The question is:

1. Describe the events that happened in the first section that you read. How did they make
you feel? What is your initial reaction to the novel?
At first, we do not know the name of our narrator, but we realize that he has big dreams.
His family, consisting of Francisco, mom, dad, and brother Roberto baby Trampita,
decide to travel for two days and two nights by train to cross the border in search of a
better life. This is the first time for Francisco (our narrator) traveling on a train. The
family meets many difficulties, such as the police, to cross the "Frontera" on a small hole
in the wire. And then having to live in a tent provided by the foreman of the campaign
field. As they began to work for the harvest began two weeks later, so they were in the
need to find other ways to survive.