Essays on Enrique's Journey

Immigration: Yay or Nay? Immigration is a topic that is discussed in the United States and there are people who are for it and against it. This topic is discussed in the news, during presidential debates, as well as in books like Enrique’s Journey. Enrique’s...

I believe the Nazario decided not to finish the story when Enrique reunited but instead the chronicles of after because she wanted the reader to experience the true story of kids reuniting with their mothers/fathers. Because Nazario included this, the story becomes more emotional through...

The Reality of the American Promise Poetry, in a cumulative sense, is an exhibitory archive containing the sum of the human experience. For example, Poetry helps us explore the most general and specific areas of humanity. Likewise, poetry can be utilized to investigate the profundities...

“The American dream” is a decades’ long fantasy and aspiration for many people of various backgrounds, races, and ethnicities. The lust for the white picket fence and Broadway lights is emphasized in “Enrique’s Journey” by a less fortunate upbringing/background. Stone huts and a lack of...

The Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario is primarily the authors perspective on the experiences of kids left by their parents ate a young age. Essentially, the author was describing how Enrique’s, Lourdes, as a struggling parent had to bring up his sister and son. For...