POST #3

Enrique's Journey

Pages (40-65)
Dajiana Bunton

 Reading more into the story, Enrique becomes hard to deal with. He is acting out at home and in school. In school he would act out by disrespecting the teachers and bulling students. One day he actually stood on top of the teacher’s desk. Once he finally graduates the sixth grade, the teachers are happy. At home, Enrique shares a two-bedroom hut with six people. They all squeeze on a tiny mattress and have to sleep head to foot to make sure everybody I is on the mattress. Outside of home and school, Enrique starts to get involved with drugs. He and his friends start to smoke marijuana and sniff glue. His family members and girlfriend notice this drastic change in Enrique’s appearance because of the drugs he uses.

            Enrique is in debt with his supplier and one day his supplier tells him that is he wouldn’t pay him the money he owes him, he could kills his cousin, (who he that was his sister) Tania. Enrique doesn’t want him to do that and he knows that he will because he owns a gun and he’s been to jail before. Enrique goes into his Aunt and Uncle’s house and stills over 20 pieces of jewelry, debating on selling them to make the money to pay off his debt. He gets caught and gets kicked out of the house to live in the back out house. Enrique gets even more depressed. He thinks so one loves him. One day he walks into the house and his Aunt and him automatically start arguing. He tries his hardest to retain his anger but, he couldn’t and before you knew it he was kicking her in her back.         

            His family tells his him he needs to leave. He needs to go find his mother not caring about the dangerous trip to make it to the United States. He decides he needs to as well. He sells almost everything he owns to make money to travel. He stops by his father’s mother’s house to see her and she’s not happy to hear about his decision to travel to the United States. On the way out he passes his father and tells him about his plans. His father gave him enough money for a soda and kept moving. Lastly, he visited his sister who was not happy to see him go. She cooked him a home cooked meal and said her goodbyes. He went over to the house he once lived in and stood one the steps his mother stood on before she disappeared.

            While reading this passage, I can see why Enrique acts out a lot. He feels like no one loves him. They way his family members treat him, he has every right too. I feel like they should at least tend to him and the fact that his mother left him at such a young age and they know how important she is to him.