UL Chapter 26

UL: Ch.26: From Cuenca, Ecuador to New York, USA: Families and Transnational Lives

Thesis:

            Vicente travels to New York leaving his family behind in Ecuador to seek better opportunities in the United States to support them.

Summary:          

            Vicente left Ecuador for the simple reasons of not being able to seek a good and stable job. He explained that it was basically all through connections to have a good job. His parents thought that by getting an education would help them, but it got them nowhere. Vicente’s only option was to leave to the United States. Though it was hard to get through the anxiety of leaving family behind he had no other choice.

            Once he moved to New York things became different. Vicente had to worry about other expenses and send less money back home. He stopped calling as much as he used to. He was very undecided about his life. He enjoyed living in New York and couldn’t see himself moving back home.

Personal Reflection:

                        My opinion on their chapter is that once you move to a place with so much excitement as New York there is no going back especially where Vicente came from. I do think he should’ve had more consideration for his family and trying to help them out given the circumstances they were living in.