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Comparing Lost Boys And Brave New World

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Have you ever judged a person because of where they came from? You should think twice because those people who you judged have been through a lot to come to the place where you were born. The refugees from the articles ‘Lost Boys’ and ‘Brave New World’ have been through so much. The refugees have migrated to new places to find a new life coming to a world of criticism. They were criticized by people like you. People who judge other people by where they came from and how they act. They both escaped their homes, leaving behind families who were killed. The refugees are similar but they have been through different struggles. The lost boys migrated from Sudan to North Dakota all trying to escape genocide (Sara corbett, 11). While the refugees

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