The Distance between Us In the book, Reyna the protagonist explains her story of her childhood spent between two countries and two parents. Reyna faced a lot of obstacles in her life, but she overcame these obstacles. She knew the key to success and to make her father proud of her was to work hard. One of the obstacles Reyna faced when she was 4 years old was her mother leaving her and her siblings in Mexico to help her husband (Reyna's father) to earn extra money to build the house. ‘’ Don’t go,mama. Stay with us. Stay with me’’. This was the first challenge Reyna faced in her life is her mother and her father leaves her. In my opinion, I feel it’s very hard to survive without parents in life. We always need both parents in life to help us overcome our hard times and etc, Reyna and her siblings suffer from great hardship and poverty under the unforgiving hands of their father’s mother Abuela Evila. ‘’ …show more content…
This quote connects to Reyna because Reyna dreamed to have a better life and to see her parents again. Reyna’s dream became true and her father comes to Mexico after eight years of absence and decides to take them to United states for a better living opportunity. Reyna’s father believed in education is the most powerful key to be a successful person in life. ‘’Here in this country, if you aren’t educated, you won’t go very far. A school is the key to the future without an education, you’re nothing. So kids have to study hard’’. Reyna’s father explains how important is to get good grades and be educated so that you could have a career and not ask anyone for anything. Reyna’s siblings decided to drop out of college ,which made the father very