Have you ever had to make a hard decision? Have you ever had to decide whether or not to stay with your mother or leave her again or to stay with the love of your life. In the book Enrique’s Journey, Enrique is always having to make tough decisions such as weather or not to stay in the United States or go back to Honduras. Enrique wants to stay in the U.S because he has been apart from his mother for so long and here he has stopped doing as much drugs as he usually does back in Honduras, he is able to support his girlfriend and their baby. “In spite of everything, Enrique has failed again, he will not reach the United States this time, either. He tells himself over and over that he’ll just have to try again(Nazario 60). This is an example of…
When the man started his journey to come across to America, he was taken to an old, run down, dark house. When Hector arrived at the house another man (Miguel) was already there waiting to be hustled across the border. They would spend several days and nights together in the house not knowing what was to come next. They had to go with limited food and drink for days. Then one night the coyote came and took the two men to a warehouse, there at the warehouse were many men. Eventually all the men were loaded into a hole that had been cut out of the bottom of a truck. After all the men had been loaded into the hole it was welded back shut. After hours of riding in a closed, cramped space that smelled of urine and vomit, Hector was losing hope of ever making it out of the truck. Finally, the truck came to a stop, the hole was reopened, and the men were “hustled” out of the truck into a second warehouse (25). From the second warehouse all the men was took into a office where they was given an new identification card, the start of their new life as an “illegal American” (26). Hector went to South Carolina with Miguel the man he met in the old house, they waited on a bench for Miguel’s cousin Pablo to come and pick them up. Finally Pablo arrived and they started their journey to South Carolina where Pablo’s lives and works. The farmer that Pablo worked for also gave Miguel a job. Pablo’s boss called his neighbor to…
When I read the article I thought of how the evidence played such a big role in the case of Enrique. Even though the Mexican police did all they can to destroy all of the evidence FBI agents were able to use limited evidence to bring Enrique’s killers to justice. The MFJP tried to destroy the obvious evidence but it wasn’t enough because they were found out. This article was about when the FBI forensic team went to Mexico to…
Eduardo de Jesus, a 10-year-old Brazilian boy, was fatally shot seven months ago by a police officer outside his home. As family, friends, and others protested in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, authorities vowed to seek justice to Eduardo’s parents [1].…
How? Who? That's what I wonder about Cabeza De Vaca's Journey to Mexico. Cabeza De Vaca was a conquistador from the country of spain, that led a mission to texas. On his way there, he shipwrecked, and lost all his people but 3, and of course himself. After this, he made his way all through texas and on into mexico, but how and why did he survive? The only things that can explain this were his wilderness skills, good relationships with natives, and his great communication skills.…
Gregorio Cortez was born on a ranch on June 22, 1875 between Reynosa and Matamoros on the Mexican side of the river. He then relocated to Manor, Texas and a couple of years later he began working in a farm in Karnes and Gonzales counties. As we can see Gregorio Cortez is an ordinary man in an “ordinary world” just trying to survive and have a decent life. His “call to adventure” came when Sheriff Morris questioned Mexicans about a stolen horse, thus Gregorio was approached and questioned about the situation. Everything was going smoothly until the interpreter misunderstood Gregorio’s reply by failing to identify that in Mexican Culture there is a distinction between a horse (caballo) and mare (yegua). Gregorio said he never traded a horse…
One hardship is when their home was engulfed in flames. Another is the fact that Anne got ill very often. These hardships most likely influenced her writing a few times in the poem does she reference their tragedy’s and their hardships and her own illnesses.…
There was no water, food, or supplies, and the odds were stacked against Cabeza de Vaca and his fellow survivors. Cabeza de Vaca was part of an expedition to establish settlements on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, or what is now known as North America, but everything took a turn when the group got stranded. He, plus three other survivors, eventually made it to Mexico City after two years of trekking through deserts, mountains, and other rough terrains. How did he survive this crazy adventure, you ask? He survived by using the resources surrounding him, communication skills, and his healing capabilities.…
In the book Enrique's Journey a young man named Enrique travels to the united states to find his mother but he’s not the only one there are many other kids like Enrique who go to the united states to find their mothers. As crazy as it might sound children and women making the trip to the united states does not surprise me.The reason it doesn't surprise me is because they make the trip out of love. I agree with the topic because the people who take the trip do for their family the people who take the trip do it because they have to not because they want to. One example of someone making the trip would be if a mother needed money for her children to eat and to get an education she might consider taking the trip to provide a better life for them.The…
Problem: Enrique is leaving Guatemala with no money and no experience to embark on a journey to the Mexican border. Overcome: Enrique had tried 7 times until he is finally where he needs to be to cross the border. He overcame this obstacle by his failed experiences and learning from his mistakes. But the friendly and giving people of Veracruz and Matehuala gave him some food, some money and sometimes…
A boy departs the familiarities of home to conquer the beasts of an unknown land, receiving help from the most unexpected people; finally achieving his goal. This sounds like an existing heroic fantasy novel, right? This is the real story of a young boy named Enrique who sets out from Honduras and perseveres through many “beasts” to reunite himself with his mother in America. We can see the similarities between Enrique’s Journey and a traditional heroic quest.…
seem like a far journey, but trust me, it surely was! He spent days trying to get to San Antonio.…
Throughout The Devil’s Highway, bodies of men and women fell numerous times trying to cross into the United States. Once the United States increased patrol of the border, they controlled the geography. Immigrants had to find another way and sometimes it resulted in death.…
were many more hardships. In this essay I will share with you the setting, some…
According to Banjo, “It has not been easy. Vehicle smuggling is very dangerous. It claims lives. There is always so much to worry about. The most important thing is to establish an understanding with the customs and police officers manning the border… We always settle them,” he said. But at times, even that understanding peter out and the smuggler have to brave the border patrol bullets, swampy forests, ditches and thickets dotting the 59 illegal routes along the border, often at the expense of his men and the merchandise.…