Prologue + Pages (1-20)
Dajiana Bunton
Dajiana Bunton
The beginning of this novel talks about a, what it seems like, workaholic woman named Carmen. She has a maid who comes to her house during her hectic mornings and cleans. While she’s getting ready for work the maid asks her when she think she’s going to have a baby. The woman couldn’t understand why Carmen lived so well and didn’t want to have any kids to share it with.
As I read more into the story, the woman’s name turned out to be Lourdes from Tegucigalpa, the outskirts of Honduras, where she experiences poverty. Lourdes has two children, Belky and Enrique. Belky, being her oldest, worked along side her mother selling tortillas door to door and on the busy streets. Enrique was her youngest and only son, her baby. In the book, the author describes him as being very attached to his mother. That’s why it hurt to the core that she had to leave him. She wanted better for her children and she also wanted better for herself.
Reading the end of this chapter leading into the beginning of the next Sonia Nazario, the author, goes in depth more about the struggles Lourdes face while in the United States. Her plan was to move to the United States, get a good paying job to send things to her children, then eventually get enough money to be able to afford to send for her kids. Lourdes faces while she resides in the United States. She talks about one of her, many jobs cleaning offices and homes. She really goes in detail about they way her employees treated her. Some were kind as to feed her and other treated her as if she was a slave making her work on her hands and knees no matter her condition.
Another difficulty she faced was with her boyfriend Santos. Santos was a hard worker back in Honduras and in the United States he worked on making air plane parts. Lourdes figures if they live together and work hard she can afford to send for her children in about two years. Lourdes unexpectedly gets pregnant. She struggles a very tough delivery almost for her and her child’s life while her boyfriend, Santos is out drinking. Santos is a very jealous man, one day he punched Lourdes in the chest because she offered a male friend a ride home from work. She could no longer take. One day he left for Honduras, as he promised invest their money into something and call, he didn't do neither.
The beginning of this novel is exactly how I thought it would be with a little more detail. The way the author is presenting this story is a good way because i can really understand what she is trying to say about Enrique's situation and the reasons his mother left.
Another difficulty she faced was with her boyfriend Santos. Santos was a hard worker back in Honduras and in the United States he worked on making air plane parts. Lourdes figures if they live together and work hard she can afford to send for her children in about two years. Lourdes unexpectedly gets pregnant. She struggles a very tough delivery almost for her and her child’s life while her boyfriend, Santos is out drinking. Santos is a very jealous man, one day he punched Lourdes in the chest because she offered a male friend a ride home from work. She could no longer take. One day he left for Honduras, as he promised invest their money into something and call, he didn't do neither.
The beginning of this novel is exactly how I thought it would be with a little more detail. The way the author is presenting this story is a good way because i can really understand what she is trying to say about Enrique's situation and the reasons his mother left.
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