Death; Change! Has God forsaken us? Throughout their arduous adventure the lost boys of Sudan encountered death time and time again. From death change has arisen ultimately changing the lost boy’s lives some say for the better meanwhile some say for the worse. In their homeland of Sudan the lost boys faced many difficulties including military oppression from the North in the form of armed soldiers and a tank, food shortages shown by many hands reaching for a ball of maize and food thievery exemplified by a well-nourished healthy Sudanese citizen stealing the maize of a malnourished underfed indigent street urchin. Upon hearing that 4,000 lucky kids would be going to America which the other children claimed would be, “like heaven” the 4,000 children discovered that there was no such thing as heaven on Earth and even if there was it sure was not in America. Shortages of money, barriers of skin color and languages made the lost boys unable to find well paying jobs or even go to school. Racism was as common as dirt in America, there are small patches of it here and there but in some areas it is widespread meanwhile in others it is nearly non- existent. The lost boys did encounter some signs of racism as shown by the KKK logo. The lost boys were also shocked by the culture of the white people and were shocked by their ways as a Christian would be shocked by the ways of a Satanist represented by the symbol of a pentagram. Age was a difficulty for many of the lost boys because if they were judged to be older than 18 they could not go to school and would be stuck in a poverty trap for the rest of their life, whereas if they could get an education they could go on to become successful in life and rise through the social ranks one day becoming somebody; I used a picture of a lost boy working at a Wal Mart to show menial work and being stuck in a poverty trap and a picture of 2 lost boys graduating to show success.
SLR Reflection:Think Creatively:
My collage has many creative aspects to it. My collage utilizes clan and religious symbols to tell the struggles and conflicts the lost boys faced while in America. The symbol of the notorious KKK is used to describe racism while the inverted star is the symbol of perversion and evil which may be how the lost boys felt America was like.
Reason Critically:
I showed that I understood many of the conflicts that the lost boys were going through by showing tProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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m through pictures i.e. empty wallet meant financial problems in America. I included a picture of helicopter gunner and a tank to show the civil war that lasted 21 years and tore Sudan into pieces. I also showed pictures of how the Sudanese treated each other, in the very top of my poster I have a picture of a well nourished man stealing maize from a starving boy; this is inhumane and shows why the nation is in pieces.
Communicate Effectively:
My collage shows that there are many Sudanese people starving and dying daily. The U.S has attempted to help by giving 4000 of the lost boys asylum inside of the U.S but in the U.S the boys fortunate enough to have gained asylum there still face many of the same problems they did in Sudan such as poverty and getting an education. They have also encountered additional problems such as: racism, hate, crime, and financial problems.
Live Ethically:
My collage displays empathy for the plight of the Lost Boys of Sudan because it shows all they have been through and what they continually have to deal with on a daily basis. My collage shows many of the lost boy’s problems and the viewer can observe these problems and decide what they can do to help. However a few obvious suggestions include: donating money, donating food, water, clothes and educational materials.
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