Prolouge Questions

The reason that the author Sonia Nazaro got the idea that she should take this voyage and write about it was from her cleaning lady, Maria del Carmen Ferrez.

In the 1980s many single mother went to places like Washington D.C. where they would work as private domestics. Now many people come here to work in with who ever gives him a job and they also come here to meet with their family members.

I think that the change in the profile of immigrants has changed a lot because they are taking over Americans jobs, but the thing is they would take those jobs anyways so I don't know why they are arguing about that.

Sonia would talk to a lot of people about the routes they had to take, what experiences they went thru, where she needed to get off. She also asked police to stay near her just in case she got into trouble. She went ahead and talk to some of the people that helped Enrique.

Sonia's safety nets were the officials and the letters which was from the Mexican Government, it helped her from getting in jail. I think that the safety nets were necessary because there are many dangers.

The maids son made his way to America through Guatemala and Mexico and in The Train of Death.

El Tren de la Muerte is a frieght train that immigrants jump on and of to get closer to the United States. They call it El Tren de la Muerte because many people die trying to get on them or trying to get off of them.