaves the audience with the bonds and emotions felt between the kids and families. Juan Carlos’s father abandoned the family years ago and left to New York, consequently Juan believe it is his responsibility to provide for his family. He also wants to find his father in New York and confronts him about why he has forgotten about them. The story of Juan is not just about migration of children, but also the issue of family separation. The documentary does not dehumanize but rather bring the humane and sensitive lens to the story of Juan where the human drama that these young immigrants and their families live. Juan Carlos is not the first of Esmeralda’s sons to leave for the United states, his nine-year-old brother Francisco was smuggled into California one month earlier. Francisco now lives with Gloria, his grandmother, who paid a smuggler $3,500 to bring him to Los Angeles, California. Once Juan Carlos is in the shelter for child migrants his mother eagerly awaits him outside. After she sees him she signs a paper that says if Juan Carlos tries to travel again, he will be sent to a foster home.
interesting conversation because there were a lot similarities in adjusting to living in the United States . This book shows a viewpoint of the sisters coming to America . I classify this as American literature because the book was written in a style that would make it easy to read for a people to read here . There is mixed language , and there is really no strong presence of Spanish being spoken . Alvarez is a interesting writer because she uses writing as a tool to find out what she is thinking , and to understand things ,while developing books that are fun to read . If you take this book for example , it’s what she thinks about immigration and her understanding of the subject . This book was made for everyone to see what the immigration experience is like . Immigration appears to be an experience of struggle , and change shared by immigrants no matter what the origin .
I don’t think Alma’s decision to return to Mexico was a great one. She should have stayed and applied for another Visa, went and applied for assistance, and talked to an individual who could talk and help her with her current situation. I think the different voices throughout the story affect the main story because all of them have had some kind of negative experience. It poses many questions because you wonder how all Mexicans feel when they come to the United States, what makes them leave their families and come to the United States, do many of them return? I think reading The Book of the Unknown Americans, helps open up one’s eyes and realize that these individuals have faced so many problems coming to the United States that they shouldn’t face more here by being discriminated.
chapter he writes how he is affected because he was considered a minority because of his ethnicity. He had to learn to his roots and love his color. The one he could not accept is that he was given special privileges due to his nationality. He wanted to be awarded the awards on his intellectual merits, not because he was a minority-Mexican-American. He goes into depth on how everyone should be given a fair chance even if you are underprivileged or not. He writes about how his parents especially his mother how she feels betrayed by him, due to him talking about their family out in the public and she considered a private matter. He did not consider himself to be a disadvantaged Hispanic-American. Rodriquez, stated “One Mexican-American said
That journey means that every day is a new change or a new transformation of who she is, and where she is going. She also highlights the idea throughout the text that the journey is one that everyone must take in order to discover themselves. Thus, the essay or story is about self discovery at its most basic. Understanding this allows the reader to see the importance of curiosity, of asking questions, and of heading into the unknown without questioning the journey
Politics: it is what keeps the world running. With the world’s modern politics, Catholics, as Catholics, have a special obligation of practicing political responsibility, The CCC, Catechism of the Catholic Church, says “Catholics have a moral obligation to promote the common good through the exercise of their voting privileges” (CCC 2240) this includes having a well formed conscience, intricate knowledge of the non-negotiable issues as taught by the Church, and knowledge of what it means to participate fully in the political world.
Martinez’s story is not so much one that pieces together the events of the crash, nor the lives of the three youths, but it is an immigrant’s tale, discovered through the crossings of the various Chavez family members and profiles of Cheranos in Mexico.
The narrative Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario, tells the true story of a young boy’s dangerous path from Mexico to the United States, in hopes of reuniting with his mother. Along Enrique’s trek he sacrifices his safety, well-being, and even the possibility of his life to be with his mother once again. Lourdes, Enrique’s mother, gives up the ultimate sacrifice of missing her children grow up, causing their love and affection they once held for their dear mother to dwindle, all of which so she can provide money and security for her family. Sacrifice is a key theme in this narrative because without the difficult decisions made and the loss the characters so tragically endured, then they would not have been able to reap the reward of a reunited,
...t Jesus Christ; the journey represents the life of a person before and after meeting His Savior Jesus Christ. The author uses a lot of imagery to give his audience an idea of the endless sufferance before meeting Christ and when the destination (Christ) is reached there comes satisfaction, rest and peace.