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Maria Isabel's purpose in this story is to show how Enrique just as easily abandoned someone like his mother. They loved one another but he still went after his mother. He even said if he gets her pregnant she cannot abandon him but he was the one who left. She now will have to embark on the same journey he did to find Enrique. I think if she is pregnant that the baby they share will drive her to be with Enrique and his mother. Enrique's leaving to find his mother impacts Maria Isabel more than I think the author lets on to say. She is relevant because Enrique says that if she gets pregnant than she cannot leave her. She represents himself too as he leaves her the same way his father was not in the picture while he was a child.

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"Enrique notices a shy girl with cascading curls of brown hair" (Nazario 41).
" The third time Enrique asks if she will be his girlfriend, she finally says yes" (Nazario 42).

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Maria Isabel is foreshadowed to be pregnant, if this is true then shes going to be so hurt. This baby may be the only thing keeping them together and keeping her connected to him , but he is not in the picture anymore the same way his dad was with him.

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Enrique decides to leave, he does not want to feel abandoned by his mother anymore. But his decision to take this trip leaves Maria Isabel in the dust.

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She loves Enrique and is devastated when he decides to leave in search of his mother.