Essay On Enrique's Journey

I never read a core book in high school. Reading has just never been my thing, until I came to college. Since I was paying for my classes, I figured I actually had to start doing the things I am required to do, such as reading. This year, I was introduced to a book called Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario. It is about a boy named Enrique whose mother leaves him to find work in America, and he eventually goes on a life-threatening journey to reunite with her. My first thought about this book was that it was just another political scheme that the school was trying to thrust upon me, but I knew I had to read it to do well in the class. Page after page, I fell in love with the intense detail and dramatic events. This book should be added to the …show more content…
Mothers in Central America have been known to leave their children, and venture off to find work in the United States to provide their kids with a better life in their home country. Nazario informs us that “Central American women flocked to places with the greatest demand…where the number of private domestic workers doubled in the 1980s (xiii). Statistics such as this help the readers grasp the idea of how many mothers actually leave their families. Enrique’s mother left him at a very young age which led him to fixate on finding her. In chapter 1, Nazario is informed that 75 percent of children immigrating to America are in search of their mother’s and their love (5). This ongoing cycle of mothers leaving their kids and then the kids going to find their mothers is displayed by Enrique himself. Enrique unintentionally started his own family and left his child to find his mother. Chances are Enrique’s child will grow up longing for its father, thus continuing the cycle. Nazario provides us with factual evidence and specific examples that make it easier for us to get a grip of the journey from Central America to the United