"They wanted to know about more important things, such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride? I always disappointing them by admitting that I had never seen a camel in my entire life."
Like Jonathan was interested in Sundara's culture, the kids at Firoozeh's school were interested in her culture. The big difference is age. Jonathan was older and he understood more of what Sundara had been through. The second graders at Firoozeh's school were not as aware, so they asked questions like the ones about camels, because that's what they associated with Iran.
"If someone had been able to encapsulate the kindness of these second-graders in pill form, the pills would undoubtedly put many war correspondents out of business."
Unlike Sundara who was constantly being pushed back into her own culture, everyone was helping Firoozeh fit in with the new American culture. Whether it was by giving her new food, or a costume for Halloween Firoozeh's friends and neighbors were very helpful.
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