AFAReads discussion

1. What does Iftin admire most about Americans as a child, and then later as an adult?

2. How does Iftin’s relationship with Salopek both encourage and endanger him?

3. Of checking to see if he won the diversity visa lottery, Iftin writes: “As I entered my application number and date of birth, I thought about all the good luck I had received in my life.” How else does Iftin consider himself lucky?

4. In what ways do you think differently about personal freedom after reading Iftin’s memoir?