Friday, December 14, 2007

Rebellion


•-***In what ways does Enrique show rebellion? At school and at home.Enrique quits school , he doesn’t listen to anyone, doesn’t work, doesn’t care about anyone & begins to use drugs .
-***Who is Enrique’s new guardian?His maternal grandmother, Agueda Amalia Valladares
-**How do Enrique and Belky’s lives differ?Belky is not into drugs, she is attending school & about to graduate she is not a bother to her family, unlike Enrique who is out on the streets, has no educate, & does drugs.
-***In school, what are given and taken from the children before and after school each day? Why is this?Teachers give their students shoes to wear for those who are too poor & are shoe less, but they must be returned after school or else they will be should by the kids mothers for food. _***
Since California is too expensive and hard to live in, where does Lourdes move to?She moves to North Carolina a. a female friend, where there are many jobs & rent is cheaper & she is more likely to afford living their.
-***Do you think that Lourdes wants to go back to Honduras or stay in America? Based on her actions.I believe Lourdes wants to stay in America, because she keeps on looking for jobs and places to stay puts her daughter in school & even moves to North Carolina.

_***Does living with Uncle Marco and his girlfriend give Enrique a chance to live a better life? Explain.Yes, Enrique begins to receive the attention he hasn’t had, he begins to feel good about himself & is happier. His uncle buys Enrique things & sends him to a private military school.-***Violence erupts as you read on, how does Enrique find more information about the trains?As, he begins to use drugs, the other kids who use drugs as well & hang out with him, tell him about their experiences on freight trains, one of the named el gato.
-***How does Lourdes feel about Honduras now that her brother has died?She experiences a dramatic depression, she says that she will not return unless she were deported & describes Honduras as a place of chaos where many crimes happen where there are no consequences for the bad things people do.
-***Who is Uncle Marco’s girlfriend taking her anger out on for the loss of Marco? What does she do?Uncle Marco’s wife gets upset at Enrique, she decides to sell all the things her husband bought for him & throws him out of her house. -***Predict where Enrique will go next?
Once again Enrique will be rejected by another person, and have to find another place to live.

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