ipl-logo

Mental Health In Enrique's Journey

779 Words4 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Mental health impact of illegal migration

Those who migrate to America illegally are often left traumatized by what they have encountered. Mental health can play a huge part in whether they will make it to their destination or not. Many contemplate if it was even worth it especially when they feel homesick or are at a high risk of deportation. In Enrique’s Journey, Enrique’s mental health seriously deteriorated as issues arise as a result of his ghastly journey to America; additionally, his flawed relationships with family/peers, and his abandoned childhood experiences further deteriorate his mental health.

Enrique has suffered from mental health issues due to his flawed relationship with his family and peers. As Enrique arrives in America, he has a profound love for his mother, but …show more content…

Whenever Enrique would talk to his mother on the phone she promised him that she would be home by Christmas. He waits by the door, but there are no signs of return. Enrique subsequently comes to the conclusion that his mother will never return, “It’s all one big lie. His anger boils over. He refuses to make his Mother’s Day card at school.” This quote evokes a sense of confusion because the lies Lourdes tells Enriques creates dishonesty and false hopes in their relationship, cause of all these lies Enrique feels like there’s no connection he refuses to make the Mother’s Day card. Lourdes's lies will also affect his self-worth because he’ll continue to think he won’t ever be good enough for her to return to Honduras or tell the truth. The author talks about the fantasy kids dream of being reunited with their parents; instead, they feel neglected. The mothers feel like they deserved to be treated with dignity because they “sacrificed being with their children, worked like dogs, all to help provide their children with a better life and future.” This quote conveys how the reality of how mothers only looked through how they felt, but not seeing how their children could possibly be affected by this. In this situation, Enrique would live dirt poor with his mother in Honduras rather than having his mom try to succeed in America. This exemplifies how Enrique is desperate for her attention,

Show More
Related
219 Words | 1 Pages

The book I am reading is Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario. I predict that the author will explore the human rights issue of Immigration Laws and the plight of illegal aliens in the United States. I believe that this issue will be important in the story because Enrique the main character in the story is very driven to find his mother who has gone herself illegally to the United States to earn money to provide an education for her children and to better the life of her family. I made this prediction because Lourdes leaves her children in Honduras as she goes to make money in the United States and her son Enrique is left saying “Donde esta mi mami?” “Where is my mom?”

Read More
216 Words | 1 Pages

While reading Enrique’s Journey, written by Sonia Nazario, a lot of themes were brought out throughout the book that served different meaning in Enrique’s story. The theme that stood out to me, was his journey because Enrique traveled all the way from Honduras to find his mom, who stayed in the United States. There are times in the book when he falls victim to his own shortcomings: doing drugs, tantalizing his mother, mismanaging his finances. He is ready to take yet another journey, this time marked by responsibility instead of adolescent rebellion and resentment. However, Enrique's journey is not only physical, but also mental as he grows from a boy to a man.

Read More
1072 Words | 5 Pages

Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario is the story about a boy in Honduras whose mother left him to pursue a better life in America. This story encompasses the coming of age period of Enrique’s life and many of his experiences can be related to by other children, even in different situations. Nazario develops an interesting novel that both documents the journey of Enrique to the United States but also creates a dramatic tone like a fiction novel would have. Through her diverse use of rhetorical strategies, Nazario was able to explain the positive and negative effects of family relationships through the life of Enrique. She does this by utilizing different literary devices, most evidently, nomos, in which she relates with the story and also opens

Read More
1481 Words | 6 Pages

In a lonely street where to the sun is about to set in, you come home from school to see that your dad is just greeting you in front of the house but the only love the best is your mom. Every day when you miss her, you try to call her and write the letter to her better than seeing her face to face is the best where the son heart is at. In Enrique Journey by Sonia Nazario, shows an enormously sad reaction in this book. Immigrant is a big issue in the Mexico because they risk a lot of their live to find their mom in the United State where she finds work and sent money to the Mexico.

Read More
532 Words | 3 Pages

In her biography “Enrique’s Journey” Nazario follows the terrifying journey that a young Honduran boy, Enrique, takes in hopes of rejoining his mother in the United States. She depicts the obstacles and struggles a migrant faces in search of a better life by providing vivid descriptions that allow readers to see what is actually happening. She writes details

Read More
688 Words | 3 Pages

She vows to god she will never ask him for anything for her son” (260). This shows us how Lourdes once cared for her son, but now is burdened with him for all of his actions. The point of view shows us how how Enrique once cared for his mother but now his mother is crying because of what Enrique has turned out to be. In conclusion, the POV shows us how different perspectives show us how Enrique ended up because of how he changed. Analyzing how Nazario uses literary devices show us how Enrique has changed throughout the novel.

Read More
674 Words | 3 Pages

but that's how a lot of people that don't have to deal with that feel. What makes these words even more stronger is that enrique was just jumped by 6 guys by this time and they told him that he had no business there. I feel that as very messed up. “The single mothers who are coming to this country, and the children who follow them, are changing the face of immigration to the United States." -Author notes context sentence:

Read More
735 Words | 3 Pages

In "Enrique's Journey," Enrique tries to survive on the train, meanwhile in "The Children of the Drug Wars: A Refugee Crisis, Not an Immigration Crisis," children are in danger and are trying to get somewhere safe from the violence of their country. According to Nazario, "Due to six men beating Enrique up on top of the train, he is always alert and afraid of who gets on the train" (2). In the article, "The High Commissioner interviewed children from Central America who arrived in the United States and most of those children are escaping from violence" (Nazario 1). The difference from the editorial and the biography is that the editorial is a call to action to help migrant children from danger and violence of their country, while the biography is about the point of view of a migrant person and to spread awareness about what happens to migrants during their journey to a safe place and what happens to them. For instance, "Nazario states that migrant children must be recognized as a refugee crisis, due to them being forced to sell drugs by narcos" (1).

Read More
1664 Words | 7 Pages

As a child, he is burdened with worry for his mother because she is not near him for many formidable years of his life. He is troubled by a perceived lack of love from his father, grandmother, and many members of his family still residing in Honduras. Enrique experiences the pressures of living within a low economic status when Lourdes is unable to send a sufficient amount of money for his livelihood. In later years, Enrique uses drug use as a coping mechanism and cannot release the stronghold that drugs have in his life so much so that he still uses drugs today. Enrique is also plagued with the increasing violence in his area.

Read More
887 Words | 4 Pages

Lourdes, Enrique’s mother, loved her children as every mother does and did anything in her power to provide for them even if it meant to travel 1,619 miles into a foreign country. Many parents like Lourdes have left their entire families for job opportunities and risk their lives through the dangerous journey but they have the hope and motivation because of love— love for their sons and daughters. Even Enrique found himself doing the same for his soon-to-be-born baby which was one of the components that made him persevere in his

Read More
2153 Words | 9 Pages

She talks about all the odd handyman jobs he worked. Hernández talks about her father’s drinking problems and her struggles to understand her father. As she got older Hernandez began to understand her parents and in her father’s case began to try and come to terms with how she was treated and accept and forgive. Hernandez grew up in a home where her parents wanted what was best for her, yet wanted her to conform to her ethnic culture. Her whole life Hernandez was told what she should do and how to be Hispanic.

Read More
729 Words | 3 Pages

This story is a very important example of coming of age as many people experience something similar at a point in their lives. It’s when you realize you’re old enough to start caring for your parents as they have for you your entire life, and also realize that they are no different than you, and still can feel emotions. This is something that most children do not understand, and as you can see in the story Felipe is not sure of what is going on, and has likely never experienced his mother crying before. It is a humbling yet eye opening experience. While this could be the most common way people undergo the process of coming of age, there are many others.

Read More
525 Words | 3 Pages

However, Mamacita’s son has torn the skinny thread linking to the country that keeps her alive as he gets angry with her keeping saying Spanish and as he does not understand her lonely feelings. The final blow for Mamacita is that the baby boy begins to learn English from the TV as his first

Read More
933 Words | 4 Pages

Esperanza’s character develops emotionally while the reader watches her struggle to overcome some of the challenges in her life. In the vignette entitled “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark”, Esperanza’s dad shares the tragic news of the loss of his father and that she will have to relay this news on to her siblings. This shows that Esperanza’s father recognizes the maturity in her and trusts her enough to

Read More
736 Words | 3 Pages

According to Potochnick & Perreira (2010) there is higher likelihood of anxiety and depression on Hispanic/Latinos when immigration and psychosocial worries are present. With the large majority of foreign-born population in the U.S. originating from Mexican land [I], this is an important matter to consider. 2. Lack of medical care may not be the ultimate factor in the low number of treatment for depressive disorders in this culture, a social-cultural script may also be of substantial significance in this matter. C.

Read More

More about Mental Health In Enrique's Journey

Related Topics

Open Document