When the boys of Sudan were given a choice to migrate to America, new hope opened for them. But they were also forced to split from their family and friends. In Dinka tribe, we learnt that although they had different blood, they were like a big family. We could tell this from how they were calling each other 'Brother'. As Peter and Santino migrated to America, they were all split up. Some had to stay in Sudan and some where moved to somewhere else. Due to this division, Peter and Santino had to endure the pain that they could not see each other again.While assimilating into the American culture, they also found that America's culture was very different to theirs. For instance, they could not speak english at first which made them difficult to live without communicating with others. One of the most difficult difficulty was that american were racist about skin colours to Peter and Santino. Peter and Santino were from africa with black skin which the american did not like. Everything in America was making the life hard for Peter and Santino. Apperance, background information and etc.. were things that America was a difficult place for them.
Although these challenges and conflicts were waiting for them in America, Peter and Santino dealt with them with a different attitude. Their culture and themselves were different from american but they approached everything in a positive way. They tried things to accept the american culture such as joining the basketball team, getting along with americans. Despite the fact that it was hard to get jobs, Peter gets a job and starts to learn the American culture through education. The hardest for them to cope was realization of the reality. Their thoughts for ambition and needs were unrestricted, but as a refugee, they knew that there were boundaries they could not cross and things were limited for them. In this situation, I would have lost my hope in living. But Santino and Peter did not lose their hope. They wanted to prove that they were no different from the Americans. Racism in USA put them in a very unfavourable position, but they tried their best to adapt in to the American environment. For the lost boys of Sudan, helps from the american natives and support from their family was not what they needed. To overcome the conflicts and difficulties, their hope was their only ally.
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ReplyDeleteYou had a good style of writing and he had communicated well. Every time when he wrote new paragraphs, he always put the background information as an introduction and at the end, he wrote a conclusion that showed his opinion. It was very creative and thoughtful. I liked the part you said "When the boys of Sudan were given a choice to migrate to America, new hope opened for them. But they were also forced to split from their family and friends", because I really could understand about the background information of Sudanese lost boys. Even though if I didn’t know anything about it, I could still understand what you were going to talk about.But I have questions like why were they forced to leave Sudan? What happened? You could have explained it more. I also liked the part you said "In this situation, I would have lost my hope in living", because This was good. Writing opinions is good thing to do because then I can understand how you think. However, even though you ended with a good conclusion, you could have explained more about it. Like why was their hope only their ally? Why did some of them have to stay in Sudan? You could have put more information about Sudan so that we can understand more clearly. Overall it was not bad. You gave good amount of evidences to prove your answers for the questions. And they were also good. However, you could have put more information to prove more. So that people really can understand. Like I told you last time, you still have typo and grammar mistakes.
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