God Grew Tired of Us Review

      The film God Grew Tired of Us showed me a perspective of refugees that I have never truly thought much of before. To see what conditions the boys were living in while they were in the refugee camps and to see their transitioning into American life was something new to me. We are so used to our way of life that we sometimes can forget how fortunate we are to live in a place where we have shelter and lots of food available to us.
      The guys who the documentary followed all went through so much hardship, and it was cool to see how they were still able to keep going, and build a better life for themselves. I thought it was amazing how dedicated they were to sending money back to their family and friends when they could have used that money to go to school or live in nicer apartments. They consistently made the best of hard situations, and were able to keep hope through some depressing times. They showed how no matter what we may go through in our own lives, we can still turn out okay, and even help others out at the same time.
      The film was persuasive in many ways. When most people think about a refugee camp, they think impersonally about a large group of people living somewhere to escape a war. But this film showed us that each of the people in a refugee camp is an individual, with hopes and dreams much like ours. Following the individuals in the film showed how these people are really just the same as us. We can all relate to some of the loneliness and sorrow that these people have felt, and that makes us really see what they are going through and why something more needs to be done to make things better.