Write a comparative essay in which you compare and contrast the way Sonia Nazario presents similar ideas in a biography and an editorial. Support your comparison with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient evidence from both texts. Apply MLA guidelines to properly cite the evidence used in your essay. Be sure your essay uses formal and objective language.
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Everyday thousands of people migrate to the United States for differentreasons. Among those immigrants, it is not rare to find many childrenfrom Central America fleeing their homelands to escapepoverty, drugs, and violence. A big portion of these kids is entering theUS by themselves in order to reunite with their parents on the otherside of the border. Sonia Nazario is an American journalist that haspublished several essays and articles that focus on child migrationfrom countries like Honduras, Mexico, and El Salvador. Sonia iscommited to draw attention and spread awareness of the situation thatchild migrants live everyday trying to escpae their countries. This isillustrated in both the biography
“Enrique’s Journey”
and the editorial"The Children of the Drug Wars". While in this case the biography andeditorial were written to accomplish the same, there are manydifferences that can be seen in each text of how the author sends amessage using two contrasting genres."Enrique's Journey", as the name suggests, tells the expedition aHonduran boy named Enrique had to go through in order to reunitewith his mother in the US. Sonia Nazario presents a real life situationthat many foreign children go through. This biography shows throughEnrique's experience, how tough the migration conditions are, all of theviolence they have to face from street gangsters and Narcos, and allthe dangers the children are exposed to. To get to the United States,Enrique's journey was not easy. He had to face extreme temperatureslike we can see in this statement, "Enrique's head throbs. The sunreflects off the metal. It sting his eyes, and his skin tingles" (Nazario).But that is not all. He also shared the train with several streetgangsters, where he faced dangerous and tense moments . Moststreet gangsters were violent as we can see in this next phrase said byJorge Mauricio Mendoza Pineda, a member of a gang "They give metheir money---If someone says 'Please don't kill me; I won't listen"(Nazario). Nazario's work appeals to the reader's senses because sheprovides specific details that help the audience empathize with thesituation. She also uses figurative language to add suspense andemotion to the text, as seen in this next phrase "The Iron Wormsqueaks, groans, and clanks---" (Nazario). Sonia uses this expression