Lost in America...

The Documentary, "Lost Boys of Sudan", shows a group of boys who were forced to leave their homeland and migrate due to the bloody civil wars. Both civil wars had lasted for 41 years in total and the difficulties the lost boys had faced is ridiculous. Peter Kon Dut of the Dinka tribe, being one of the Lost Boys, has lived his life full of conflicts, struggle and danger. He was only a 4 years old kid when his homeland was striked violently and the loss of his parents had really been an impact for him since he had to grow up all by himself. After avoiding the civil war and his journey towards the refugee camp was full of conflicts and difficulties but he has finally arrived at the Kenyan Refugee Camp. After spending ten years of his life time there, him and a lot more lost boys migrated to the United States. Peter was happy about the migration since he imagined a new form of education and he thought America was a place full of chances and opportunities for everyone but clearly, it wasn't what he imagined at all.

Even before his arrival at America, he faced so many things that he has never experienced before such as new form of transportation, different food supplies and so on. Once he arrived in houston and started out a life there, a lot of stuff were new to him such as electricity usage, using a stove, driving a car, cultural difference and so on. He missed his family at times while he was in Houston and the discrimination towards him was pretty big. He found himself a bit too black and a huge disappointment came when he found out that he was too old to get a high school education in Houston and the new form of education was what he really wanted since he wanted to help his family and friends who are struggling back in his homeland, Sudan. Being fed up with Houston, he moved to Kansas thinking that he will have more chances there.

Since he doesn't have a proper birth date, he got a birth certificate saying that he was young enough to go to high school and his school officially enrolled him as a junior in high school. He has made quite a few friends that actually helped him to fit in better. He tried acting like them, dressing like them and as they helped Peter through out his difficulties of adapting to the new culture in America. As he joined a prayer group, he made a lot more new friends that offered him help. As he got a job, he made some money for himself to pay rent and send back to his family back in Sudan and therefore, it has left him a tiny bit to spend on himself.

It is indeed true that Peter has been through so much conflicts and difficulties in America but he ended up graduating from high school and he received an education, something he would have never experienced in his lifetime. He adjusted quite well there and made some money to send back to his family back in Africa and though he will be facing a bunch of conflicts and difficulties while he is in America, he has overcome a lot of them.