But Lourdes cannot face Enrique. He will remember only one thing that she says to him: “
Don't forget to go to church this afternoon
.” It is Jan. 29, 1989.
What happens in chapter 6 of Enrique's Journey?
Chapter 6 describes
the dangerous journey across the US-Mexico border
. Enrique makes the trip with El Tiríndaro and two other migrants, a Mexican brother and sister. The migrants remove their clothes and place them in plastic bags to keep them dry, then they cross the river in stages.
What happened in chapter 4 of Enrique's Journey?
Enrique finds a hiding spot until he can get on a 10:30pm train to the Texas border. When the train comes, Enrique and his friends settle in a boxcar and fall to sleep, only to be wakened by police who have found them. The police take the boys to their jefe – or chief – and check them for drugs.
How does Lourdes leaving Honduras affect Enrique?
Lourdes' decision
causes her family to separate and dictates Enrique's actions as a young man
. His need to reunite with his mother is common amongst the children of single immigrant mothers, who have been abandoned.
How old was Enrique when he found his mom?
After difficult stays with other relatives, Enrique sets out to find his mother. He is
16 years old
when he makes the first of seven failed attempts to get through Mexico in the hopes of crossing the border into the United States.
How many times did Enrique get deported?
Enrique's Journey | Chapter Three: Defeated
Seven Times
, a Boy Again Faces ‘the Beast'
How old is Enrique when he first tries train hopping?
Enrique is
15
when he tried to train hop. He is with one of his friends.
Where is Enrique today?
Enrique works as a painter during the week, but still sporadically abuses drugs, which he had gotten hooked as an early teen in Honduras. He and his family are
living with his mother, Lourdes
, who blames herself for his drug addiction.
Who is El Tirindaro?
El Tirindaro is
a subspecies of coyote known as a patero
, because he smuggles people into the United States by pushing them across the river on inner tubes while paddling like a pato, or duck. Enrique is a likely client.
Which job does Enrique do on arriving at the border?
On his eighth attempt, Enrique reaches the border between the United States and Mexico, and, after hiring
a human smuggler
, he crosses the Rio Grande and makes his way to North Carolina to reunite with his mother, Lourdes.
Why does El Tirindaro let Enrique stay in the migrant camp for free?
Why does El Tirindaro let Enrique stay in the migrant camp for free?
El Tirindaro hopes Enrique will use him as a smuggler when he is finally able to afford one
. Why is it more dangerous now for children to cross Mexico than it was when Enrique did? Cartels have begun kidnapping them for ransom.
What did the priest Salamón Lemus Lemus do to help migrants in Veracruz?
At the María Auxiliadora Church near Orizaba, Mexico, priest Salamón Lemus Lemus
allows hundreds of migrants to sleep and eat inside the church
. Over his lifetime, the priest saved $37,500 for his retirement. When he was 63 years old, he quietly donated the entire amount to buy land to build a migrant shelter.
How long has Enrique spent getting from Guatemala to the US Mexico border on this last attempt?
The journey helped me see a kind of determination I could never have imagined—determination no wall will stop. Enrique tries eight times to get through Mexico—braving
122 days
and 12,000 miles.
What happens in Enrique's Journey Chapter 2?
Enrique's Journey | Chapter Two:
Badly Beaten, a Boy Seeks Mercy in a Rail-Side Town
. The day's work is done at Las Anonas, a rail-side hamlet of 36 families in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, when a field hand, Sirenio Gomez Fuentes, sees a startling sight: a battered and bleeding boy, naked except for his undershorts.
On what date does Enrique leave his grandmother's house to begin his journey?
He brings his mother's phone number. On what date does Enrique leave his grandmother's house to begin his journey?
March 2, 2000
.
What happens to Enrique's girlfriend back in Honduras?
In Honduras,
Maria Isabel decides to move from her house where she lives with Enrique's family and back into her mother's home
. They live in a rundown hut in a poor part of an area called Los Tubos. Maria Isabel gets a job at a mall downtown, and she is able to make money to provide for her daughter.
Why does Enrique turn to drugs for comfort?
He is
frustrated by his mother and had many abandonment issues
. Furthermore, a beloved uncle dies, and this causes him a lot of troubled. He even turns to drugs in search of comfort.
How old is Ricky Iglesias?
46 years (May 8, 1975)
How many pages does Enrique journey have?
| ISBN-13: 9780385743280 | Publisher: Random House Children's Books | Publication date: 08/05/2014 | Edition description: Reprint | Pages: 288 |
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What happens at the end of Enrique journey?
Finally, she decides to go to the United States to join Enrique. If she leaves now, the chances that her daughter will be able to come to America and grow up with both her parents will be higher. The book ends much in the same way that it begins: with
a mother leaving behind her young child, unable to say goodbye
.
How does Enrique change throughout the story?
As he grows up,
he becomes more and more intent on reuniting with his mother
. On his journey, he shows emotional and physical strength that will help him when he arrives in the United States. Rebuilding his relationship with his mother proves difficult, but he persists.
Who is Olga Sanchez Martinez?
Olga Sánchez Martínez
runs a new refugee center in southern Mexico to help Central American women and children fleeing violence in their home countries
. For nearly two decades she has also operated another shelter for migrants harmed by Mexico's freight train, La Bestia, ministering to those left without arms or legs.
What do migrants call Chiapas?
What do migrants call Chiapas?
The beast
.
What type of train is La Bestia?
La Bestia is the
freight train
migrants use to get from southern Mexico to the U.S. border when they can't afford a bus ticket or a smuggler and they want to avoid the immigration checkpoints of “la migra.”
