Para 1 After reading today’s chapter my potluck prediction was right because in the beginning Enrique does start doing even more drugs. He does glue, which was his lowest point. He does this until he realizes that his body cant take anymore. Then he gets his act togheter. He starts working all week, he doesnt go out and he drinks way less. He saves up more money and he moves out. Another reason for this change was his daugher, Jasmin. He doesnt want to do the same thing his mother did to him.
Para 2 In this chapter everything mostly takes place in North Carolina where Enrique lives. He spends most of his time at his mom's house. The main people involved were Lourdes, she fought a lot with Enrique. This forced him to get out of his house a lot and drink. Their fights finally caused Enrique to leave and move out with other people. Also Lourdes' boyfriends son was involved. the young boy lived with Enrique and they started drinking. Maria Isabela and Enrique were drifting apart. They were really not talking to each other and it sometimes makes Enrique think that there was someone else.
Para 3 In the beggining of the story Enrique is fighting wiht his Mother like always. He starts stayin in his room and doing drugs. He starts doing glue. In the middle of the story, he realized that he is messing up his life and he could have saved enough money to bring his girl and his daugher home. He starts working more, seven days a week. He doesnt drink as much and he doesnt go out. At the end of the reading we read about how Maria Isabela and Enrique are falling apart. They are talking less. Maria Isabela in a way thinks that Enrique is not coming back becasue he calls less. They are slowly drifting apart. Soon she doesn't even wonder why he has not called.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Chapter 7
What motivates Enrique to stay in the United States? What things make him wish to return to Honduras?
Enrique gets motivated to stay in the United States to be able to have enough money to send his daughter and to make a house in Honduras. He also wants to return to Honduras to see his daughter and be wiht his girlfriend.
What factors cause conflict between Enrique and Lourdes? How do they seek to overcome these factors?
Enrique and Lourdes get into fights about his drinking and his drugs. Enique eventually moves out because they are fighting too much. I think that was his way of saying he did not want to fight anymore.
Contrast Enrique’s life in the United States with the life he left behind.
In Honduras Enrique would always be out getting in trouble. He would be sniffing glue and doing bad things. He really did not care for anyone. Now that he is in the U.S I think that it has helped him mature. He thinks more of his family and he gets to drive. Back there he could not even afford a car. He had nothing in Honduras.
How do you feel when Maria Isabel leaves Honduras?
When Maria Isabela leaves Honduras it is so sad it make sme feel even sadder because Jasmin, her daugheter has no idea that she wont see her mother for very long, if at all.
Once reunited, how do Enrique and his mother get along?
They starated to get along like in the beggining. They were happy togheter but i think that there will always be taht resentment towards his mother.
How does Enrique’s relationship with Maria Isabel progress?
Maria Isabela and Enrique's relationship gets better. He treates her good and shows how much he loves her.
What conflicts arise between Maria Isabel and Enrique’s family?
Maria Isabela and Enriques family do not get along. They dont think that she has been a good mother.
How does the book end as it began?
The book ends the same way it began, a mother having to leave a young child behind in hopes the child will have a better future.
Enrique gets motivated to stay in the United States to be able to have enough money to send his daughter and to make a house in Honduras. He also wants to return to Honduras to see his daughter and be wiht his girlfriend.
What factors cause conflict between Enrique and Lourdes? How do they seek to overcome these factors?
Enrique and Lourdes get into fights about his drinking and his drugs. Enique eventually moves out because they are fighting too much. I think that was his way of saying he did not want to fight anymore.
Contrast Enrique’s life in the United States with the life he left behind.
In Honduras Enrique would always be out getting in trouble. He would be sniffing glue and doing bad things. He really did not care for anyone. Now that he is in the U.S I think that it has helped him mature. He thinks more of his family and he gets to drive. Back there he could not even afford a car. He had nothing in Honduras.
How do you feel when Maria Isabel leaves Honduras?
When Maria Isabela leaves Honduras it is so sad it make sme feel even sadder because Jasmin, her daugheter has no idea that she wont see her mother for very long, if at all.
Once reunited, how do Enrique and his mother get along?
They starated to get along like in the beggining. They were happy togheter but i think that there will always be taht resentment towards his mother.
How does Enrique’s relationship with Maria Isabel progress?
Maria Isabela and Enrique's relationship gets better. He treates her good and shows how much he loves her.
What conflicts arise between Maria Isabel and Enrique’s family?
Maria Isabela and Enriques family do not get along. They dont think that she has been a good mother.
How does the book end as it began?
The book ends the same way it began, a mother having to leave a young child behind in hopes the child will have a better future.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Well Founded Fear
Today’s video was about how many people want to get their citizenship in America because they fear for their lives in their own country. This video showed a man who was in a jail in Albania or something like that I don’t really remember. But the point is he was in the jail and they did not have any food and any place to do their necessities. The man said that he would have to drink water form the toilet. I think that it was pretty bad. He also said that they would not feed him. He also had many injuries. He did not tell one of the ladies that he had drank water from the toilet because he was embarrassed. He felt ashamed and well it is not an easy thing to talk about. There was also this one man that was beaten just because he was Jewish. He feared for his life because it is very dangerous. There was also this one lady that one man took her husbands wife and tortured her and finally killed her. She then feared for her life but they did not give her asylum because they felt like the situation was too long ago and if she goes back they won’t do anything to her. Many other people also were politically involved in organizations. There are many reasons why people want asylum. I think that it is a though decision to make and I would not like to be in that position. Because in the end who are they to decide if their story is tragic enough for them to get asylum.
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