Post 4

Quote#1"We tried to be polite about our eating, but there were so many new foods on May's table,and we could not know what was a danger and what was not" Achak 175 

Response: This Quote answers number 5. It shows that just because they have lived here and are legally citizens, they still don't under stand our culture. I cannot imagine having to deal with the culture shock that they must be going through. 

Personal Connection:When I interviewed my immigrant, I asked here how she was adjusting to life in america, and she said she was having no trouble. This was confusing to me, because she hasn't been here much longer that Achak, but she is having little to no problems with adjusting.

Question: Have you ever had a time when you didn't understand what to do in a setting like this?

Quote #2"William and I understood almost nothing Dut said, but he seemed satisfied." Achak, 193

Response: I chose this quote because, it shows that these are just a few school boys who are having to trudge along hundreds of miles just to survive. These boys have not had much of an education, so if they do make it out of there I wouldn't know what to do. I don't think that I could do this, even if it was for survival.

Character Judgement: I Think that Dut is a very good leader. he is strong, level headed, and smart. I think that he understands the boys. If he reads something that he knows that the boys won't understand he usually will try to explain it. Or at least he will give them some reassuring sign.

Question: Has anyone ever told you something that you didn't understand at all?  

post 5

Quote #1:"I was almost a solider Julian.I was saved by a massacre." Achak, 318.
Quote #1: response: this quote goes with question number 2. during there trip, nothing was normal, things that were previously thought to be good can be bad. Things previously thought to be bad can be good.
Quote #1:personal connection: I have always tried to make sense of the world, but it is events like this one that leave me confused. Einstein once said"We can never understand it all."
Question#1:How people do you think go into the army willingly and how many are forced to?

Quote #2:"No one wanted to enter the forest, for in the forest, boys disappeared" Achak, 328
Quote#2:response:I chose this quote because the boys don't really disappear. However to a boy who has been walking and has little energy for reason, this would make sense.
Quote#2:Personal connection:I remember a time when I was that young and people vanishing,orfalling off the face of the earth made sense.
Question#2:do you rember a time when you thought something but now realalize how absurd it was?