There were thousands of boys who had fled Sudan. Their villages and cities were being captured and destroyed by the hands of war between North and South Sudan. The men were shot and killed, while the women and girls were captured and used. The boys that remained went on a notorious journey in search of a safe place for them to stay. These boys were called the Lost Boys.
When Peter (from the Dinka Tribe) found his name on the list in the refugee camp, he filled with excitement and joy. He was going to start a new life and experience new things in America. His friends assured him that he was going to a heaven; they believed that life would be good there. When they arrived in America, Peter was taken aback by the differences compared to his home town. Some of the difficulties he faced were, buying food, paying rent, finding education, making new friends, and earning money to send back home. America was new land to Peter, and he was confused about how he was going to survive living there; he had no friends, he couldn’t go to school, and the local people were very mean to him.
It took some time, but eventually Peter started to assimilate into the appearance of the local population. He started making friends and playing basketball, along with finding a temporary job that he could live off of. Even though Peter’s life was getting slightly better, his mind was unsettled. He then realized that he wasn’t here to earn money and live this life, he was supposed to be in school so that he could later go to college. He wasn’t getting schooling in Houston. He needed to find someplace new, where he could start over again. A place where he could fit in properly.
Peter decided to move north from Houston to Kansas. Once he settled in Kansas, Peter achieved his goal of going to high school. Peter found his new life in Kansas to be very difficult; school was hard, he didn’t have a job, and his family and friends are asking for money that he didn’t have. Peter then decided to take action and get a job. He started working at Wal-Mart. The manager made him work on a job outside because he was from Africa and just because he was black. Even though, Peter Nyaroli Dut decided to cope with the issues and keep moving forward he did take in the truth, America would never be a home to him, and it was never going to be a heaven. His family and friends in Africa were wrong, and this lost boy would always remain a lost boy.
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