...country and is the destination of most immigrants. Those in is search to fulfill their dream of a better lifestyle travel to America determined to conquer any obstacle they experience when crossing the border that separates them from the dream land. However, immigrants encounter very dangerous situations throughout their journey just like the boy from Enrique’s journey by Sonia Nazario. Immigration continues to be an ongoing issue for a better life and the reuniting of families. The Decision Immigration has been an issue for many years and it still exist till this day, Sonia Nazario who is a journalist for the Los Angeles Times decided to write about a young boy who is left by his mother at the age of 5 years old. The young boys name is Enrique and his mother’s name is Lourdes. Lourdes is a single parent who lives in Honduras with her son Enrique and her daughter, Belky. Poverty is a major issue in Honduras and Lourdes struggles to make a living to support herself and her children. Lourdes not only needs to worry about providing enough money for food but also for her children’s education as well as providing clothes. “She fills a wooden box with gum and crackers and cigarettes, and she finds a spot where she can squat on a dusty sidewalk next to the downtown Pizza Hut and sell the items to passersby. The sidewalk is Enrique's playground.” (Nazario, 2006). It’s easy for the reader to...
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...Although, many people do not have an insight to the obstacles, complications, and effects that people who migrate experience. Sonia Nazario's novel, Enrique’s Journey, greatly portrays this insight of immigration through the journey of a boy named Enrique. Through the themes of perception versus reality and abandonment, Sonia reveals the real hardships that many other young immigrants and their families undergo as a result of chasing the American dream. Many immigrants, predominantly coming from Mexico and Central America, migrate to the U.S to escape the continuous cycle of poverty that they experience and in hope attempt to seek a brighter future for themselves and their families. Lourdes, Enrique’s mother, independently sets on a journey to America to do just so. At a young age, Lourdes’s dream of living in America was shaped by the vibrant images on television that she would see of Los Angeles, New York, and Disneyland. These images, entirely in contrast to the childhood shack that she had lived in, were engraved in her mind as she migrated to the U.S. Although, once Lourdes attempts to become situated in the U.S, her struggling reality collides with the delightful perception that she held of America. Lourdes begins to realize that Los Angeles is full of poverty and cruelty as...
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...Carmen left for the United States out of love.” (Nazario 3). This is screening the many other people who are going through the same situation as others are going through due to them being migrants. It also includes “I am amazed by the dangerous journey these children make to try to be with their mothers.” (Nazario 5). All the these facts that are given provide clarification on how tough crossing to the United States can be for one. As stated by Liana in the article Story of a Boys, she mentions “These details of what children are willing to endure in order to reunite with their mothers enliven the social complexities of economically-driven chain migration (Vasseur).” The sentence shows how there are more than one individual who are living a similar storyline that the writing mentions with the example...
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...Life is a journey. What defines a journey? A journey is a process an individual must go through to achieve a greater and more meaningful goal. A journey often contains obstacles that strengthen and motivate the subject to work hard under the circumstances presented. The foundation for any journey is determination. With every motion, hurdles are thrown into the plot, and it is the determination the character posses that will suggest the success of his or her journey. It is the level of the strength of mind that is enormously shown through the process of a journey whether the destination has been reached or not reached. Determination is innate. Enrique’s Journey, written by Sonia Nazario, is the grueling challenge a young, Honduran boy must...
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...In the story, “Enrique’s Journey”, a boy named Enrique travels across the country, and across the United States border to find his mother. On the way to America, both before and during his travels, he experiences several setbacks. This includes poverty, drugs, hunger, but the most prominate of them all is immigration laws. DISCUSS HIS CHILDHOOD AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE MOM 1. Enrique had a very rough childhood, starting from a very young age. 2. At only the age of five his mom left to go to America in hopes of being able to support her family. 3. Talk about the mom’s travels ---. 4. From then on out, his family seemed to shrink and fall apart as he grew up, he himself leaving. 5. Discuss who left ---. DISCUSS HIS TRAVELINGS AND PROBLEMS...
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...Immigrants Need Support The dangers that are seen on the border have increased drastically year by year. The U.S. Border Patrol has impacting gangs, cartels and immigrants on the Mexican border. The U.S. Border Patrol faces danger when they go up against the drug cartels at the border because the people the drug cartels send across the border sometimes carry firearms, making it difficult for the border to determine if they should open fire on the person. There are many places along the U.S. border where these groups are put at high risk for safety. There is no guaranteed safety for either side, therefore based off the decision, to cross or not to cross, the consequences of what happen depends on the individual. There are people, coyotes, who know of certain parts of the border where they can help immigrants cross but they do not guarantee that they will make it across safely. Immigrant families Immigration from the Southern Mexico to the United States occurs on a freight train, “La Bestia” which takes passengers directly to the United States border, starting in Chiapas and crossing all of Mexico until the border (Watson and Jerrreat). These passengers ride on top of the train or in the freights, putting their life at risk to the point of death. One important aspect of this train is that drug cartels are in charge of the fees mounting the train. They charge what is equivalent to 100 dollars (Watson and Jerreat). Once that is paid in some form or another, they still pose many...
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...A Worn Path—Eudora Welty Repeated Words: negro – black - colored, cane, talk (to self), old, dress, walk, head – lips - face (motions), nature- items – motions (animated) Granny - Grandma, The Surrender [within her lifetime] – December – nickel – pennies – charity – Christmas – Santa – (Temporal Setting), Nachez – Old Nachez Trace (Spacial Setting), Grandson An old person walking with the aid of a cane and talking to herself along the way is the basic theme of this story. There are many other side aspects of the journey, each with their own nuances, but the main concept can be made with those four symbols. “…there was an old Negro woman … coming along the path …” (Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path in The Story and Its Writer, 1360). “She was very old and small and she walked slowly …” (Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path in The Story and Its Writer, 1360). “She carried a thin, small cane made from an umbrella …” (Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path in The Story and Its Writer, 1360). “Her eyes were blue with age. Her skin had a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles …” (Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path in The Story and Its Writer, 1360). “Under her small, black-freckled hand her cane, limber as a buggy whip, would switch at the brush as if to rouse up any hiding things” (Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path in The Story and Its Writer, 1360). “On she went” (Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path in The Story and Its Writer, 1360). “’Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far’, she...
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...LVMH 2012 — ANNUAL REPORT BUSINESS REVIEW CONTENT — Group’s profile 03 06 09 10 11 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS INTERVIEW WITH THE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR GOVERNANCE EXECUTIVE AND SUPERVISORY BODIES A coherent universe of men and women passionate about their profession and driven by the desire to innovate and achieve. An unrivalled group of powerfully evocative brands and great names that are synonymous with the history of luxury. A natural alliance between art and craftsmanship, dominated by creativity, virtuosity and quality. A remarkable economic success story with more than 100,000 employees worldwide and global leadership in the manufacture and distribution of luxury goods. A global vision dedicated to serving the needs of every customer. The successful marriage of cultures grounded in tradition and elegance with the most advanced marketing, industrial organization and management techniques. A singular mix of talent, daring and thoroughness in the quest for excellence. A unique enterprise that stands out in its sector. Our philosophy can be summarized in two words: CREATIVE PASSION. 12 22 36 46 58 WINES & SPIRITS FASHION & LEATHER GOODS PERFUMES & COSMETICS WATCHES & JEWELRY SELECTIVE RETAILING — The values of LVMH Innovation and creativity Because our future success will come from the renewal of our product offering while respecting the roots of our Maisons. Excellence of products and service Because we embody what is most noble and accomplished...
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...LVMH 2012 — ANNUAL REPORT BUSINESS REVIEW CONTENT — Group’s profile 03 06 09 10 11 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS INTERVIEW WITH THE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR GOVERNANCE EXECUTIVE AND SUPERVISORY BODIES A coherent universe of men and women passionate about their profession and driven by the desire to innovate and achieve. An unrivalled group of powerfully evocative brands and great names that are synonymous with the history of luxury. A natural alliance between art and craftsmanship, dominated by creativity, virtuosity and quality. A remarkable economic success story with more than 100,000 employees worldwide and global leadership in the manufacture and distribution of luxury goods. A global vision dedicated to serving the needs of every customer. The successful marriage of cultures grounded in tradition and elegance with the most advanced marketing, industrial organization and management techniques. A singular mix of talent, daring and thoroughness in the quest for excellence. A unique enterprise that stands out in its sector. Our philosophy can be summarized in two words: CREATIVE PASSION. 12 22 36 46 58 WINES & SPIRITS FASHION & LEATHER GOODS PERFUMES & COSMETICS WATCHES & JEWELRY SELECTIVE RETAILING — The values of LVMH Innovation and creativity Because our future success will come from the renewal of our product offering while respecting the roots of our Maisons. Excellence of products and service Because we embody what is most noble and accomplished...
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...Copyright Salman Rushdie, 1988 All rights reserved VIKING Published by the Penguin Group Viking Penguin Inc., 40 West 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010, U.S.A. Penguin Books Ltd, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd. Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 1B4 Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, 182-190, Wairau Road, Auckland ro, New Zealand Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Published in 1989 by Viking Penguin Inc. For Marianne Contents I The Angel Gibreel II Mahound III Ellowen Deeowen IV Ayesha V A City Visible but Unseen VI Return to Jahilia VII The Angel Azraeel VIII The Parting of the Arabian Seas IX A Wonderful Lamp Satan, being thus confined to a vagabond, wandering, unsettled condition, is without any certain abode; for though he has, in consequence of his angelic nature, a kind of empire in the liquid waste or air, yet this is certainly part of his punishment, that he is . . . without any fixed place, or space, allowed him to rest the sole of his foot upon. Daniel Defoe, _The History of the Devil_ I The Angel Gibreel "To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die. Hoji! Hoji! To land upon the bosomy earth, first one needs to fly. Tat-taa! Taka-thun! How to ever smile again, if first you won't cry? How to win the darling's love, mister, without a sigh? Baba, if you want to get born again...
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