Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Once again the book has gripped me and has now horrified me. Before I was shocked by the how it switched from innocent childhood to graphic killing, but I was not disgusted by the description. I found what had occurred to these people depressing and sad but I did not have to stop reading at any time. It seemed like any other book or news report I had read about war and horror just a bit more graphic than most. But the new sections have caused sadness on unregistered levels. The fact that human beings are capable of such cruelty amazes me. I knew such things were happening but I didn't really understand that the people were actual doing these things, it didn't register on a subconscious level. To hear it from someone that actually went through these things was heartbreaking.
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I agree with you. We heard so much about similar things from the movies we watched in nonwest, but none of them were soldiers.It was a different perspective for sure. But I disagree with what you said about being just like any other news article you've read. That's not true by any means. The news gives us updates of the actual war and government, nothing this close up and personal.
by the way you are a very good writter, you sound very smart
I'm interested to see you describe this as "heartbreaking" after some of your comments on other blogs. But I get what you're saying--it's not the gore or violence that is notable to you, but the emotional reactions of the people involved.
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