Enrique grows up in the Central American country of Honduras His mother sets off to the United States to see if she can find success for her children so that they can grow up having no trouble getting things that they need, because at the moment they barely have enough to live. As she promises christmas after christmas that she will visit her kids, she fails every year. She gets many jobs in the US but doesn't get enough that she can be happy and not have to worry as much about getting basic things needed to live. Meanwhile Enriques growing into drug addictions and behavior issues, he is missing his mother dearly. When he begins sniffing glue, (Page 32) he quickly becomes addicted and disappoints his girlfriend. When Enrique sets off on his journey, he misses his girlfriend, Maria Isabel greatly.
On page #32, towards the beginning of the book, he began sniffing glue, I wondered what affect that had on your system as a drug. According to Jeffress, D., and Bronwyn Harris. WiseGeek. Conjecture, 02 July 2014. Web. 06 Mar. 2014., sniffing glue causes severe brain damage, not the kind of glue that you find at school, but model glue, known as "airplane glue."
The bodily damage that you can sustain short term from huffing glue. According to The foundation for a Drug-Free World affects can be things like slurred speech and drunk and dizzy appearance all the way to suffocation because the oxygen from your lungs gets replaced by the chemical.
ReplyDeleteGreat research Max. I was interested in the annihilation of glue as well in particular when he started to sniff glue. It was really devastating to see him deteriorate as he became addicted to the glue. There's always a reason for our actions however and he turned to drugs because he was depressed. He felt lonely and unloved and he stopped caring about the people who loved him. I was curious about why lots of teens sniff glue. According to http://www.rehab-recovery.co.uk/addiction/glue.html, mainly teens sniff glue because it is a very cheap "drug" and easy to obtain. A long term failure is heart disease which reminded me of the disease project. woohoo
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