Post 3

The ending of the book was very disappointing. I was looking forward to a happy ending where Enrique reunites with his mother and they get him a green card or something. But no, the author couldn't have done that of course. What she had to do was recap on the journey he just went through and have his mother not love him to the point of him having to find a job and make money for his mother to show any love to this boy who has just traveled I don't even know how many miles cause i don't want to kill my brain with that math. "The relationship between Enrique and his mother, including the resentment of immigration children have been left behind..." (292).

Post 2

While I read the book, Enrique's Journey by. Sonia Nazario. It is a story of a boy, Enrique, who wants to immigrate into the United States to find his mother in the city of Laredo. This made me wonder how many people immigrate into the U.S. every year, and in all? According to the MIP (Migration Policy Institute), the approximate number of immigrants in the U.S. in 2009 was 38,517,234. The number jumped about 1.5% between 2008 and 2009. There is about 1 million people who immigrate to the U.S. every year.

Post Number 3

The last third of the book didn't satisfy me in many ways. I wanted there to be a satisfying ending where Enrique reunited happily with his mother and Maria Isabella. Something that would make the tone of the last part of the book a little less dismal.   You follow Enrique through this long journey and pretty much all of it is pretty depressing. You see all these obstacles and challenges that he has to overcome and they all cause Immigrants to either loose there life or be severely maimed or injured. but instead it he comes to america thinking his mother resents him and has to start figuring out how to live a new life. "The relationship between Enrique and his mother, including the resentment of immigration children having been left behind..." (292).  He comes to this new country thinking his mother doesn't even love him and she had been resenting him this whole time. Now he has to start a new life find a way of making money and earn his mothers love back (In his mind) even though she never stopped. It wasn't a very grand finale which I was looking for after the depressing lead up to it. It could be a little bit better to end a long dismal book.

Post 2

Even though Lourdes left her family in Honduras she is still a good mother. She didn't leave for her self; she left for good intentions of her family. She continued to call and send money back throughout the entire time. She thought this was the best thing to do, even if it really wasn't. She loved her kids more then anything and only wished the best upon them. "Fear drains from his mother like a wave back into the sea. It is Enrique. She feels pure happiness"(188). She may not be the best mother but she definitely loves her kids more than anything. 

Enrique's Journey Post 1

While I was reading a Enrique’s Journey i stumbled across a very interesting thought. The thought of immigration and how many people try to get into the united States. So I researched that fact and according to The Wall Street Journal there has been a rise in immigrants caught trying to get in the United States over the past two years. In 2012 the border patrol caught 364,768 immigrants and then las year in 2013 they caught 388,422 in just 11 months. With the vast increase in immigrants getting caught it either means more are trying to get in or our security is just improving. We’ll see what happens in this year to test those theories.