Enrique’s Journey
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Prologue 1. The Boy Left Behind 2. Seeking Mercy 3. Facing the Beast 4. Gifts and Faith 5. On the Border 6. A Dark River, Perhaps a New Life 7. The Girl Left Behind Epilogue Afterword
Themes
All Themes Family and Abandonment Perseverance and Survival Compassion and Faith Humanization and Dehumanization Immigration
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Sonia Nazario Enrique Lourdes Maria Isabel
Symbols
All Symbols The Beast
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Enrique’s Journey

by

Sonia Nazario
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The Beast

The Beast is the term that Enrique and other migrants use for the treacherous and terrible state of Chiapas in Mexico. It becomes a symbol for the dangers and threats that the journey as a… read analysis of The Beast

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