Question

read the excerpt from enriques journey. the river, the rio suchiate, forms the border. behind him is guatemala. ahead is mexico, with its southernmost state of chiapas. “ahora nos enfrentamos a la bestia,” migrants say when they enter chiapas. “now we face the beast.” painfully, enrique, seventeen years old, has learned a lot about “the beast.” in chiapas, bandits will be out to rob him, police will try to shake him down, and street gangs might kill him. but he will take those risks, because he needs to find his mother. what purposes does the authors use of setting support? select two options. to indicate that enrique is not afraid to face danger to describe the difficulties that enrique will encounter in chiapas to show readers that enrique has followed this route before to tell readers that enrique is determined to find his mother to explain how easy it will be for enrique to reach his destination

Explanation:

The setting of Chiapas as a dangerous place with bandits, corrupt police and street - gangs shows the difficulties Enrique will face. Also, despite these dangers, Enrique's decision to proceed shows his determination to find his mother.

Answer:

• to describe the difficulties that Enrique will encounter in Chiapas
• to tell readers that Enrique is determined to find his mother