Essay About W. W. Y. And Good Story

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Vincent Vega
9-17-07
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In Philip Gourevitchs, “We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We
Will Be Killed with our Families,” murder does not have any feelings in it.
Gourevitchs description of the dead bodies is emotionally and physically
heartbreaking. This essay proves that sometimes you just have to do
what you are told to do.
What would you do to stay alive? The Rwandans had two simple
choices to choose from. Die, or kill. The way you felt about killing someone
did not matter when it came down to it. A year after the genocide occurred,
there were still cadavers sprawled out everywhere. “The dead look like
pictures of the dead,” says Gourevitch. Ask yourself, “What kind of people
would do this?” Reading this story puts images of dead people in your head.
The story draws you into the horror by graphically telling you what has
happened. This is a good story to show how words can not only make you
imagine, but make them come to life.
Feelings. We all have them. But sometimes they do us no good. Some
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of the Hutu killers did not even want to take part in the killings. Yet, they
were forced to save their lives. They considered it a means toward achieving
a new order. This shows that sometimes, feelings do not come in the way of
killing people. Think about it. Kill someone to further advance your
government or whatever controls you, or die. Which would you choose in
this time? Blood lust may help people overcome the feeling of murder.
Dead bodies smell.