Enrique's Journey Analysis

An immigrant boy walks into a village looking for food and shelter to stay in for the night. He starts to ask for food water, the people in the village ignore him; calling him names and stealing what little clothes he has. He leaves the town filled with anger and hatred. A couple years go by and the boy is now an adult and a member of a gang, who steals from immigrants and leaves them brutally beaten. All because the people from the village he visited as a young boy, treated him like a dog begging for food, rather than helping him by accepting him into their community and providing food and shelter. In Enrique's Journey by investigating journalist Sonia Nazario, this unfortunately happens quite a lot. As Sonia Nazario travels the routes Enrique …show more content…
While interviewing Native American tribes Randy Woodley concludes that while not all Native American tribes share the same techniques of giving, they all share the same reason for giving. Out of the kindness of their heart (12). As seen previously by the response of the immigrant González’s neighbor help fed, immigrants take kindly to those who offer food and supplies. The Native Americans way of giving would help stop immigrants turning to gangs because they would feel special and cared for. In Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario, an immigrant had received helped from a local villager and responded with, “I hope God helps you someday. I was hungry. And you fed me well” (126). Shows gratitude and responds with prayers, after being cared for by receiving food. Unlike the previous three cultural group examples, Catholicism has their own view on how people should help and give to others. Catholicism teaches that it is simply not enough to give supplies to those in need. One must create a connection with the people they are giving supplies to. By setting up a connection with an immigrant one is giving to. It helps the individual understand why they are giving making their donation mean more to the