The Pilgrims Train Depicted In Enrique's Journey

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“Enrique cannot see blood, but he senses it everywhere.” In the book Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario Enrique’s mom leaves him in Honduras. His mom left for the United States in order to send money to support her family. Enrique travels through Mexico illegally on top of trains in order to reunite with his mother Lourdes. Migrants travel on train tops, these trains have nicknames that describe their experiences The Train of Death, The Train that Devours, and The Pilgrims Train. The Train of Death was one of the trains that Enrique rode on his adventure to his mother. “ His fingers uncurled. He tried to bounce his feet off the wheels and push away. But as he let go, the air pulled him in. The wheels flattened his right foot, then sliced through

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