Men in the Sun

Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani, is a novella that tells us the story of three refugees trying to reach Kuwait for a chance at a better life. At the end of the novel, the three refugees die inside the water tank they were being smuggled in by Abu Khaizuran. Although this novella directly shows us the struggles Palestinian refugees had to endure, it also paints a larger picture of refugees and immigrants worldwide. Like Marwan, Abu Qais, and Assad, many people around the world attempt to cross borders and are either cheated by the smugglers or die while attempting to cross. The deaths of the three refugees is also very silent, no one heard their suffering, which is how many people die when crossing the border.