Why Do I Have My Land

From the time I came here to work, on this hot, dry isolated land I have always dreamed, hope and sought after for one thing and one thing only! That one day I would have my own land, that one day I would have my own peace and solitude to myself without having to look after horses for the rest of my life. I have seen tons of people come to this ranch and dreamed of getting their own land but all of them have not succeeded. Don’t you think an old disabled guy like me deserve a land of his own? Ever since I was a little kid my childhood was a treasured, which was shared with my wonderful dad and brothers. My dad had owned his own land and over all we had a good life. As a child growing up I didn’t see colour all my friends in my area were mostly white. My dad wasn’t
Imagine being labeled for colour instead of a person it is almost like I’m dehumanized. Life on the ranch is hard, painful, and emotional. It doesn’t help when you're looking after horses all day long all by yourself. Being disabled also, doesn't help one single bit. Not one day have I lived on that ranch without being interfered or called racist names about my skin colour, how would you feel? Terrible wouldn’t it, well this is what experience every day I am at the
I mean most of the time I don’t know what they say every time they talk. I had to work hard for my education as a teenager other that the white children I wasn’t given the same amount of opportunities as them. I was helped by my father mother and brothers too, but when they had gone everything had just faded the away and maybe that’s why still to this day I try to keep educated. Over here I've got no one to care for me as I said before I feel cut off by the other ranch members. Talking to Lennie was actually a very good feeling, it made me feel superior? In a sought of