Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Lonely Bulgarian

My family has a family friend that is dear to our heart. My dad was the one who met him in a church parking lot one day. As my dad got to know him more and more he found out that he came illegally from Bulgaria so that he could make money for his wife back home. Throughout his whole time in America he has struggled constantly. He works for a trucking company that treats him horribly. The pay is terrible because they take advantage of him being illegal and know that he's desperate. When he has medical problems he gets poor treatment for it because it's all he can afford. His wife will visit him like every year or 2 but other then that he never sees his family and is always lonely. He lives on the road for the most part but when he gets a break his apartment in Chicago is so small and dirty. It has been so hard on his relationship with his wife and wants to return but can't yet. This is just a personal example of the hardships of being apart of a culture where your social class is so low and you don't get the care and respect that any other average american gets.

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