Emmanuel Jal

Emmanuel Jal, in this book Jal goes from being a little boy with a happy life and a loving family to many different things.  From being a little boy with a family he became a lost boy and one that had to struggle for everything he need.  Slowly as time went on he forgot about family, love and friends and became a boy solider.  He went years of things a little boy should not and seeing things that should not been seen by a young child.  Once he met a woman named Emma his mind changed about many things.  He wanted to get an education so that one day he could help his country and take back what was once there’s.  Jal had many troubles with this, when he first started school he was already in his teens so his academic level was very behind.  He would become very frustrated at times and want to give up.  He didn’t know his rights from his wrongs and didn’t understand that fighting when you were mad in school wasn’t right.  Jal slowly got use to this life and became a lonely quite boy but very focused and determined for what he wanted.  He became interested in music and was very good at it and would perform for people and make money that would go towards the lost boys.  Jal was offered a scholarship to a school in the UK so he decided to give up music and focus on his studies until his visa was taken away and he could not stay there anymore.  When he found this out he had never been more devastated.  When he returned to his country from UK he decided to start his music again.  Although this wasn’t what he originally wanted to do, and just thought of it as a hobby, it saved his life.  Because of his music he went many places and did many things that he couldn’t have done without it.  I think this goes to show that although education is important there are other ways to achieve your dreams.