The Journey Depicted In Enrique's Journey

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A less than human way to live motivates thousands of people each year to embark on a journey across South America to the United States. This journey is extremely dangerous, which is why it has been compared to being as difficult as winning the lottery. During this dreadful journey, migrants are beaten, assaulted, arrested, and blackmailed. But those who do get through to the United States feel overwhelmed and thankful. Such is the case with Enrique from Enrique’s Journey. When he does get to the United States, he feels conflicted between staying in the US with his mother or going back to honduras with his pregnant girlfriend. If he stays with his mom, he’ll feel the love he never received as a child. Enrique’s mother spoils him, “Whenever he leaves the house, she hugs him.[...] …show more content…

He already lost many years of care and nurture when Lourdes decided to leave him, so he doesn’t want to leave her and lose that love again. Enrique feels at home with his mother, besides being to complete strangers. Over time, he realises that after all these years without having seen his mother and only speaking briefly on the phone, his mom and him are complete strangers, and it is difficult to keep loving her as time passes. He begins to miss his girlfriend in Honduras, and has a bigger reason to go back. His girlfriend, Maria Isabel, let’s Enrique know that she is pregnant. Enrique feels empty without his daughter, Jasmin, after she is born, which is why he says, “I love you Jasmin. Do you love me back. I want to be with you and your mom” (197). Enrique becomes worried that Jasmin’s mom towards him is mechanical, so he wants to go back to Honduras as soon as possible, before his daughter doesn’t acknowledge him as her father. Just as Lourdes abandoned Enrique, Enrique abandoned his

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