Reading Journal

The Devils Highway/Luis Urrea/ 11-19-08

 

Pages read:3

 

Summary: The narrator talks about five men trying to cross the border and how their struggling to survive in the desert.

 

 

My Questions:

 

1.Do you think its a good idea?

 

2. Do you think they will make it?

 

 

My Response:

 I think that it can go both ways because if you do make it then  help your family more by sending money and other things, but if you dont make it you will hurt your family. The desert is also has bad conditions.

Quote (page # ):”they were burned nearly black, their lips huge and cracking….”

The Devils Highway/Luis Urrea/ 11-20-08

 

Pages read:6

 

Summary:  The narrator was describing how the desert the five men are going through is.

 

My Questions:

 

1. Do you think the conditions are really bad?

 

2. Do you think that the five men made a mistake?

 

 

My Response:

I think that the conditions are too bad to cross but they are all doing it so they can get to the U.S and work so they can help their families back home. i dont think they made a mistake, because they are trying to help their families and give them a better life. This relates to my big question because maybe the men thought it was their destiny to go through the desert and make it to the U.S

 

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