Summary Of Mawi's Of Beetles And Angles

Living the life I live today, I could not imagine having to live off of goat milk, eggs, UN rations, or whatever I could grow along with getting brutal beatings in and outside of school. In Of Beetles and Angles by Mawi Asgedom, it tells the story of Mawi and the difficulties, hardships, and experiences that he faces in the refugee camp in Umsagata, Sudan in the early 1980's. In differeation to my life, Mawi had to experience a lot of difficulty in the camp; there were brutal beatings in and out of the schoolhouse, famine and disease were always a threat, and armies were always looking for draft refugees. At the refugee camp, there were brutal and ruthless beatings inside and outside of the schoolhouse. In the schoolhouse Mawi and the other kids took some violent beatings, “ but these didn't come from the hands of bullies, our …show more content…
Today there are still a great deal of diseases but at the refugee camp, “ war raged nearby, and disease took its toll” (9). Life threatening illnesses take their toll every day, and in the story, many refugees died from sickness, in my life I have not suffered from a life treating disease only the stomach flu or the common cold. Our government insists on having medical coverage which helps to provide much needed medical treatment; Mawi did not have his government's support for medical attention. In addition, even though I personally haven't experienced a severe sickness, in the story, “ at one point, a deadly disease called kala-azar invaded my ( Mawi) body… neither food nor rest nor medicine seemed to help“ (9). Even though there are currently still the spread of diseases today, we in the United States have access to medicines and vaccinations that can heal these illnesses. For Mawi there was no system in place that allowed him to have access to the proper medicine he needed. In conclusion, disease takes its toll and it was and still is a major hazard in all of our everyday