God Grew Tired of Us

This week, in Sociology, we watched the documentary, "God Grew Tired of Us." This film was about the Lost Boys who had to leave Sudan because of the civil war that took place. They had to walk around 1000 miles to Kenya, which took them around five years. Since they were basically on their own, they lost touch with their families, and they found place at a camp. However, a few of the men were chosen to be refugees and live in America.

When the Lost Boys had first arrived in America, they had culture shock. Since everything about their daily life was so different from American culture, they felt lonely, and they didn't even know how to turn on the light switch! When they first arrived to the hotel, they were amazed by the bathrooms because they had grown up bathing in the nearby river.

This documentary helped me to become sociologically mindful of the different cultures around us. At first, I didn't understand why it would be so strange to bathe in a bathtub or even turn on a light switch. I didn't understand why the lost boys would say that American culture would make someone feel lonely. However, as they started to explain how Americans all did everything separately and how they weren't friendly to strangers, I started to understand. American culture is very lonely, but we don't notice it because it's been our whole lifestyle. We've done everything separately, and our society has taught us that it was strange if someone we didn't know were to enter our house.