The lost boys of Sudan

Peter Dut, is a sudanese refugee, and one of the "lost boys", who is documented his first year in America, along with Santino. Although they walk different path in America, both of them face many difficulties in America. This post will discuss about the difficulties and the conflicts Peter Dut faced in the Docudrama "The Lost boys of Sudan".

Peter Dut was once a member of the Dinka tribe. When Peter Dut was very young, his tribe were attacked by Sudanese militia men. That night, many of Peter's friends, and family member were killed by the genocide. Peter, along with thousands of other boys, and some girls, survived it. They traveled to countries like Kenya for refugee and asylum. On the way, many of them were killed because of starvation, lions, and more gunfire. Those who survived were called as the lost boys.

Peter Dut, and the survivors, lived in a refugee camp for 9 years. He takes an examination to go to America, and passes. On the last day of the refugee camp, he starts to get excited, as he expresses America to be a heavenly place.

When he arrives in America, begins the cycle of culture shock. He finds everything wonderful, and what he thought of to be true. Although life is very different, he starts to adjust to the new life style. For example, he found the African-Americans very different from them. He expresses that the African Americans are very aggressive, and don't play smart. He makes a racial comment that this behavior helps them steal things. In Houston, Peter didn't get a job, or an education, so found Houston not such a good place to live, so he moves to Kensas to get a better life.

Peter, when he goes to highschool in Kensas, he is flabbergasted by the amount of students there are, and starts his adjustment again in Kensas. He starts to learn how high schoolers of America lives, and adjusts to it. However, h finds his life hard, as he wonders how a poor person without could compete with a rich person with parents. This presses on him even harder, as he realizes that in the school basketball team, dismissed him in the trials, because he doesn't know enough to play Basket ball. So, he studies hard to get to college.

Although not shown in the film, he gets a bachelor degree in an University, and returns to Sudan, because he couldn't addjust to the life in Sudan properly.