Today in class we watched two different videos. The first one was about a few boys who went to Africa determined to document their trip and hopefully spread the horrors of the Sudan to the world. As a member of Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, OH we have learned a lot about the Sudan and made many of our offerings towards the Sudanese. Although dangerous, we have made several mission trips to the Sudan in order to build schools and help them have clean water by building water towers. It is heartbreaking to see the horrible treatment of children and how so many young kids are forced to kill and steal.
The second video was about Mexican immigrants and the hardships they have faced while trying to live in America. I was interested to hear their side of the story because we have such prejudice against illegal immigrants/immigrants in our country.
In the book, Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo was banished from his tribe for shooting someone. There was a very long section about his journey back to his mothers original clan. It was interesting that they tribe punished him through exile rather than having some sort of prison system or other form of punishment. Still a little hard to follow the characters even after reading it already but I'm trying!
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