Documentary Analysis: Circus Without Borders

What do people from a circus documentary, characters in a realistic fiction story, and children migrating to safer places all have in common? They all have dreams. Whether it’s moving into a new house or trying to find one’s place, they all have dreams. Some people don’t think dreams are possible to achieve but, they are. Although dreams are different, all someone needs to do is four things.
To begin, people need perseverance to achieve their dreams. In the documentary “Circus Without Borders”, it tells the story of Guillaume, a man living in the small Canadian village of Igloolik. He was different from all the other villagers. Guillaume was taller, of different descent, and liked different things. He was struggling to find his place and all …show more content…
Passion is when a person truly cares about their dream and desires to fulfill it. In the film “Circus Without Borders”, the story of Yamoussa is told. He was an acrobat living in Guinea. He was a special talent, but he went unnoticed because of his location. However, his dream got put to action when a circus visited and held tryouts. Yamoussa didn’t make it the first day, but he made it on the second day. He became a successful circus performer, and wanted others to have to same success. So he decides that he would push to try to have more tryouts in Guinea, and he encourages all of his friends to try. He eventually got the circus to visit Guinea and take any talent they wanted. Yamoussa was so passionate of his dream to transform his village and become an acrobat, that he was able to achieve his own dream, and to help others after him. Without Yamoussa’s extreme passion, he and many more people, would not be living their dreams. Another example of passion is child immigrants. When the children leave, they leave their parents and most of the time have to go alone. According to CNN, parents have to wait, “Wondering for weeks or even months if their child is alive or dead.” The parents go through this horrible time without any communication, and so the kids. The children are as young as six or seven and they have to travel alone without talking to family for a long time. That experience would be scary for an adult or teen imagine it for a young child. Any child would have to be really passionate to go through such a desolate and perilous