What is the What post 1

Page 29, paragraph 2

"You do not understand, I would tell them. You would not add to my suffering if you knew what I have seen."

This quote takes place when Valentino is tied up and wounded on the floor. He is describing how he first felt when he came to the country. He has suffered so many hardships and the Americans that he lives around treat him like dirt because he is from Africa. After he is bumped, pushed, or treated poorly this is what he wants to say to them. He silently tell them his story on how he endured the painful journey to America. This shows how Americans treated him and probably many other immigrants. They act like they are so much better than them.
I would despise living in a country where you feel so left out because you don't know how to speak English. A place where just because you look different, people treat you like you are different. I would feel lonely not having any friend's and nobody for me to talk to.

Would you have acted any differently if you were Valentino while he was getting robbed? Would you stand up for yourself?
Page 32, paragraph 1
"The animal broke across the path once more, leaping, it caught Angelo quickly. In a few moment the lion carried the second boy in its mouth, his teeth settled into Angelo's neck and clavicle."

This quote has huge significance to the story because it gives you another image Valentino has seen. He will never forget that and it probably changed him as a person. The lost boys were walking through the wilderness at nigh time and every boy was already terrified, but then a lion comes. To watch two of his friends get eaten my an animal must have been torture for him.
I would never mentally survive from that. It would take a lot of time to get that image out of my head. A friend of mine being eaten alive and then thinking that it could happen to me next. I would probably react the same way as Angelo and I would run.

How would you feel if you saw a friend die right before your eyes?