Dana's Assignment 5 - KR Chapter 10&11

What he means is he thought America is a better country than Peshawar. Baba used to think America the brash savior. But in the reality, Baba worked at the gas station and lived in the poor area; most of their neighbors were blue-collar people. Baba said, “What kind of a country is this? No one trusts anybody!” He thought people in America trust nobody. He missed the sugarcane fields of Jalalabad and the gardens of Paghman. From chapter 11, we know that the Bay Area's smog stung his eyes, the traffic noise gave him headaches, and the pollen made him cough. The fruit was never sweet enough, the water never clean enough. A year and a half since they had stepped off the Boeing from Peshawar and Baba was still adjusting. For Baba, America is a place to mourn his memories. Before I came to America, I thought America is a very extraordinary country, everything in here is amazing and people in here are friendly. However, the reality of America is completely different as what I thought before. After I had been here for four months, I noticed that America is a very open and free country. You can do whatever you like and say whatever you want. For me, I think I’m still a very traditional person, I can’t accept something out of morals. People here are not friendly to everyone, because everybody is busy taking care of their own business. Sometime America made me feel uncomfortable and selfish. Although I had some bad impressions about America before, I still have to live my life here. So I decide to find the good things in America and enjoy my life in here.