At the boarder  focus on conflict and civil war, the poem is the aftermath of a war which happened in Iraq the conflict. The poet eventually returns to her home land of Kurdistan, the poet is writing about her life as a young refugee and re creates the experience through a child s eye. The persecution of Sadam Hussain led to the family fleeing again. The family sound helpless and anxious when crossing the boarder , the adults are very emotional and the poet cant understand why they are so emotinal when both boarders look exactly the same.

The right word also focus on conflict after the terroist attck on the twin towers in America, the poet concentrates on how war has made humans look at people differently the poet also emphasises the feelings. The feelings are similar to at the boader such as fear confusion suspicion and also self doubt.

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