There are many moments that have really stood out to me, and I would like to present some of these moments. When the story opens, Lopez and his mom are at the church is one of the moments has that really stood out to me; Usually when I am in the church, I expect things to be calm and peace, because I tend to see church as a holy place. With that being said, horrible things have no place at the church but outside of the church. It was kind of ironic to me to see the soldiers come to kidnap children from the church. Another moment that has absolutely stood out to me was when Lopez and other kids were in the huts after kidnapped. Children kept on dying each morning. "Looking closer I noticed these sleepy boys did not stir at all. They were dead." Lopez said. (Page 12 lines 6-7). This is a very horrific thing to
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I couldn’t even imagine how these young boys felt to see another boys dying right in front of them. This is very hard things to witness as a young person. This moment was overwhelming to me. The reason this scene overwhelmed me, is that I try to imagine my friends and I being in exactly the same situation, and I couldn't even picture the same thing that was going on with Lopez and other boys. It was hard and overwhelmed not just because a lots of deaths, but also because the condition they were in.
After Lopez settled in Kenya in Kakuma refugee camp, he faced some unique and hard challenges. Two of the challenges that I think he faced was lack of food and living without parental involvement. This absolutely forced him to become an adult at very young age. This was never intending to be that way because that technically robbed his childhood. "I took on more and more responsibilities. I was in charge of the ration cards for
I couldn’t even imagine how these young boys felt to see another boys dying right in front of them. This is very hard things to witness as a young person. This moment was overwhelming to me. The reason this scene overwhelmed me, is that I try to imagine my friends and I being in exactly the same situation, and I couldn't even picture the same thing that was going on with Lopez and other boys. It was hard and overwhelmed not just because a lots of deaths, but also because the condition they were in.
After Lopez settled in Kenya in Kakuma refugee camp, he faced some unique and hard challenges. Two of the challenges that I think he faced was lack of food and living without parental involvement. This absolutely forced him to become an adult at very young age. This was never intending to be that way because that technically robbed his childhood. "I took on more and more responsibilities. I was in charge of the ration cards for