The New World isn't what I expected it to be. I came from a loving, successful family from Guinea, Africa to a greedy country considered to be the "perfect world." Why did I have to voyage across the ocean to work in the fields? Why did I have to leave my family behind? Why do I have to suffer through starvation, beatings, and unwanted ness? Life on the plantation farm isn't what it's all caught …showed first 75 words of 353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 353 total…break any laws or commit any crimes; we just lived our daily lives as they should have been lived. This is now my life until I die. It's sad to think I once had a family, a home, and a dream of living a long and successful life. Everything went downhill in a matter of a day, and the only thing I can do now is to live my life one day at a time.