Deo's Journey

Deo’s journey is a remarkable one, not just because of what he accomplished, but because he never gave up. It could have been so easy for him to just stop trying and give up, but every time the times were tough, he persevered and with the help of other continued on his journey. What exactly was his journey is up for different interpretations, but I believe he wanted to learn the meaning of life and why things happen to different people. Like Deo says, “I wanted to understand what happened to me.” (pg.182). When Deo came to the U.S. he knew nothing of giant building and schools with thousands of people, he knew the land and the traditions passed on by his family. Coming to America was a chance for him to see the world from a different perspective, and I believe that this perspective would allow him to look at where he came from in a different way. Deo was also very interested in the question of good and evil and to go along with that, who he could trust and who he couldn’t. There are strangers everywhere that would help you for what seems like no apparent reason, but there is something inside all of us that wants to help people. I don’t want to put that action into one word, so I will just leave it at that. In Deo’s case he came from a place where “teachers killed their students, priests killed their parishioners…who is left to trust, God? The most powerful, who let everything happen? “When you come from somewhere where that type of killing is going on, it is hard to trust anyone, but growing up in Marin, it seems to me, like I can trust most people. If someone tells me something that’s seems real, I am most likely going to believe it, in Deo’s case if someone tells him something, or offers him something, he is going to be hesitant. This makes sense because of the background we come from and the way we lived are life as children and young men. Although are lives may be different, it seems we are both on a path looking to find the meaning of life and with the help of other and our own perseverance, maybe, just maybe we will find it.