Answer: A. Both point out the tragic nature of situations in which children make journeys without their parents.
In both excerpts we hear the stories of children who have been forced to travel from Central America to the United States without their parents. In the first case, Enrique has not seen his mother in years, and he has greatly changed during that period of absence. In the second case, we hear how children have been making that difficult journey on their own for years. Both excerpts point out the tragic nature of the situation.
