Addiction

•How old is Enrique now? How long has it been since he’s seen his mother?Enrique is now fifteen, and it’s been 10 years since that day his mom left & hasn’t seen her since.
•Where does Enrique go to live?He goes to his maternal grandmother, Agueda Amalia Valladares house to ask if he could stay there, where he and his mother once lived.
•Enrique comes home late smelling like Acetone. Why do you think he has turned to drugs?Because so many have left him, he feels abandoned and as if no one cares or loves him. And maybe he feels that nothing could take the pain away but using drugs
•Enrique is given a new room? Where and why?He is sent to a tiny stone building 7 ft away from the house, which once was a cook shack, because he was behaving bad, coming home late and doing drugs.
•Enrique meets a girl. How far does he go to make this girl like him?He buys her things, gives her roses and asks her out three times until she says yes.
•Where does Maria’s family take showers, use the bathroom and cook?since they had no showers, they would take showers outside or at neighbors houses. There hut had no electricity so they had to cook outside with firewood.

•How much of a hard worker is Maria Isabel? What types of chores does she enjoy doing?Maria was never lazy she always asked people what she could do to help them.
•What does Enrique plan to do to Maria to make sure they stay together forever? Why? Would this be a good idea?Enrique wants to get Maria pregnant that way she won’t leave him. I don’t think it would be a good idea, because they are really poor and he does drugs and doesn’t really have a job, or is reliable.
•What drug is Enrique introduced to with his new friend?Glue sniffing
•What changes does Maria notice on Enrique?His mouth becomes sweaty and sticky, he’s jumpy and nervous, his become quick tempered, he becomes distant and responds hysterical and insulting when coming down.
•Do more people care and love Enrique more than he thinks?Kind of, they just don’t want to see him doing bad that’s why they tell him things.
•Predict how Enrique will end up if he continues this drug.He probably won’t be able to walk and live in streets without anything to eat, wearing dirty clothes and looking very skinny
•Is Enrique going crazy?Kind of, the drugs are beginning to take over he begins hallucinating terrible things.