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As depicted in the movie, there are some characters such as Rosario, Carlitos, Oscar and Enrique who face many conflicts. Of those, I think one that stands out the most to me in terms of conflict is Carlitos. The reason why is that he is a character who faces internal conflict at a young age. He has to decide what is right and what is wrong. For example, the day of his birthday, his aunt and uncle came to take him away from his grandmother; however, he decided to stay with his grandmother. One special thing about Carlitos is that he makes good decision. Moreover, he is mature enough to be able to make good decision. It is very tough for Carlitos because he does not have his mother or father with him to support and give guidance. I think it is very sad to have no support or guidance when you are at this young age. Thus, making good decisions is his internal conflict. Making good decisions include whether Carlitos should go see her mother in America, run away from his house in Mexico, and taking the risk of going with strangers to America.

     Carlitos’s major conflict is the absence of his mother. He is ready to do anything for her mother and that is why he decides to go to America to see his mother and resolve his conflict. There is a saying that ‘It is easier to say than to do.’ Comparing other teenagers throughout the world, I think Carlitos is a very brave young teenager. First of all, going to America from Mexico is not an easy task. Secondly, it is difficult to trust strangers because they might turn out good people or bad people. Carlitos was fortunate enough to have a person like Enrique to help him to achieve to his goal which was to find his mother, Rosario.

In this case, since he had the extreme love for his mother, he did not care what is will happen to me if he gets caught, he just wanted to meet her mother. To resolve his conflict of the absence of his mother, he did everything that he could do to meet his mother. As a result, he was able to see his mother in America at the end of the movie.

After watching this movie, I was very surprised from Carlitos’s life. There are so many lessons that I can implement in my life. For example, Carlitos never gave up on his goal. He was much focused and very creative in a way to achieve the goal he wanted. In my life, I learn that I also have to be focused in order for me to achieve my goals. In general, it is very fascinating to see how immigrants live and how they resolve their situations and conflicts to come to America. My perception of immigrants has changed after watching this movie. I believe that everybody has some kind specialty in them. It is the matter of looking at that specialty. I think that all kinds of immigrants are here in America for reasons and those reasons might be family, education, opportunities, freedom, and simply, a better life. I believe that immigrants do not harm a country; immigrants teach us new lessons of life everyday.