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Write a reflection paper on the book Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario.
PART 1: A SUMMARY OF THE WORK
To develop the first part of a report, do the following:
- Identify the author and title of the work and include in parentheses the publisher and publication date. For magazines, give the date of publication.
- Write an informative summary of the material.
- Condense the content of the work by highlighting its main points and key supporting points.
- Use direct quotations from the work to illustrate important ideas. (optional)
- Summarize the material so that the reader gets a general sense of all key aspects of the original work.
- Do not discuss in great detail any single aspect of the work, and do not neglect to mention other equally important points.
- Also, keep the summary objective and factual. Do not include in the first part of the paper your personal reaction to the work; your subjective impression will form the basis of the second part of your paper.
PART 2: YOUR REACTION TO THE WORK
To develop the second part of a report, do the following:
- Focus on any or all of the following questions.
- How is the assigned work related to ideas and concerns discussed in the course for which you are preparing the paper?
- How is the work related to problems in our present-day world?
- How is the material related to your life, experiences, feelings and ideas? For instance, what emotions did the work arouse in you?
- Did the work increase your understanding of a particular issue? Did it change your perspective in any way?
- Evaluate the merit of the work: the importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness, organization, and so on.
- You should also indicate here whether or not you would recommend the work to others, and why.
- Feel free to add anything more.
POINTS OF CONSIDERATION WHEN WRITING THE REPORT
Here are some important elements to consider as you prepare a report:
- Make sure each major paragraph presents and then develops a single main point. For example, in the sample report that follows, the first paragraph summarizes the book, and the three paragraphs that follow detail three separate reactions of the student writer to the book. The student then closes the report with a short concluding paragraph.
- Support any general points you make or attitudes you express with specific reasons and details. Statements such as "I agree with many ideas in this article" or "I found the book very interesting" are meaningless without specific evidence that shows why you feel as you do. Look at the sample report closely to see how the main point or topic sentence of each paragraph is developed by specific supporting evidence.
- Organize your material. Follow the basic plan of organization explained above: a summary of one or more paragraphs, a reaction of two or more paragraphs, and a conclusion. Also, use transitions to make the relationships among ideas in the paper clear.
- Edit the paper carefully for errors in grammar, mechanics, punctuation, word use, and spelling.
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Running Head: BOOK SUMMARY
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Reflection Paper
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
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BOOK SUMMARY
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Introduction
The book titled Enrique's Journey was written by Sonia Nazario. The author was a news
reporter in Los Angeles Newspapers. The book was first published in 2006 by Random House in
America. In this book, the author realized that more than 700,000 people entered America
illegally and decided to investigate this matter. In his investigations, as presented in the book, he
interviews many people including Enrique. Nazario depicts in his work that many people
migrate to America due to political instability in their countries resulting to wars, economic
hardship in their countries believing that they can solve their financial problems if they move to
America which has an advanced democracy and a healthy economy. Also, social factors such as
domestic violence in the families contribute to a good percentage of immigrants. In the attempt
to solve their numerous problems, people arrive at migrating to America as a last resort using
unorthodox means.
Book summary
The book titled Enrique's journey explores the life of a boy Enrique who is 17 years of
age, who tries to attempt to reunite with his mother Lourdes, who left home in search for a job in
America. The setting of the book is based in Honduras and America. The author explains the
hard life that Lourdes faced while in Honduras in an attempt to raise her two children, Balky and
Enrique. She decides to move to America to look for a job to cater for the school fees of her
children so that they can go beyond t...
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