Personal Narrative: My Journey Across La Linea

If Helga could travel 3,500 across America under strict regulations, she would be rewarded $10,000 dollars from an anonymous person. Helga was a Norwegian Immigrant and mother of eight. When they reached New York, the person giving them the money backed out and so they walked across America for no reason. They also had to pay for a ticket back to Spokane. While they were gone, two of their kids died of disease.

Maria Isabella’s wish came true as she prayed for Enrique to come back home. The undocumented migrants are taken to El Corralón detention

He told him he would give him a thousand dollars a clean suit to send him home. Enrique knew he didn't want to go home, so he tried to convince his uncles to let him stay and work for them. Enrique's uncles took him to another apartment and opened up a closet door. Right before his eyes were dozens of pairs of Levi's 501s. They told him to take what he wanted before they sent him home.

Minor indicated to earn about 350 Quetzales about $47 a month. Minor reported with the money that his mother (sponsor) send him, he started to save for his journey. It took him almost two years to save the money. The cost of the trip was about $1000. Despite, the employment and gang situation minor indicated that he

Growing up in a Mexican household, the food we ate always had a spice to it. Whether the spice was on the side or already prepared in the food, my food always had a spice to it. My grandma’s favorite signature spice was her Pico De Gallo. Pico de Gallo also called salsa Fresca, is made from chopped tomato, onion, cilantro, fresh Serrano’s (jalapeños or habaneros are used as alternatives), salt, and key lime juice. At first I did not like Pico de Gallo because I couldn’t bear how spicy it was.

Mariela’s parents did not want her to leave the family to go work even though her family needed the money. Because her family didn’t have enough money to sway Mariela into staying she moved in with her aunt and began work as a live-in domestic worker. Part of the money Mariela made working was sent back to her family to support them financially. Because Mariela’s brother, Eduardo, got a job and was able to support their family with his work, Mariela moved back home. When Mariela moved to Cancun to work as a live-out domestic servant, she was able to convince her parents to let her stay.

Junot Diaz and his immigrant family came to America from the Dominican Republic. Traditionally, families send money back home to help fill the void of absence and distance. But they didn’t have much money to send and to help support their own household. Diaz’s father worked odd jobs, he always got fired from, and his mother was a stay home mom. Any little money their mother could get her hands on, she put it away, and every six months, she sent it to her parents.

Though he successfully crosses the border without being caught, the students’ car is towed. When trying to find the students again, he lies to a man about paying him $100 to help him. The man gets mad when he finds that Carlitos is lying, and tries to

My mom hung up the phone and went to “La Grande” a Mexican store to buy a card to call my uncle in Cuba, to see how my grandmother was doing. My godmother has two daughters who work at the hospital

Mr. Junot Díaz’s paper titled “The Money” is a paper about the struggles of growing up as a Dominican, or less specifically an immigrant, in America. The paper offers a brief gimps into Mr. Díaz’s life as a young man, it shows his family structure and his neighborhood structure. It shows the type of people he had to deal with growing up and how he handled the way these people acted. The point of the text is to show how Mr. Díaz lived as a young man though one specific life experience.

As the story comes to a close i can see how this will continue to happen in future events. Enrique wants to believe that his family won’t be too hurt by his decision but he cycle of disappoint will most likely continue in my opinion. He tells mayor Carrasco that he does not think it is worth the time and money for doctors to save travelers like Enrique “This is what they get for doing this journey,” He says of migrants. Yor carrasco disagrees.

While Enrique is on his way to Chiapas, six gang members rob and beat him, which results in very serious injuries. Nazario writes, “The men pull off his pants. His mother’s number inked inside the waistband. But there is little money. Enrique has less than 50 pesos on him, only a few coins that he has gathered begging.

I have had tough hope once, I had to move to a different state and start to get used to the new place. Moving was hard and took a long time to move everything to our new house. My new house was hard to get used to because it was different and I wasn 't used to it which made it hard to sleep and I had to leave my friends behind and I would have to find new friends. Making new friends was hard because I would be alone until I found new friends and I would have no one to talk to so I would be very quiet. Usually I would always be talking to a friend and I am only social with friends.

They were playing a game that had to do with guns and I didn’t like that cause it made me go back to the memory of the guy in the war asking for water. I didn’t like that at all I really wanted to show them the memory so they would understand but I couldn’t. So I started talking to the giver about it and he understood cause that has happened to him before.

My older population observational hours allowed me to realize that the elderly are active members of society and have a lot of wisdom to offer to the younger generations. I got to listen to great stories from a great person that I met at a local restaurant. I wouldn’t have imagined the astonishing life experiences people from can go through and now more than ever, I feel grateful for my family and our wellbeing. Getting older is something to look forward to since it’s just a misconception that as you age, you lose your happiness. I now understand that getting older means having more time to enjoy hobbies and family, which bring true happiness to your life.