Enrique's Journey Lesson Plan

How are the images of the United States that Lourdes and Enrique see on television different from what they find upon arrival?

On television, Lourdes and Enrique saw New York's skyline, Las Vegas's shimmering lights, and Disneyland's magical castle. These images were vastly different from Lourdes's childhood home: a two-room shack made of wooden slats and a flimsy tin roof held down by rocks, with the "bathroom" being the bushes outside. However, these shimmering lights and skyline are not what Lourdes and Enrique find in the U.S. In California, one of Lourdes's homes is one-bedroom apartment shared by three other women. In North Carolina, she shares her house with...