( picture above shows the movement to jump fright trains )
The story of Enrique is very heart breaking and difficult to belive. Enrique's mother Lourdes wants a better life for her children and so she sets for the United States in hopes of getting a job and send money to her children. Enrique was five years old when his mother left him. And only hoped that she would come back to him someday. His grand mother, father and mother kept reassuring Enrique that she would soon be back. But time passes by and he only hears from her over the phone. I wonder how a mother, no matter what circumstance can leave thier children and not know whether they will see them again. I think that its terrible for a mother to leave their children behind in the hands of others to take care of them. Especially when the chances of actually crossing the border to the United States is risky and there being only a slight chance of you making it through. I know that alot of my family members came here having to cross the border but they didnt have any responsibility such as having to take care of anybody else but themselves. And so wtih eleven years or so passing by Enrique is frustrated/disappointed that his mother has not come back and he misses her very much. And so alone he sets his journey to cross the border alone, still a child and has to go through challenging obstacles such as riding fright trains, getting caught by " la migra" immigration and getting beaten by police and gangs. Enrique loves his mother so much he takes the risk of being with her and Lourdes his mother doesnt know that he is on his way to find her. Why is it that Enrique still feels a close bond with his mother and risks his life to find her after so many years of not seeing/being with her. Is it that the relationship with a mother and child never dies?
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