There are a lot of conflicts in this novel. Although what I think is the biggest, is that war is making Jal forgetting everything he once new and loved. When he was a child he would play with the other children talk to and love his mother and enjoy his life. Now all he cares about is how many Arabs he can kill and what he can steal from them once they’re dead, all he wants to do is fight on the front lines and save his country. When he pictures his child hood he sees his mother being beaten his sisters crying and his village burning in front of him. As his life went on his concern for others became lower and lower. In his first battle in Ethiopia
A good analysis of the changes in Jal’s moral and ethical beliefs as a result of the war. While you don’t really focus on the conflict itself, you provide some good insight into Jal’s character. In order to improve your post please:
ReplyDelete- include some quotes from the novel that back up your story. For example, a quote from the part where he is beating the woman.
- Jal is not the only child soldier in Sudan. What do you think that this means for an entire generation of children in Sudan? What has happened to their culture? Will they be able to readjust to normal life later on?
- What is your personal response to this conflict? Does it make you angry, sad, etc? Remember that this is a true story – and this kind of thing is still happening around the world today. What can be doe about it?
FROM DYLAN:
ReplyDeleteAnna, I think that you have done a good job on analyzing what has happened to Jal, and the changes that he has experienced. However I think that you could make a better use of quotes, you don’t really use quotes, and I think that they would be a great asset to your post. I think that if you had a quote when you are talking about how Jal kills the women it would greatly improve your argument and allow the reader to relate back to that part of the book. I also think that you could have gone more in-depth than some of the analyzing, for example when you are talking about how he shoots into the bushes without even thinking, it would be great if you said why he does it, and how does this behaviour effect the other people around him. You could go even more in-depth by talking about how we could change what is happening in Sudan. Overall though I think that you did a great job.