Enrique's Journey Sparknotes

Enrique’s Journey is a non-fiction book written by Sonia Nazario about a 17-year-old boy from Honduras who makes the difficult journey from his hometown of Tegucigalpa to the United States.When Enrique was five years old his mother, Lourdes, leaves Honduras to find a job in the United States. The move allows her to send money back home to Enrique so he can go to school past the third grade. Lourdes promises Enrique she will return quickly,but she has her struggles in America as well. After eleven years apart,Enrique decides he will go find her. Enrique sets off alone from Tegucigalpa, with only a slip of paper that has his mother’s North Carolina telephone number. Without money,Enrique goes through Mexico and crosses the border into the United

Lourdes,Enrique's mother decided to move to the United States from Honduras in order to support her two children financially.She hoped to get enough income to take her children to good schools and be able to provide for their basic needs.she also hoped they could live a better lifestyle than she did.Enrique was too young to understand that Lourdes left and that she was not planning to come back soon,Although the family knew about it,they were not able to explain to Enrique.He was cared for by different relatives and he finally ends up with his paternal grandmother,He starts to sell food to meet the family expenses.Due to frustrations and anger towards his mother,he turns to drugs and he ends up being kicked out because his grandmother could not stand his behavior.Enrique's experiences motivates him to look for his mother because he believes she is the only one who can understand and take good care of him.Enrique's older sister Belky was left under the care of her auntie.Maria Isabel,Enrique's girlfriend was very supportive even though she knew he turned to drugs for comfort.When Enrique settled in the United States,he received the good news that Maria had a baby girl and named her Jasmin.Enrique was very happy to be a dad and he sent money to support them.Enrique worked hard and saved enough to hire a smuggler to move Maria Isabel to the United States then Jasmin later joined