Throughout his story, Deo encounters people who want to kill him because of his ethnicity, employers who exploit and humiliate him, as well as squatters who intimidate and rob him. But Deo also meets people willing to shelter him in their home, people willing to fund his years at Columbia and Dartmouth, people who find his tale extraordinary and worthy of a book so that the world may know what happened to this man. Given all the circumstances surrounding Deo and totaling up both the joys and horrors of his tale, does Deo’s story undermine or restore your faith in humanity?

Category: Essays