God Grew Tired of Us (Short Write)

One of the main issues that was interesting to me was the way the Lost Boys were happy to accept the American way of life, as well as American culture. They had never seen the technology that we take for granted every day. They had never been on a plane before, or been on an escalator, or even thing we find as basic necessities such as indoor plumbing. They become used to working in factories, shopping at grocery stores, and living in their own apartments. They had to learn a new way of life, and were accepting of the changes. This stuck out to me because I tried to think about putting myself in the same situation. I don’t think that Americans would ever be open minded enough to live how the Lost Boys had lived in their camps in Kenya. We may not be as accepting of other peoples cultures, as they are of accepting our culture.

As humans we should have a general willingness to help each other in a time of need. That being said, I don’t think any one particular country is obligated to help clean up a mess that another country starts. After a natural disaster, I think it’s necessary that other countries help out a victim when they cannot help themselves. Some countries do not have the resources needed to carry out a full recovery mission after a large, widespread disaster. Other countries should organize together, and help out as a team. In many cases, this does not happen. One country (such as the United States) is automatically volunteered to help out singlehandedly. We should not have to act as the “world police.” We have a lot of problems of our own, and spending money on helping weaker countries creates more problems in our own country. We tend to make more enemies than friends in these desperate times.  Even if we try to help out of our own kindness, the victim countries may despise our occupying their homeland, or they may be begging for more than we can give. Either way, it still makes us look like the bad guy when we are trying to help. Trying to stay isolated in this modern and globally driven world is increasingly difficult. In the event of natural disaster we should lend a helping hand. But in other situations such as war, we may not need to get involved. We should not play as a referee in the middle of other people’s fighting, because we will get caught up in it and do damage to ourselves and would be taking sides and making more enemies.

This film is a persuasive document. It tries to get its audience to think about global problems in an open-minded way. It attempts to argue that we should do something to help the people struggling in Uganda and Sudan. The Lost Boys formed try to form a group so that their voice would be heard in the American government. They are trying to convince us that we should help to stop the warzone in Sudan. They want aid from the U.S. government to help their families back home.