How does Brownie the Goat's presence change the lives he touches in the memoir, When Stars Are Scattered?

The authors introduce Brownie explaining how that is a new change in Omar’s otherwise unchanged life. Omar explains how they got Brownie from one of Fatuma’s friends who got resettled to Sweden. He says, Brownie “hates me and is my sworn enemy . . . But now we have milk to drink and we can sell the extra milk” (116). Fatuma and Hassan love taking care of Brownie and make it their full time jobs, showing how every human being needs a purpose and needs to care for others - whether humans or animals. Brownie becomes a part of their small family and community, Fatuma celebrating when she is pregnant, and later sobbing inconsolably when her little family of goats begin to die from hunger.