"We are orphans here"

The impression i felt from the author is that they speak with a very sad tone and give off a story where we feel as if there is a significant problem going on. Me personally i felt the Palestanian and Israeli essay more and felt more related to that one just because the fact that i am a Palestanian. Growing up i used to hear and see alot about whats going on in my country but all the time i just felt greatful for not being in their position. I felt this way until summer 2016 when i visited Palestine and saw the harsh conditions that they were living in. Now when i talk about the conditions they were in, im not only talking about the lack of clean water and housing conditions, im also talking about their enviroment. The country is very dirty and has garbage and mud all over the place and the worst is walking down the street and hearing gunshots and bombs going off everywhere. The night time was the worst and i felt very confused as to why all this was not fazing my family that does live there until i realized that they are used to living in these conditions and getting news that so and so died or someone got shot. For the 2 weeks i was there we got 2 knocks on the door with someone breaking the news to my cousin that someone they knew died. Its a sad world and i barely survived those 2 weeks so i always think about what i seen over there. I actually got 2 guns pointed at me and my family at the airport by israeli soldiers for jumping on the wrong shuttle bus.