2. What is the what

pgs.109- 159

In the past pages, I noticed that Valentino has some Christ-like attributes. For example, when he is praying alone in the forest and when he talks about him teaching children.

These chapters seemed to allude to U.S history. Pg.134, Like the Indian Americans, who were forced off their reservations because of Americans, the Dinka tribe is forced to flee from their homeland because of the Baggara who mercilessly exploit and ravage their land. Also on pg. 141, the way the Arabs were describing the Dinka sounded alot like the "White Man's Burden"... well, maybe that's just me.
The white headpiece on Deng's head makes me think that the Arab's are like the Ku Klux Klan, with their white headpieces and robes, and their spiteful treatment towards the Dinka.
White, which symbolizes peace in many cultures, can also symbolizes death (chinese culture)...so that might mean something.

The record of boys dying everyday from disease was disheartening, to have so many boys die after another and not even a proper burial for any of them. Especially for Valentino, who is at such a young age, having this harrowing experience in his childhood years...
And it's ironic how Valentino seems to be crying out for help and company on pg.142
but at the same time he finds serenity in being alone , i.e. when tonya and michael tv boy leaves his apartment, and when Valentino loses consciousness from the bombs that are exploding near him...

....And what does that blue dog symbolize? Or does is it not symbolic for anything?
Turns out I was correct, Deng later dies of disease with the white headpiece on his head...