In my everyday life, I am very fortunate to have everything I do. I have access to as much food as I want, the healthcare I need, modes of transportation, more than adequate shelter, and much more. In Mawi Asgedom’s memoir Of Beetles and Angels, he faces many struggles in the refugee camp that he lives in before he and his family moved to America, many of which I can’t even conceptualize having to deal with. Mawi struggles to have adequate food, transportation, and shelter in the refugee camp, while I take all of those things for granted. One of the many things that Mawi struggled for was food. In the refugee camp, Mawi and the other people in their village “survived on goat milk, eggs, U.N. rations, and whatever [they] could grow in [their]
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Umsagata, the refugee camp, “had no paved roads, so it didn’t attract many cars. [They] walked or ran everywhere [they] went,” (8) according to Mawi. While in Umsagata there were no cars, I often complain about the traffic to school and other places. I can not imagine having to travel on foot to school, since I live fourteen miles from Santa Fe Christian. Furthermore, I am many times unappreciative of being able to simply hop in my car and go where I want to go, without wasting any energy. Mawi had no other option than to get where he needed to be on foot, while on the other hand, I am able to travel by foot, car, bus, plane, train, or even boats. Another difficulty Mawi faced in Umsagata was inadequate shelter. Mawi recalls his family’s home as a “one room adobe, where [his] entire family slept” (10). Unlike Mawi’s house, I have my own bedroom, bathroom, and closet. In fact, my house includes more bedrooms than are needed for the amount of people living in my house. I also have quality furniture, and walls made of drywall and insulation. I am extremely fortunate to have my own space, and not have to share a room with my whole
Umsagata, the refugee camp, “had no paved roads, so it didn’t attract many cars. [They] walked or ran everywhere [they] went,” (8) according to Mawi. While in Umsagata there were no cars, I often complain about the traffic to school and other places. I can not imagine having to travel on foot to school, since I live fourteen miles from Santa Fe Christian. Furthermore, I am many times unappreciative of being able to simply hop in my car and go where I want to go, without wasting any energy. Mawi had no other option than to get where he needed to be on foot, while on the other hand, I am able to travel by foot, car, bus, plane, train, or even boats. Another difficulty Mawi faced in Umsagata was inadequate shelter. Mawi recalls his family’s home as a “one room adobe, where [his] entire family slept” (10). Unlike Mawi’s house, I have my own bedroom, bathroom, and closet. In fact, my house includes more bedrooms than are needed for the amount of people living in my house. I also have quality furniture, and walls made of drywall and insulation. I am extremely fortunate to have my own space, and not have to share a room with my whole