The excerpt from Enrique’s Journey tells a story about what happened to one victim, and “Children of the Drug Wars” uses words that create an emotional response to persuade readers to take action.
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Although the question does not provide options, we can say that the details from the excerpts support the purpose of advocating for children from Central America in that the excerpt from Enrique's Journey shares a story about the story of one victim and what happened to him. In the other story, "Children of the Drug Wars" we read how the narrative uses information that produces an emotional answer to convince readers to do something or take some action to resolve the issue.
The stories include the dangers children have to live when the Children of Central American are deported and the kind of terrible conditions they live in or the trip back to their places. The emotional responses in the stories help to invite the reader to do something about this issue and do not remain passive.
