What is the What Post #6

Quote #1: "This program has been a part of my life for so long, since Pinyudo, when the SPLA commanders would blast its reports from Africa across the camp."

This quote was said by the narrator, Achal, or page 417.

Quote #1 Significance: I chose this quote because I think it shows how Achak is trying to keep his Sudanese traditions. Also, I think it really shows how his experiences are a large part of who he is, and he can never forget any of his experiences, no matter how small. Although it isn't a main part in the book, I think this quote shows how his experiences are part of him.

Quote #1 Personal Connection: I connect to this quote because I have done something before that reminds me of other experiences. Major experiences in your childhood you will never forget, and they will become part of you. Also, I think this quote can directly relate to anyone because everyone has a different custom that they are used to.

Question #1: What do you think this quote shows about Achaks current and past life?

Quote #2: "Dorsetta, I pretend that I know who I am now but i simply don't. I'm not an American and it seems difficult now to call myseld Sudanese."..."We have been weakened by our time in America, perhaps."

Quote #2 Significance: I chose this quote because I think it shows a lot about the common immigrants story.  It shows how they are caught in between two different culutre. They have been Americanized, yet they keep some cultural ties, but they probably feel like they are neither American or their home country anymore.

Quote #2 Personal Connection: The person who I interviewed explained this in her answers as well. She said that she is caught on a "periphery" between two cultures. I think that is exactly what this quote is saying, that a lot of immigrants face the struggle of identity, and that is a part of almost every immigrants struggle in America.

Question #2: How do you think Achak feel being in between two cultures? Do you think he likes embracing both, or do you think he would perfer his home country?

What is the What Post #5

Quote #1: "I had not begun to think of marriage.  I needed to graduate from college first, and to graduate from college, I needed to save money while I attended English classes at the community college."

This quote was said by the narrator (Valentino) on page 225.

Quote #1 Significance: I chose this quote because I think it shows how his experiences are like in America.  I think it shows how he is really focused on living in America for a while, and getting educated.  I think there is also a little bit of boredom in this quote because I think that since he has to focus on school so much, he might get bored, when he thought it wouldn't take as long.

Quote #1 Personal Connection: I can relate to this because I am really busy as well. I am also trying to focus on school and extra curricular activities, and I think that it can get a little bit boring, too.

Question #1: Why do you think Achak is focusing so hard on school?

Quote #2: "It was not long, though, before more white people, and aid workers from all over Africa, began to descend upon Pinyudo. From a distance I could see the delegations walking through the camp briskly, always guided carefully by one of the Sudanese elders."..."The visitors never made it deep into the camp, and usually left the same day they arrived."

This quote was said by the narrator (Valentino) on page 257.

Quote #2 Significance: I chose this quote because I think that it shows how some of his experiences were before he immigrated. I think if the people left the day they came, then they were either killed, or they did not want to stay.  I think that it is really sad how they were kept in the camps, even though they were safe.

Quote #2 Character Judgement: I think that Achak is a really nice person, and I think that his experiences are a part of him.  I think that his experiences make up him because he didn't even have a childhood, and he grew up in war. I also think that his experiences are really sad, as well.

Question #2: Why do you think that people left the same day they came?  How do you think he felt in the camp?

What is the What Post #4

Quote #1: "We were simply friends who lived in a village together and expected to always be boys and friends in our village. But in these past months, we had traveled so far from our families, and we had no homes, and we had become so weak and  no longer looked as we had before. And now, William K's life had ended and his body lay at my feet."

This quote was said by the narrater, Achak, on page 198.

Quote #1 Significance: I chose this quote because I thought t had summed up what they have been through really well.  I think this part is really disturbing, but it is what really happened.  Also, I think its extremely sad how his best friend died, and he didn't even get time to say goodbye.

Quote #1 Character Analysis: I think that William K was really nice, and I can see why Achak and William K were best friends.  Also, I think William K would probably have done the same thing to Achak if he died, and buried him, even if it meant loosing the group.  I think that Achak will probably blame himself for William K's death, even though it wasn't.

Question #1: Do you think that William K's death will/has affected Achaks attitude?

Quote #2: "Are we the future of Sudan? This seems unlikely. Not with the way we attract trouble, not with how often we are victims of calamity. We bring it upon ourselves. Our peripheral vision is poor, I think; in the U.S., we do not see trouble coming."

This quote was said by the narrator, Achak, on page 215.

Quote #2 Significance: I chose this quote because I think it explains how a lot of immigrants feel, and what Achak is feeling now that he has made it to the US. I think that he wants to do something with his life, and tell his story.  Also, I think he is saying that America should be more aware of what is happening in places like Sudan, because, like him, we don't see danger coming.

Quote #2 Personal Connection: I think that this quote is what my poem in my America Through My Eyes is saying.  I think that they really connected, and that we should be doing more for people in places like Sudan.

Question #2: Do you think that Achak will try to move somewhere else to start a new new life?