Conflict In Enrique's Journey
Over the course of the time I have spent reading the novel, “Enrique’s Journey,” I have only somewhat enjoyed it. The points of view change frequently, and the author introduces characters who appear to be insignificant to the story. For example, on the fourth chapter of the book, the author writes, “Enrique reaches out. He grabs with one hand but holds tightly to the hopper with the other. The role of crackers flies several feet away, bounces off the car, and thumps to the ground” (Nazario 104). She discusses Enrique for the next seven paragraphs, and then writes, “These are unlikely places for people to be giving food to strangers. A World Bank study in 2000 found that 42.5 percent of Mexico’s 100 million people live on $2 or less a day”
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She has good intentions in illegally immigrating to the United States, as the author writes, “Lourdes has decided: She will leave. She will go to the United States and make money and send it home.” Ironically, by leaving her children to go the United States, this only puts more strain on her relationship with her children, which creates conflict and progresses the story efficiently, as well as helps develop Enrique to becoming a mature and hard-working teenager. Lourdes is certainly my favorite character in the book because of her large contribution in driving the story forward. Meanwhile, on the subject of what parts of the story I have enjoyed so far, the first and second chapters of this novel are the parts I enjoy the most. Most of the conflict during the first six chapters of the book happens in chapters one and two, where Lourdes immigrates to the United States illegally, and Enrique’s life begins to deteriorate from drug abuse, and then improves from his decision to search for his mother, as shown in chapter one, when Nazario writes, “Enrique and a friend, Jose del Carmen Bustamante, sixteen, venture into El Infiernito to buy marijuana” (Nazario 35). She then writes how Enrique says, “I’m going to make it to the U.S.” (Nazario 43). Overall, this is a great indication of strong character development, which really drives the story
She has good intentions in illegally immigrating to the United States, as the author writes, “Lourdes has decided: She will leave. She will go to the United States and make money and send it home.” Ironically, by leaving her children to go the United States, this only puts more strain on her relationship with her children, which creates conflict and progresses the story efficiently, as well as helps develop Enrique to becoming a mature and hard-working teenager. Lourdes is certainly my favorite character in the book because of her large contribution in driving the story forward. Meanwhile, on the subject of what parts of the story I have enjoyed so far, the first and second chapters of this novel are the parts I enjoy the most. Most of the conflict during the first six chapters of the book happens in chapters one and two, where Lourdes immigrates to the United States illegally, and Enrique’s life begins to deteriorate from drug abuse, and then improves from his decision to search for his mother, as shown in chapter one, when Nazario writes, “Enrique and a friend, Jose del Carmen Bustamante, sixteen, venture into El Infiernito to buy marijuana” (Nazario 35). She then writes how Enrique says, “I’m going to make it to the U.S.” (Nazario 43). Overall, this is a great indication of strong character development, which really drives the story