El Norte Questions	Name:

1. Why do Rosa y Enrique leave Guatemala? What are the push/pull factors that make they head to the US?

2. What are the difficulties they encounter along the way?

3. In what ways does the film demonstrate the difference between the Spanish language spoken in Guatemala and Mexico?

4. What do they hope to find in the US? How is that different from what they actually find?

5. Why do you think so many people like the main characters leave their homes and take on the risks of immigration to the United States?

El Norte Questions

Stephen Aldrich

2004-10-05T13:46:00