Ethos And Pathos In Enrique's Journey

In conclusion, “Enrique’s Journey” is a moving story about an incredible love of a son spending for his mom. His dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mom is unforgettable to readers. Through the journey of a little boy, the readers aware of the value of mother’s love which is above anything else to children. Because of basing on a true story, “Enrique’s Journey” somehow reflects a great hardship of the immigrants during their trip cross into the United States. The book is worth a read. I would recommend it to some of my friends who are interested in nonfiction book.

Sonia Nazario tells a personal story in her 2007 novel, Enrique's Journey, and one in which a young Honduran boy places his life at risk in order to reach the United States and be with his mother. The main characters are Enrique, his grandmother, his girlfriend Maria Isabel, his sister Belky and the mother. Enrique’s mother, Lourdes, had to make the painful decision a mother could make, she had to leave her son because of the poverty in Honduras. Her plan was that once she was in America, she would send money for both her children, Enrique and his sister. Her son becomes resentful and turns to drugs, and then, at the age of seventeen, finally resolves to somehow make the journey and be with the mother who so inexplicably vanished.

In this story, Sonia Nazario recounts how a Honduran boy called Enrique passed many dangerous situations in his travel to the United States in order to finally meet with his mother. Enrique began his travel to the United States eleven years after his mother left him in Honduras. Enrique faced gangsters, bandits and corrupt police officers when he was in the train called “El Tren de la Muerte”. The only thing that he was carrying was his mother’s phone number. But Enrique never gave up. Enrique’s courage, hope and help from strangers make him achieved his goal… meet with his mother.

The “American dream”, a national ethos of the United States, is sought after by many struggling immigrants who go through much risk in order to make a better living in the U.S. A long debated issue over illegal immigration into the U.S revolves around Mexican/Latino immigrants. With Honduras having little to no medical care and harsh living environments, many of its citizens seek to find jobs to support their families. Enrique’s Journey, bye Sonia Nazario sheds a new light on immigration in the U.S with the account of one particular Honduran boy who is trying to immigrate to the U.S. From the view of privileged individuals, these immigrants may be seen as a problem, with a simple solution; do not let them into the U.S. However, this problem has a much more complex lining.

In Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey, readers are able to view the undeserved hardships migrants, such as Enrique, undergo, all in search of one thing, freedom. Enrique is a 17 year old Honduran boy, whom was left lonesome when his mother decided to take on a dreadful journey to better her family. After many years without his mom, Enrique goes on a perilous mission in order to reunite with his mother, Lourdes. This expedition involved extremely challenging and life threatening missions, which many migrants face daily. Once they arrive to the United States they realize that leaving their culture and families behind was all for a hostile country in which survival is not definite. Little did they know that living in the U.S would not be stable

In Sonia Nazario’s book, Enrique’s Journey, Enrique rides on top of slow-moving railroad cars in hopes of reaching his mother, who left him at a very young age to find work in the United States. Most of the immigrants in the book are fleeing because they are trying to escape poverty, but it does not go into a lot of depth about how drug wars play a big role in immigration. The persistent violent behavior in Mexico executed by drug cartels, caused a generous amount of Mexican natives to flee to the United States looking for refuge. Even with the United States’ collaboration in Mexico’s government to crackdown on drug trafficking organizations, violence continues to rise. Not only does violence cause immigration, but the corruption of local

Enrique’s Journey is the story of one young man’s odyssey. To demonstrate his journey of immigration, Nazario began a five year investigation into the lives of migrants traveling to the United States from Central America. In order to expose society to her work, she chose to retrace the steps of one child’s journey to freedom. By centering her book around Enrique, she maintains the journalistic freedom to explore questions of immigration without losing hope.

The most glaring similarity between these two is that neither of the two sure-fire. In Enrique’s Journey, the path from Central America to the United States is ever changing. The journey’s success, for the most part, is based on luck. In fact, Enrique himself made eight attempts before he was able to reach the United States. According to a Department of Homeland Security 2016 report, a mere 46% of attempts illegally cross at border crossings are successful (Tribune). That is saying that there is a better a better chance of guessing a coin flip than managing to end up on the other side. This success rate even assumes immigrants make it to the final border crossing, whereas accounting for the amount of people stopped, captured, or killed along

Enrique was just a young boy when his mother left for the United States. Soon after, Enrique would fall into addiction and robbery. After receiving meaningless gifts from his mother, he decided to set out on a journey to find his mother in the United States. Enrique soon comes face to face with absolutely appalling conditions. These include, corrupt police, starvation, thieves, and camps ridden with disease. Despite this, Enrique ends up finding his mother, his story is not a happy one however. Nevertheless, these experiences result in Enrique becoming a stronger and wiser person.

Within the film A Better Life there are many examples of situations that are seen as subjects which many people do not openly talk about. Circumstances such as illegal immigration and how people who do chose to enter the United States through backdoor channels can actually be a benefit to society and raise productive members of society. Furthermore, the movie depicts an illegal, Carlos Galindo and his struggles of maintaining a job, being a single parent, and at the same time evading detection from United States immigration officers. This struggle of trying to provide for his son Luis and make sure he maintains the correct direction which he is following to be a successful member of society is plagued by Luis’s friend, Facundo and his girlfriend, Ruthie Valdez. Both of Luis’s friends are on the track of being stuck inside of a Hispanic gang. This rips Luis in half due to his proper upbringing by his father Carlos. This paper will document multiple occurrences from the film and analyze the cultural significance for each event.

I have always had a positive outlook on immigration. I truly believe that most undocumented immigrants come here for better opportunities and to either help better their lives or their families. I have known a few people who have left their country to provide a better life for their family, but I never truly knew what they had to endure in order to get here. Enrique’s Journey gave me an insight that shocked me. The book was hard to get

“It is january 29, 1989 his mother steps off the porch she walks away. ‘Donde esta mi mami?’ Enrique cries over and over”

Enrique’s Journey recounts the unforgettable quest of a Honduran boy looking for his mother, eleven years after she is forced to leave her starving family to find work in the United States. Braving unimaginable peril, often clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains, Enrique travels through hostile worlds full of thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. But he pushes forward, relying on his courage, hope, and the kindness of strangers. He attempts the dangerous journey eight times before he succeeds. During his first seven attempts, he is severely beaten, robbed, and humiliated. However, he never gives up. The struggle that Enrique and other immigrant make to reach el norte is harder than anyone can expect.

Good job on your post ! Your reflection on Enrique's Journey was really good and I would have to agree that the complete poverty that Enrique's lived in also struck me the most too. It's really sad what Enrique had to go through and on top that his own father left him . So far reading this book , it's hard reading what Enrique and his sister had to deal with when it came to them not having their mother around and living poor. Reading this book, I just wish I could help them and take them out the life they been living. Your picture that you chose was really good because it's does in fact shows the attitude towards immigrants . You explained the deep message in this picture very well and in this cartoon it relates to the Enrique Journey

Through watching them, I know that eventually, all my hard work will pay off. All of his accomplishments; learning to speak English fluently, making a career for himself, and having a family, are all very inspiring to me. His determination as a one-time foreigner to achieve his goals is incredible. Even during difficult times, he never lets anything get him down. He believes, “nadie te puede quitar tu ambition aunque los dejes”, meaning “no one can take away your ambition unless you let them. My father has taught me that by having determination and goals, you can accomplish anything.What’s disappointing, is that in an era which society claims to have evolved, it now looks down upon my father, Latin Americans, and immigrants. Something as simple as going out for dinner sometimes turns into shame and discomfort. After someone makes a remark to not only my family, it disrespects everything my family has worked so hard to accomplish. The constant humiliation and disrespect thrown our way is sickening. Not sickening in the form as seeing a Jewish child gassed, but the kind of sick that makes your stomach churn because for the countless times in my life, I am humiliated and ashamed of being who I am, in the place which is my home. Although the book Night, is based during a different time and society, it's harrowing that nearly seventy-five years later, little has changed. A person's value is not based upon the