The topic is about poverty and how he manages to survive in the ger district. And also about his parent-teen relationship. This teen's outlook and desires are totally different from their parents. His dad is a drunk an says that he 'will never succeed at anything, just like your father.' But he has a dream to help all the poor people living in the ger district to have a better life.
He is a 17 year old boy, with no history of importance. He is a typical poor boy, but has wild dreams. He likes leading people, been to only 1-5 th grades.
"I do whatever it takes to live and survive. My ger district isn’t one of the worst ones, it pretty close to the city than the other districts. There are 4 of us in my family: me, my father, my mother and my little brother. I really don’t like my father; whenever he finds money he spends it on alcohol and stuff. I don’t like the way my dad acts when he’s drunk, so I am never going to become a drunk. Instead, I will use that money to buy food and other things we need. That’s what I actually do now. I find the money for our family to survive. How I find money is actually pretty easy; I am the big boy around here, and everyone kind of works for me. They give me whatever money they find, and I protect them from other hooligan kids. I think they were pretty convinced when I gave them that speech about danger in these places. My brother is my right hand side. He goes wherever I go, and always helps me with whatever i do. We work together to feed our family. I feel very sorry for my mom, always getting beat up by my father. One time I confronted him but he knocked me out. Its really hard to call ‘father’ now. But ive lived like this for a long time so I don’t really pay attention to him now. Every day we go get water, and its really hard pulling the water uphill. Me and my brother take turns pulling it. After that, we gather up wood for burning. It’s really hard to find wood here now, so we usually buy them. It’s a shame buying a natural resource, when we could just go out and get it. Then we just continue digging a hole, in case if our old toilet gets filled up. I don’t really find the rich people as bad people, theyre just people like me and my brother. They just have more resources for their wealth and they were born from a wealthy family. Our family has no history. My dream is to make the ger district a better place to live, and help all the poor people when I grow up. I hope this comes true, my dad always tell me that I will never succeed at anything, just like him."
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