god grew tired of us questions.

These are questions from the movie god grew tired of us.

PART ONE – Beginning to Arrival at Kenya

1. How many people lost their lives from the civil war in Sudan?

2. Who are the Lost Boys?

3. What two things started the civil war in Sudan?

4. Who was fighting in the war?

5. What hardships did the boys face on their journey to Ethiopia?

6. What happened to the refugee camp in Ethiopia?

7. How many years did the Lost Boys walk total after the attacks on the villages?

1. 2 million people died.
2. Orland young men/boys who walked over a thousand miles to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, where they still reside today, because Sudan is still dangerous.
3. Oil and religion were the reasons the war started.
4. Muslim north and the black Christian south.
5. Some of the hardships that the boys faced were lack of food, lack of water, animals, and bombing raids from the north.
6. The boys had to leave again and moved to Kenya. 
7. It took the boys 5 years to get to Kenya.

Part two

In what ways do the boys eat differently than average Americans?

What was John’s job at the age of 13?

How does sleeping in America compared to sleeping at the refugee camp?

How many months of assistance does the government provide? What happens after that time?

What holiday traditions do the boys want to know the meaning of?

What is John scared of doing? Why

What are John’s jobs?

What is Daniel’s job?

Why does Daniel think life in America is tough?

What do the boys think of Americans?

Why do merchants file a complaint with the police?

How are the lost boys feeling 1 year in America?

1.  They eat very differently, for instance, they don't use forks because they have never seen them.
2.  To bury the dead bodies of the lost boys.
3.  The mattress is a lot more comfortable than sleeping on the ground at the camp. 
4.  Three months of federal assistance, after that they should be self-sufficient.
5.  They want to understand the holiday traditions surrounding Christmas, like Santa and Christmas trees.
6.  John is afraid to go ice skating.
7.  John packs gadgets. Then johns second job is grilling burgers at McDonald's. 
8.  Danial prosses checks. 
9.  Danial thinks that life in America is tough because the work shifts are hard.
10.  The boys think that the Americans are mean and don't talk.
11.  Merchants feel worried when the boys enter the stores in large numbers.
12. The lost boys feel very lonny because all of their friends are in Sudan, and they have no family.

reflection 

1. What have you learned about Dinka culture? What markers from the film are representative of Dinka culture? Of American culture? What values do the Lost Boys hold? How do those values compare with your own?
2. What questions and fears do the Lost Boys have about life in the U.S.? What questions and fears would you have if you were moving to a new place? What differences do you see between Dinka culture and American culture? What are some of the challenges the Lost Boys encounter? How do they adapt to life in the United States (think in terms of both assimilation and acculturation? How do you think you would adapt to life in a new country?
3.  A benefit of this documentary lies in the opportunity to view our own (American) culture through the eyes of the Dinka. What aspects of our culture, which we may or may not take for granted, could potentially make immigrants feel marginalized or not a part of the American culture?
4. What scene(s) or ideas presented in the film stood out to you? Why?
5. Was there anything that surprised you as you watched the film? Detail one thing that you took away from the film study.

1. In Dinka culture, people love to dance and sing and be together. Some of the Dinka values that the lost boys uphold, are family, and always helping people.
2.  I fear for the lost boys because, during things like the 4th of July, the boys would get scared and freaked out. If I were to go to a new county I think I would do pretty good because I can talk to just about anybody. 
3.  One thing that I think Americans take for granted is how we already know how everything works and don't need a simple explanation of things like toilets.
4. The idea of the family really stood out because of the boys making makeshift families in the camps. And they always traveled in groups. They did this because most of them had lost their families during the exodus.
5. One thing that surprised me about the movie was how violent the Muslim government was, they would go into the camps and if they didn't kill the malke boys they would make them sterile. This would prevent them from having kids.