Into The Beautiful North Character Analysis

Quests do not need to be started by the most likely people, as long as they put all that they have into it they can still succeed. In the book Into The Beautiful North, Nayeli is inspired by the movie “The Magnificent Seven” to bring back men from the United States to liberate Tres Camarones. She wants to bring back the men and her father who had left for jobs, to defend their village from the banditos. There are many circumstance in which Nayeli has to face before she can even get to “Los Yunaites”. She will need assistance from what is most unlikely source. She will face trials that she was never prepared for. Before all of this she has to be called to save her village from outsiders. Nayeli’s perseverance after many trials and her desire

to finish what she had started leads to the success of their journey.
You can find assistance from people that you might not even like or trust.
“There he stood, surveying his realm, the warrior Atómiko.

King of the Hill. Baddest of the trash pickers. The master of the dompe, known by all, feared by many.” (Pg 121 Urrea) Atómiko is one of the people that they meet who really want to help Nayeli with her quest to bring back men to save their village. He is undoubtedly one of the most unique characters in the book. His desire to keep Nayeli safe and to keep moving the quest forward makes him one of the most influential people in the book. When Nayeli and her group first arrive in Tijuana. they are bedraggled from their weary journey. They are inevitably drawn to the the dumb where they first meet Atómiko. At first Nayeli does not want Atómiko around at all but through his loyalty and and humble nobility, wins Nayeli over. After that Atómiko becomes invaluable when he has one of his friends help Nayeli and her group over the border. Even when that fails Atómiko sticks with them and he eventually gets them into the U.S. Atómiko’s unfailing loyalty to Nayeli make it possible for the quest to go on and to be

completed.
You can not know what a place is like until you have been there.

Nayeli does not understand this until they finally cross the border and get to the United States. Nayeli only knew about the United states as movies, and TV shows portrayed them. Nayeli must keep her head in this tough situation and find out what to do. “Nayeli couldn’t tell if she was angry or depressed. Vampi was so scared she could not stop crying. Yolo was so mad, she wanted to slap Nayeli’s face and go back home. Tacho was thinking: The United States is a little disappointing so far.” (Pg 154 Urrea) Nayeli does not have time to decide what she feels and do what she thinks is best. This decides to phone a friend named Matt. Matt was a young missionary once stationed in Tres Camarones, Nayeli’s home town. Thanks to Nayeli’s clear thinking she enables the quest to move forward and to find the men that they

need.
All quest have to be started by a person or a group of people that are in need. Nayeli’s home town had become a place that was beset by Bandidos and there was no one who the village to could turn to for help. “The villagers are beset by bandidos. Overwhelmed and outgunned, they resort to a desperate plan – they go to Los Yuanites” (Pg 121 Urrea) Since all of the men had left Tres Camarones there was no one to deal with the Bandits. This leaves Nayeli to form a plan to get men from the United States to help them. She even hopes to bring her father back to Tres Camarones, but only has a postcard to show her where he is. Nayeli eventually gets across the border to the United States and gets the men that she needs. She even goes to search for her father, but when she finds him he has moved on and married someone else. She doesn't even want to face him and she moves on. Nayeli’s perseveres to the end and her calmness in the face of learning something that she does not want to know makes Nayeli the strongest person in the book. Her desire to help people around her outshine her own desires.
Nayeli’s perseverance in the face of trouble combined with her personality lead to the success of the quest. She puts others first in the face of adversity and puts what she wants away to the back of her mind. The quest could have never happened or succeed if Nayeli wasn't in charge of the group and who she was. Even as her group starts to crumble around her she keeps calm and makes the decision that lead to there eventually success. At the beginning she does not look like the person who should lead, but throughout the journey she shows again and again that she was the best person to lead.