I most aspects of the literature circle from the reading of Enrique’s Journey to the unique ideas and views each of us shared. I have nearly nothing negative to say about the literature circles, except that the “connector” appears to it a bit harder than the other members of the group considering they write more, from what I have seen. Although, you could say that it is fair considering that each member will be the connector once. Although, I enjoyed reading the nonfiction book Enrique’s Journey. With this in mind, I would say that The literature circles are doing fine other than a few minor issues. I have never liked nonfiction books, They always sounded boring, After all, who would want to read a book that talks about something that happened in real life? However, After I read Enrique’s Journey I saw that I was poorly mistaken as it is a nonfiction book, yet it is not boring, on the contrary, it was very interesting and always had me wondering what would happen …show more content…
My group always focused on their roles and contributed as much as they could. As soon as we got into our group, everyone would start to talk excitingly about the book. When we were answering questions most of us would answer unless someone else had already said what we were about to. I did not have a single problem with my group. The roles in the literature circles are mostly balanced, except I felt like the Connector does more than the rest seeing as they are required to write roughly one paragraph for each connection and it is quite difficult to find some of the connections. Perhaps requiring about two sentences per connection would be a bit more fair. Although, you could also argue that it is fair with each person being required to be the connector once. But this is only my opinion. There may be more issues, however, this is the only one that I could
In the classroom I help those who need it if I have a complete understanding of the topic. If I don’t I will ask the teacher for help. When working in group projects I will usually take the lead and assign everyone a part to work on. Every so often I will check in to see that they are in fact getting their jobs done. My character and how people perceive me is another important topic to me.
The book Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario is a nonfiction book based on a real story told throughout 367 pages. The reason why I decided to read this book is that it was highly recommended by one of my former English teachers. I was extremely persuaded to read this book by her but I also personally believed that by reading this book I would gain a new understanding of life by really opening my mind to new experiences that other people go through.
A story Enrique 's Journey written by Sonia Nazario is a book about a boy on his Journey to the united states. On Enrique’s Journey, he comes to a point where he has to make a tough decision between staying in the united states and going back to Honduras. Enriques dilemma is that he has just as many reasons to go back to Honduras as he does to stay in the united states. One example of Enrique wanting to stay in the United States seen when Enrique finally sees his mother “ He Jumps squarely onto the bed next to her he gives her a hug then a kiss“ (Nazario 190). Enrique wants to stay in the united states because of many reasons because there’s better job’s, less gang’s, better pay, fewer drugs, has a stepsister Diana and his mother in the united
Most people think that coming to the U.S is easy but it really it not. Enrique Journey By Sonia Nazario teaches the audience that the journey to the U.S is difficult for migrants. Enrique journey towards the U.S made him the man he is today, and Lourdes’ challenges in the new transition she had coming to the U.S reveals to us that coming to the U.S was a big challenge. Enrique journey, which lead to dangerous situations. When Enrique gets stopped by a gang, he cowers in fear.
Enrique’s Journey/ Rape in the fields It is time, at last, to speak the truth about Rape in the fields, and Enrique’s Journey. These two documents are more similar than people think. The first similarity between the book and he film. Is that the laws; as we see it are there but are corrupt.
While reading Enrique’s Journey, written by Sonia Nazario, a lot of themes were brought out throughout the book that served different meaning in Enrique’s story. The theme that stood out to me, was his journey because Enrique traveled all the way from Honduras to find his mom, who stayed in the United States. There are times in the book when he falls victim to his own shortcomings: doing drugs, tantalizing his mother, mismanaging his finances. He is ready to take yet another journey, this time marked by responsibility instead of adolescent rebellion and resentment. However, Enrique's journey is not only physical, but also mental as he grows from a boy to a man.
Enrique’s Journey AXES Paragraphs paragraph 1 Enrique had two decisions,to go back home in Honduras or to stay in the US with his mother. A quote from the book was “lourdes cooks for Enrique”this shows that his mother really loves him and even if he has been very bad,this would make Enrique want to to stay in the US. Every time Enrique would leave the house his mother would give him a big hug. This would make Enrique very happy and give him more of a reason to stay.he also makes decent money and lives a better life in america. On the other hand another quote from the book is “he tells lourdes he plans to leave her and return to honduras in two years”showing that he misses his girlfriend and wants to see his newborn daughter for
In chapter two of the book Enrique’s Journey, Enrique has made a total of seven attempts trying to cross the borders. In the first attempt, la migra caught Enrique and his friend, Jose del Carmen Bustamante, while they were riding the train from Honduras and to Veracruz in Central Mexico. They got sent back to Guatemala on El Bus de Lagrimas, the Bus of Tears. In the second attempt, Enrique traveled alone and got caught by the police. They, once again, put him on the bus and sent him back to Guatemala.
From Mexico to the United States, a very dangerous journey some take to have a better life or to reunite with their family. Even people who are as inexperienced, such as Enrique, go through this dangerous path to reunite himself with his mother. In the novel, Enrique's Journey, author Sonia Nazario uses literary devices such as theme, characterization, and POV to show us how events change a character along the way and reveals how a character truly is. Sonia Nazario uses theme to show us the drastic change in character, characterization to show us how the dangers of this journey has an impact on someone, and POV to show us how the character is someone else’s perspective.
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.
Hardships are: tests that show your worth. They are occasions to show who you truly are. You are either a person who succeeds in the attempt or fails. In life with no struggles there's no gain because we learn from our struggles.
Sonia Nazario’s book Enrique’s Journey follows a young man on his journey from the Honduras to the United States in search of his mother, who left when he was only five years old, in hopes of providing a better life for her children. Throughout the novel, Nazario recounts the struggles that Enrique faced along the way, both physical and mental. Enrique made eight attempts to get to the United States, enduring several beatings, days without food, fear of corrupt local authorities, and the perils of riding aboard a dangerous train for hundreds of miles. In the end, he must overcome these obstacles, as well as his own vices and internal struggles, to finally see his mother.
The book I am reading is Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario. I predict that the author will explore the human rights issue of Immigration Laws and the plight of illegal aliens in the United States. I believe that this issue will be important in the story because Enrique the main character in the story is very driven to find his mother who has gone herself illegally to the United States to earn money to provide an education for her children and to better the life of her family. I made this prediction because Lourdes leaves her children in Honduras as she goes to make money in the United States and her son Enrique is left saying “Donde esta mi mami?” “Where is my mom?”
Literary Analysis Plot The plot of a story is the shape it takes from the beginning to the end. A good plot has a solid introduction, body and conclusion. In this story, the author tells us about his journey from the United States back home to Venezuela via Colombia. He describes in detail the poverty, corruption and poor governance at the Colombian border.
This is very evident through the different relationships seen in the book, which both conform to and contradict the idea completely. This outlines the many different sides to society, whilst allowing the reader a direct insight into what Marquez sees the society to be. Along with that, the novel outlines what Marquez believes the society should be. The story is reliant on the presence of a community and a society to keep it functioning. One interesting factor about this novel is the fact that it incorporates magic realism.