Lupe, José’s wife, id an undocumented Mexican migrant living with him in the United States. She is a devoted wife and the mother of José’s three sons: Diego, José Junior, and Vicente. Since she’s not a legal resident of the United States, she’s not able to go with Cantú to visit José in prison after he’s caught trying to cross the border illegally. She is clearly heartbroken by José’s plight and exhausted by having to care for their three sons alone. Her story symbolizes the ways in which border policy destroys families.
Lupe Quotes in The Line Becomes a River
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Of course he has fear. La violencia, she said, la delincuencia, la corrupción.
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Lupe Quotes in The Line Becomes a River
The The Line Becomes a River quotes below are all either spoken by Lupe or refer to Lupe. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Of course he has fear. La violencia, she said, la delincuencia, la corrupción.
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