Finally some good luck.

Jacob had to decided he was to go to a boarding school after the school at Kakuma shut down from lack of teachers. So one morning Jacob was off to sell his belongings so he could get enough money to attend a boarding school. On this journey Jacob traded his clothing plus his knowledge for 5 cones of tobacco. He traded his 5 cones of tobacco and his knowledge for 5 fine goats. He lost one of his goats in a market but luckily his old friend from the SPLA found him and returned him. Jacob got a heck of a deal for his goats and then he was able to have enough shillings for boarding school. This reminded me of when we save money for things like vehicles what we do just to get enough money for the things you want in life. Jacob wanted to learn new things about the world and know about peace. When Jacob got back to Kakuma it seems like he came back at the perfect time as a relief truck was going to the city that night. Jacob got a free ride to the city and was then greeted by a poor boy that ended up helping him find his uncle after one of the boarding schools would give him entry if he had a family member's signature. Everyday people in schools related to this. If we want to go to extra curricular things or school trips you can't go unless you have parental permission. Jacob really had a lot of luck with his journey to school. I thought there would have been a bigger reaction when he saw his uncle Daniel, it didn't seem like he was all to excited to see Jacob. I mean they haven't seen each other in seven years and they don't really show that they've missed each other all that much, Jacob was gone the next day. Yah I get he was excited about boarding school but still, he had to leave Oscar and Willy. Is school worth leaving your family behind? I agree with what Jacob did. He went to school and the changed his life forever. Jacob is now a citizen in canada with a family. Do you think this opportunity would have presented itself to jacob if he didn't go to school? Maybe but there's a good chance it wouldn't have. Jacob ran into lots of luck in this last part of the book, and it worked in his favor. Sometimes we take school for granted and we don't realize that kids don't get the luxury of school and would give up anything even family to get that luxury.