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Valentino Achak Deng is the main character and narrator of What is the What. He was born in a village in South Sudan

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His village was attacked by Islamist extremists and he was forced to flee

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As he begins feeling, many other boys join him in order to escape being attacked. Later he becomes one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, a huge group of refugee boys marching from place to place.

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He traveled from Sudan to Ethiopia to finally Kenya, where he is able to safely rest for some time

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After 11 years at the refugee camp, he is granted granted passage to the United States. He moves to Atlanta, Georgia and establishes life there.

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Valentino fell in love with a girl in a theater class that they were on. Both of them loved each other very much and were thinking about getting married but the girl's ex had murdered her when she was visiting a friends house

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A African-American man and a women tricks Valentino and proceeds to rob him in his house. This is where Valentino starts talking about his past.

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The robbers weren't satisfied with the items they were taking away, so they left a 10 year old boy in charge and fully taped Valentino on the ground, while they will come back again to get the rest of his belongings.

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The robbers comes back to get the kid and rest of Valentino's belongings. But they also leave Valentino taped to the ground. Valentino bangs him door many times but no one come to help.

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Valentino's roommate returns home to find Valentino taped. After helping him, they talked about what happened. Afterwards, they call the police but they were uninteresting in helping them. The Police officer were more interesting in them coming from Sudan and learning more about what's going on in Sudan.

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After the futile interaction with the cops on the phone, Valentino's roommate takes him to the hospital. Valentino was surprise to see how long he was waiting in line, but eventually was treated.

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After coming home to his mostly empty house, he calls the stolen phone and the phone quickly hangs up after answering. Then he connects with all the people that called him when he was being robbed. He connects with his Sudanese peers then reflects on everything that had happen to him. Although it was tough, he decides to move forward.