The setting of Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario is very important as it changes throughout the story. The author started out by speaking where Enrique grew up and lived his childhood through. Enrique lived in the very poor neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. and he was in and out of family homes. Lourdes sent her children a few amount of money which caused Enrique to live in poor conditions. However, there was no way out of that neighborhood without money which is something that Enrique rarely had. The neighborhood caused Enrique to not finish school because he didn’t have the motivation to earn a good job when he doesn’t see any good jobs surrounding him. Enrique lives with different relatives throughout the book and he just can’t find a permanent home. …show more content…
Enrique feels like he has to leave the neighborhood so he heads out to find his mother in the United States. On the trains, the weather can get either really hot or freezing. The desert is dry and never ending while the mountains are huge and freezing. There is no one around to help him out other than the other train riders because of how isolated the towns are. When Enrique arrives to Nuevo Laredo, he barely has enough money and decides to camp with others who are waiting for the right time to cross. When Enrique attempts to cross the Rio Grande, he describes it as “freezing” as he thinks that he will freeze to death. When Enrique arrives to the United States with his mother, he is still living in poor conditions but he earns more money. The setting of the book, “Enrique’s Journey” affects the whole story because Enrique attempts to leave the poor for the love of his