Darfur Diaries(Entry 7)

Comments:

1. Kirtir Congo preached about his pain and agony on how their lives must be and how they are suffering everyday.
2. "you came over here to find the truth and understand our sorrow. Please take our message to all the other nations"(pg121) Kirtir seems to be fed up with the way they live their life, he would like this message to be sent out to other countries so they can understand the way they are living is absolutely ridiculous.
3. Dero is trying to provide Alisha and Adam with care since they are trying to do the same as well.
4. At this time they found out that president Bush will be the president of The United States of America again, and they are very disappointed.
5. The Arabs killed Ibrahim's people and goats, which is why he hates them so much. I don't understand why there must be so much tension with people from the same country, shouldn't they just love each other instead.

Question:

1. Why cant Aisha understand that some countries are raised to be generous and offer people things such as tea?
2. Did they feel as if they were not going to get as much help since president Bush was the president again?
3. Why did they depend so much on the Americans rather than other countries?

Words:

1. spry(pg102)-active;
2. chiseled(pg114)-sharply or clearly shaped
3. hastily(pg119)-moving or acting with haste; speedy

Literary terms:

1. "his cheek was pressed against his knee. As he got further into his story, he buried his face deeper into his knee until it was difficult to even hear him."(pg128)- Personification
2. "I will tell him the situation I'm in now. I will say when i was your age, when i was sixteen years in 2004, Janjaweed burned our village... "(pg130)- Foreshadowing.

Summary sentence

1. They encounter more children who hold even more sad stories that touches every ones heart. these kids are being tortured continuously, over and over again.