Short Story Of Alvaro's Life

Enrique, a seventeen-year-old boy, was on a nearly infeasible mission. Lourdes, Enrique’s mother, had left eleven years prior for the United States to work. Lourdes, Enrique’s mother, had left eleven years prior for the United States to work. However, she failed to realize that this decision would cause deep distress and resentment in the hearts of her two young children. Month after month, year after year, Enrique heard his mother’s empty promises to return home soon without any fulfillment of these promises. Unfortunately, similar to many young boys who grow up without a present mother, Enrique turned to the

Family can affect one’s actions and decisions. In Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey, Enrique is a five-year-old boy who lives in an impoverished town in the capital Honduras. Enrique’s mom, Lourdes, leaves her family in Honduras and illegally makes her way into the United States to provide money for her children. Enrique faces many hardships living in Honduras without his mom, and he deeply misses her. At seventeen, Enrique decides to go on a treacherous journey to the United States to reconcile with his mother.

Hi Alvaro Barajas i completely agree with you that america should not get rid of the food stamps and welfares. If the government decides to get rid of the assistance millions of childrens and elderly citizens will be forced to work. I like how you discussed the points from the articles above. I believe welfares are helping to reduce child poverty all over the states. The parts where churches and private organization isn't able to help government is doing a fantastic job by feeding homeless and children's. In article #5 author provides evidences that government programs like tanf,social security and food stamps are being abused by people. However, I don't believe that everyone who gets these benefits are using them in wrong ways. I believe

He did a lot on his own. Growing up into a teenager he went through many obstacles. Enrique was always switching houses because he was unwanted. His grandmother kicked him out of the house because he started to get home very late every night, and it started to become a bad habit. After living with his grandmother, he then moved with his father. As a baby, Enrique’s father left and never did he think he would ever live with him again. The house his father had was gigantic. Never did Enrique live in such a beautiful home. He stared to get very comfortable staying there. For the first time in a while Enrique finally felt wanted. His father started to go out with his girlfriend almost every night. All the attention was being put to her. Enrique’s father started taking her on movie and dinner dates. Enrique asked if he could tag along, however his father did not allow him. The book says, “Enrique’s father baths, dresses, splashes on cologne, and follows his girlfriend. He plans to move in with her and leave Enrique with Grandmother Maria. Enrique tags along as Luis leaves. He begs his father to let him come along. But Luis refuses . He tells Enrique to go back home” (Nazario 25). Luis has a baby with his girlfriend; Enrique is going to become a fantastic uncle to her. His father and his girlfriend kicked him out of the house unexpectedly. They felt the baby needed all attention possible and all the space. He tells enrique to go back home.

Many single parents venture out their native country to seek out for a better life. These single parents come to the U.S. leaving behind their children and home. As a result over 36,000 children decide to follow their parents and start their journey to the U.S. In the book, “Enrique’s Journey, Sonia Nazario depicts the life and journey of a young man named Enrique. At the age of five, Enrique gets left behind by his mother, who goes to the U.S. to look for a better life for her family and herself. Throughout the book, Enrique's life long attachment to his mother causes him to be brave and become determined to obtained that love and affection that he once felt by embark on a journey to find his mother in the U.S.

I can only imagine what immigrating to america is like for these families, everyday children my age and younger are risking their lives to come to America and It really makes me appreciate how much I have. For Lourdes, Enrique, and Maria Isabel in Enrique’s Journey they must make the hard decision of leaving everything they grew up with in Honduras to come to america for a better life. Lourdes, Enrique’s mother, could no longer afford to feed and send her children to school and was struggling to make money with her job. “Lordes can think of only one place that offers hope… Lourdes has decided: She will leave. She will go to the United States, and make money and send it home.” (p.20) Lourdes decides to make the trip because it

I think in the Latino community, nearly anybody knows journalist Jorge Ramos, who is the Univision news anchor. Ramos is not an activist, yet he is pro-immigrant and in the past years, he has spoken for the people whose voices are not heard: undocumented.

Edgar Rodriguez was born in California in 2001. In 2007 he moved to Mexico with his family. Later on 2015 he came back to California to learn the English language and to have a better education. He loves to help others in their education, also he wants to became a doctor to help the low income people. In 2017 he join the Tennis team in Kennedy High School, he also wants to become a good athlete to have an opportunity to go, to a good college and university. He wrote the book ----- in 2017.

When I was a child, I never fully understood the importance of school. As I grew older my parents took the care to teach me that education, especially one that is free, was a privilege and would offer opportunities for success. For the two of them, Immigration to the United States offered prospects of a better life, yet to do so they needed education. So, as a result I have acquired that by learning I can reach my aspirations, but to reach that point I must be diligent, determined, and well-rounded. I aspire to go to college, and eventually help heal the world.Thus, why I believe that I am a well-suited Candidate for the AP Capstone Scholars’ Program.

As upcoming high school seniors, many such as myself, desire scholarships in order to alleviate the financial burden that attending a university can bring. Though this considerable and generous scholarship prize money will be used to further my education at Texas A&M University, my main wish is to bring pride and satisfaction to my family. As a first generation student, I am humbled by the opportunity of obtaining an education in America. Since my parents were migrants from Vietnam and Hong Kong, a successful life here was unheard of many years before. Financial strains do occasionally plague our lives, however, we have not forgotten the strenuous hard work and sacrifice that my parents have conquered in order to put their two daughters through

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As a working-class Mexican immigrants’ son, Rodriguez inevitably sense the separation between him and his family, whom he feels deepest love, as he advanced his academic level. Through education, Rodriguez changed but his parents didn’t change as much as him. His parents saying and behavior often reminded him of the person he once was and the life. Instead of admiring his parents, he felt embarrassed at their lack of education. He deliberately

The character of Enrique is someone that I think a lot of people can relate with in the fact that he acts tough, but is really just as vulnerable as anyone else would be in his situation.

My grandfather Frailan Sendejo’s father Gregorio Sendeja would take him to work in the fields every summer. So, just like his father, my grandfather got married and had my father Enrique Sendejo and worked in the fields every summer just like they did with him. My father said to me “My dad and I went to multiple states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.” (Sendejo) It was tough for my father because he never got to go to a full year of school, he had to leave during the school year and then come back late in the next school year. My father told me “Some summers were harder than others because I would go on a bus to another state and work without my parents to pick cucumbers.” (Sendejo) He also said ”I had to walk on my knees all across the fields and back to help support my family, and I would only get paid $40 for the day.” (Sendejo) When he went back to Crystal one year he went to school and met my mother Gina Sendejo. My father was going to have to leave to the fields again, so my mother decided to go with him. Though, after a few years they decided to stop migrating up North to focus on their careers and family. I never realized how difficult it was for my father to get to be the person he is today, but I’m glad that he and my mother brought me to where I am today, so I can continue to share their

Flavio de Silva had death all over him, a little boy who was miserably thin with legs resembling sticks covered with skin, his eyes and cheeks sunken in, his whole body jaundiced coloring from the malnutrition and deathly illness. (Gordon Parks, 1990, pg 1) However, that did not stop his endless fight to stay alive in order to help his siblings. Even through all the pain and misery, he had a smile one could never forget. Flavio was the heart of his family. Although Flavio was aware that his life may be coming to an end, he wasn’t afraid of death. It was his brothers and sisters he was worried about. His desire was to keep them safe and alive, even if that meant his chances of survival were less. Once Gordon published his article, fame and attention was brought to Flavio. Offers of food, clothing, money and even adoption poured in from across the United States. (Michael Astor, 1997) The De Salvias’ had since been moved to a nice, well-kept house in America with everything they could’ve dreamed for before their eyes. However, for Flavio, the hope he once had to better himself was merely just that, a wish. Flavio had been summoned to a shed, similar to the 6-by 10-foot tin and wood shack he had once lived in. Now, as Flavio clutches a tattered copy of his Life magazine, a fading reminder of his brief, shining moment in the sun, he desires nothing more