Steps To Survival

People's dream is to be safe and free in this new land of milk and honey, they risk their lives by heading north to the United State. Maria, Julia and Oscar carry hope for a new life; they struggle to escape from the darkness of El Salvador. They squeeze themselves in a crate as the pain rises after each jerk of the truck. "Julia's shoulders rocked back and forth as she pressed Oscar's face into my chest, and the pain in my bent neck spread to my head and a cross my shoulders" (2). Eventually, they are able to overcome the hardship and arrive in Chicago. When they arrive, the hope for the…