The movie begins with a scene depicting an ordinary day in the life of the children in the Sudan village. The young boys are playing a game in which they each have to name a …show more content…
The kids spent the next thirteen years in the camp. There was a waiting list for the refugees to immigrate to the United States, and after thirteen years their names were finally pulled. The next part of the movie details the trails they face as they adjust to live in America. One of the brothers takes a job at a grocery store stocking shelves and one of his duties is to throw away the out dated food. This is hard for him because he watched his brother starve to death on the journey to the camp. The movie is full of scenes in which the brothers are at odds with their background and with American culture, how they struggle to fit in and find their place in this new world. This part of the movie made me appreciate my life here and made me think of all the things I take for