Characters In Enrique's Journey

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I am reading Enrique's Journey. Enrique interacts reflectively most of the time. By that I mean he treats others based on how they treat him. His mother loved him so he loves her, his uncle loved him so he loves him, his grandma aunts and cousins didn't care or like him much so he didn't like them much... One exception to this is Maria Isabel who was originally rejecting Enrique's persecutes but he kept trying. I think that this shows that he is ever so slightly self centered. He behaves and loves only those who love him no mater what else they do for him. Except for Maria Isabel. I'm not sure how to enplane this one.

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