In the book “Enrique’s Journey” written by Sonia Nazario, a projects reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Nazario talks about the true story of a young Honduran boy named Enrique that was abandoned by his mother Lourdes at the age of 5. His mom left to the United States as an immigrant to work so she can be able to give her poor children a better living. After 11 years without having a mother by his side, makes Enrique decide to go to North Carolina to search for his mother. Traveling from Honduras across the Mexican republic and “El Tren De La Muerte” also known as The Train of the Death, Enrique sets off his long journey to find his beloved mother. Meeting his mother after all this time caused tensions between Enrique and Lourdes, his mother, begin to rise. Enrique resents his mother for having left him, and says that “money does not solve anything”(197).Lourdes tells Enrique that he should blame his father for leaving, …show more content…
and his grandmother for making him sell spices on the streets when he was a child. Lastly, she says he should blame himself for spending the money she sent him on drugs. Enrique is motivated to stay in the United States with his mother Lourdes because he wants to provide for his family back in Honduras, his daughter Jasmin and his fiance Maria Isabel.
But Enrique also wants to return back to Honduras to see his daughter Jasmin.One reason why Enrique wants to stay in the U.S. is because he has a job to provide money to send to his family back in Honduras, His mother Lourdes and sister live in North Carolina.They reason why Enriques stayes with his mother was because he has to provide and send money to his family back in Honduras, which he sends through his mother’s family. One reason why Enrique wants to return back to Honduras is because his family is over there, he has no family in the U.S. besides his mother and sister . He misses his family that’s in Honduras, His fiance Maria Isabel and his daughter Jasmin. In conclusion, Enrique has two difficult decisions, which are he goes back to Honduras with his family or stays in the U.S. with his mother Lourdes and sends money to provide for his
family. What surprises me the most is that so many Men,Women, and Children go through the same situation like Enrique did. They travel from Central America all the way to the U.S. just so they can have a better life. They travel so far and go into dangerous situations just to have bigger and better opportunities to support their families, and having their children have a better and healthier life. These people come to the U.S. because of their horrible pasts which makes them not want to go through the same situation again or don’t want their children to ever go through the same thing as them. For example, in Central America some people don’t have enough money to buy food, shelter, or anything that can help them physically like medicine. This makes them wanna come to the U.S. to change their way of life. In conclusion, yes It does surprise me that people have to go through so many dangerous situations just to make a difference in their lives. That they would sacrifice everything like leaving their families behind.
In a story of identity and empowerment, Juan Felipe Herrera’s poem “Borderbus” revolves around two Honduran women grappling with their fate regarding a detention center in the United States after crawling up the spine of Mexico from Honduras. While one grapples with their survival, fixated on the notion that their identities are the ultimate determinant for their future, the other remains fixated on maintaining their humanity by insisting instead of coming from nothingness they are everything. Herrera’s poem consists entirely of the dialogue between the two women, utilizing diction and imagery to emphasize one’s sense of isolation and empowerment in the face of adversity and what it takes to survive in America.
When it comes to analyzing the “banana massacre” scene in chapter 15, I found three narrative techniques the author used to describe this scene. Therefore, one can notice that this part of the book is the climax. As a result, one infers what the author is trying to say about Latin American history and politics.
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.
Meaning, this book would be perfect to teach students life lessons that are important. Three of the themes that are good life lessons are: family, perseverance and survival, and humanization and dehumanization. All of these are found throughout the whole book which makes them hard to forget. Family is shown throughout the book because when Enrique’s mom leaves, all Enrique wants to do is to be with her. A short summary from Litcharts.com explains why family is such a big theme throughout the whole book. “Enrique’s Journey, as its title indicates, is the non-fiction story of a 17-year-old boy’s struggle to travel across Mexico to the United States to reunite with his mother. The events depicted in the book are set in motion by an initial instance of abandonment: Lourdes’ difficult decision to leave Enrique and his sister Belky in Honduras, while she seeks work in the United States to send money back to her family.” This whole quote shows, even though it was a hard choice for Lourdes, it was the right one because it was to help her family. Another theme that was found in the book that is a good lesson is about perseverance and survival. Survival is a trait everyone has, but this book highlights its importance, especially on the trains. Litcharts.com says, “He gives himself a time limit that shows his perseverance and the gravity of his decision: he will make it to his mother even if it takes a year. Despite the dangerous circumstances jumping trains, facing corrupt policemen, immigration checkpoints and officers, bandits, and gangsters, Enrique persists.” This teaches the readers that it is important to push through every difficulty no matter what, and that it is highly significant to survive to achieve the goal. The last theme that is found in Enrique’s Journey that is a good lesson for readers is dehumanization and humanization. This theme is found
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...
Virgil Suarez’s poem “Isla” is based off the poet’s personal immigration experience. Born in Cuba, Suarez moved to the United States at age 12. He became college educated, a writer, and a professor (Poetry Foundation, 2018). Suarez is well known for utilizing allegory in his poems to include family members, friends, and famous characters, both real and make-believe (Poetry Foundation, 2018). In his poem “Isla”, Suarez effectively uses allegory, in which he uses both his mother and the famous, love him or hate him creature, Godzilla. As this poem describes Suarez’s immigration from Cuba to America, allegory is fitting because how effective they are at explaining a voyage or dangerous expedition (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). Specifically, allegory, is a method used to deliver a thought “…by using people, places, or things to stand for abstract ideas” (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012, p. 680). A
In Enrique’s Journey, Enrique had to witness many of these incidents occur to others. He has seen many women get raped, people get things stolen from them, people fall off the train
Like many other migrants, Enrique had many troubles with his mother too. When Enrique first arrived to the U.S., Enrique and his mother’s relationship was going well. Lourdes was proud of Enrique for finding a job as a painter and sander. Lourdes would always brag to her friends that Enrique is her son and that he’s big and a miracle. However, Enrique starts going to a pool hall without asking Lourdes’s permission which makes her upset. Enrique often yells obscenities and mother tells him not to, but Enrique tells Lourdes that nobody can change who he is.
Ganas was what Enrique showed on his deadly journey that would reunite him with his mother in the U.S. Enrique was required to endure obstacles which the usual individual may not have been able to mentally withstand. “ganas” a hispanic word that represents guts, true grit, and one of my favorite determination. This is the word that describes the immigrants mentality when going on this “Hell Train”. Enrique was one of many children left abandoned by his mother at a young age. Like millions of others children enrique’s need for his mother's affection and nurturing grew and grew more over the years, a need that psychologically affected Enrique. As a young age enrique vividly remembered what his mother had promised him, and that was to return during christmas time. So every christmas Enrique would wake up every morning and instantly like an alarm clock
... would not be in Tatiana’s best interest to return to Honduras. She would be in a country where there is no one willing to provide her with adequate support and care. Tatiana’s father is deceased and refused to acknowledge his paternity of Tatiana while he was living. See Affidavit A, B. Also, in Honduras, Tatiana’s extended family has proved inadequate and abusive in their care of Tatiana. See Affidavit A, B. In contrast to what awaits Tatiana back in Honduras, Tatiana’s mother and Mr. Mendoza are willing and able to provide Tatiana with the support and care she needs to flourish as an adolescent and into adulthood.
America is known as the land of the free. People from other countries want to obtain this human right; they immigrate from far and wide to reap the benefits and be able to send money home to support their families. The struggles and hardships they endure to find this freedom is often forgotten about when it comes down to reach their goals. This is shown in the book Enrique’s Journey, written by a Los Angles Times reporter, Sonia Nazario who explores the struggles one Honduras boy finds himself faced with on the journey to find his mother. Due to poverty many families overlook the complications of illegally crossing the border into the United States and suffer the repercussions. The repercussions are the dangers surrounding the illegal nature
In Eduardo’s conversation with an illegal immigrant, he explains that he is working to get his family across the border
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.
La novela “Cien años de soledad” fue una obra escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante dieciocho meses entre 1965 y 1966 en Ciudad de México y publicada por primera vez en 1967 en Buenos Aires. El ingenio para la redacción de esta obra surge en 1952 durante el viaje que ejecuta Gabriel García Márquez a su pueblo natal, Aracataca. No cabe duda que el lugar ficticio de Macondo, ambiente donde se desarrolla la obra, refleja muchas de las costumbres y anécdotas vividas por Gabriel García Márquez durante su infancia en antedicho pueblo, mostrando así un contexto histórico y social que se analizará a continuación.
Based on job availability, many Mexican women have decided to immigrate to the U.S. to work and send money home to their family. Traditionally it would be the men who would travel to the united states for work, but now husbands are being left behind. There is also a growing number of single-parent female heads of house, forcing them to be both a mother and a breadwinner. This brings them guilt and stigma for breaking gender traditions, and a constant fear that their children back home will not love them anymore. Lourdes becomes a transnational mother because she has one foot set in the United states and yet another in Honduras. Lourdes becomes the provider in this case, she works day and night without nobody’s help, in order to provide the best for her smaller daughter and herself. Lourdes still has to send money back home for her childrens education and lifestyle, lourdes has become a hard working mother in order to manage her life together. Although lourdes had to escape her extreme poverty, lourdes still needed to overcome her guilt about leaving her children behind and not being able to be an important part in their