“They Called Us Enemy,” the story of a confused, young boy who spent his childhood in horse stables with heinous temperatures and a large barrier between his people and America. Georgie and his family were unjustly kicked out of their homes after the bombing of Pearl Harbor due to their ethnic relationship with Japan with Executive Order 9066 being instituted by president Franklin D. Roosevelt.. Although being American citizens, they were never given the chance to prove themselves loyal to America and that they had nothing to do with the bombing. Unfortunately, Georgie was too young to understand the circumstances that his family had been forcibly placed in. “I saw people crying and couldn’t understand why. Daddy said we were going on vacation. I thought everyone took vacations on a train with armed sentries at both ends of each car” (Becker 39), says Georgie as he journeys to Arkansas from Los Angeles. Throughout Georgie’s time in the concentration camp, his everyday life in the camp became the norm and never got to experience things that children normally experience. Metal fencing now became protection from the outside world instead of a segregator. As he grows older and fully grasps the situation that his family is in, he advocates for equality and fights against prejudice actions towards Japanese Americans.

“The Promised Neverland,” the story of two young boys and a girl who were raised as orphans believe that they are living in the best place they could be. That is until they realized that the biggest threat of their lives were right next to them. Essentially, the care-takers protected and provided for the children at the orphanage, but what the kids don’t know is that they are keeping them as healthy as possible for the purpose of being consumed by demons. The kids try to escape, but only a few are successful. In a sense, the care-takers and the American government share similarities as they were given the job of protecting, but instead, they turn against them. Georgie, Nancy, Georgie’s little sister, and Emma, Ray, and Norman are kids who fight for survival in order to reach adulthood.

In our current society, America is lucky to be able to allow children to go to school, make friends, and just laugh and make memories with each other, but that’s not the case for others struggling. An example would be Gaza, a Palestinian city, which is constantly bombarded and at war. Children sadly do not get to walk out of the country freely and some don’t make it in general. This goes to show that humanity always resorts to force and unreasonable measures without feeling empathetic. Therefore, the difference between our country and Gaza is outrageously unfair and demonstrates the stolen youth of the children of Gaza who are brought upon unfortunate environments and have no power to change the outcome.