Friday, January 29, 2010

Children of the Genecide, The Rwandan Girl Who refused to die

These two stories, to say the least, are terrible, and show you that there are genuinely evil people in this world. The children of genocide story was impacting, however it was nothing in comparison to the girl who refused to die. This real tale is by far one of the most gruesome and disgusting stories i have ever heard. The author sets the mood just by talking about how this girl was so badly injured, saying "Her hand had been chopped in half and the wound had become infected. It had taken on an ominous black colour." That made me look at my own hand and be thankful that we do not live in that kind world. Also, thinking of your neighbours walking around town killing the people you love is disgusting. We dont realize that this sort of madness actually happens, because the only way we see this is in movies and in books. These articles are similar in the way that they show how bad life is for children in Rwanda, and how bad it has been for a long long time. However they are different in the pure fact that The Rwandan Girl Who Refused To Die is just so much more gruesome and it makes me feel terrible just reading about it. The author said, ""You have eight children, how in God's name can you help to kill a child?" to one of the men who was responsible for many of the murders. I respect the author because he called this man out and got angry with him. I would've done the same. The man responded saying that he was just following orders to kill every living person. In that situation, I would say screw your orders and screw whoever gave you those orders, because killing innocent children is just wrong, and this man deserves to die. The Rwandan Girl without a doubt impacted me more due to the sheer darkness and evil of this article. These people are sick, and all deserve to die. There was a boy who "had seen a man decapitated in front of him and then a pregnant woman cut open." This without a doubt shows darkness and evil in humanity, while at the same time impacting the reader because unless you live there, you have no idea what it is like to go through that kind of situation.

1 comment:

  1. I like how you are bringing in text support to further develop and explain wht you are thngkin. You are seeing the darkness in humnaity as it is expressed through these articles and by what happened in teh situation in Rwanda. Your reactions are importan as it shows how the authors were able to add impact and you reacted to their writing-that is what a good writer does-generates emotion/reactions in their readers.Keep bringing in your test suppoet and explaining your thinking. Well done.

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