A major catastrophe has almost completely devastated the infrastructure of your country. The emergency government has decided that the surviving citizens will be best served if they are evacuated to other countries willing to take refugees. You and your immediate family are among the survivors of this catastrophic event. You are told that your host country’s culture is completely different from your own and that you might have to stay there permanently. You are further told that, in addition to one change of clothes, you can only take 3 small items with you.
The three items that I would take with me to another country would be a photo album, a monopoly game and a doll from my youth. The photo album means a lot to me because it holds pictures from family functions, such as holidays, birthdays, wedding pictures and pictures of my brothers and I while we were growing up. There are also pictures of when I visited Guyana and pictures of my parents before they migrated to America. The monopoly game is important to my family because we spend hours playing; it is a tradition in my household. When we have guests over to our house we always pull out the monopoly game. The last item is a doll that was given to me when I was about five years old. The doll was hand made in Guyana and was given to me for my fifth birthday. I think it might be worth some money.
If I were told that I could only keep one of these items I would be devastated. These items hold memories and tradition and are very important to my family and me. I don’t know which item of the three I would pick. I possibly might be able to find the monopoly game, but the doll and the photo album can’t be replaced.
I never thought these items were so important to me that giving any of them up would painful. I see that every family has their traditions and artifacts that are important to them and cannot be replaced. It is important to be sensitive to a family’s culture and traditions because this is what makes a person who they are.
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