Wednesday, October 29, 2008
chap 21
The last chapter was not what I expected it to be. Honestly I believed that the worst was behind him, I thought that the fact that he had gone to the children's parliament and that UNICEF was here meant that things would get better not worse. Instead the country collapsed into military rule. It was incredible the way it seemed to happen so quickly, I had to reread the section to fully comprehend what was happening. It was strange that the RUF would so willingly abandon their hypocrisy about "helping" the country, they and the military decided not to bother with the pretense about being there for good of the citizens. I was disgusted by how willing people were to take advantage of others, the constant taxes and bribes needed to escape horrified me. But atleast he got out
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Exactly what I was thinking. I thought the last chapter would be a nice happy wrap-it-up type chapter, but I was really off. It also disgusted me that so many government officials were taking bribes from people who were trying to escape a war. The part about how some lady had to pay bribe money to someone, even though she had to use that same money to feed her children. I also found it quite hypocritical that the rebels and the military just banded together. Whats interesting, though, is what the rebels/military told their soldiers to convince them to work together with each other. They have, after all, been killing each other for a long time.They joined in the first place to kill each other.
I agree with you. It is amazing how quickly it went under military rule.
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