I'm so so sorry for the delay in my posts!
The beginning of chapter 2 focuses mainly on how the uprising segregation of the two races affects Rusesabagina(who I plan to from here on in posts refer to as Ruse just for times sake) during his childhood. He describes an event that happened when he was five years old. Strangers came to his house, with luggage and his father told them that they werelcome to stay. The first night. his family joined the strangers outside in the courtyard. He viewed this as an adventure because he was sleeping under the sky with people whom he had never met. These people, he learned from his mother, were called the Tutsis. This was the beginning of the segregation of the Hutus and the Tutsis. His adventure ended when he found out that the reason they were sleeping outside was because the Tutsis who were staying with them were running from the Hutu Revolution of 1959, and there was a serious possiblilty that their house could be set on fire during the night.
This really gives the audience an insider look at the complete randomness that was the segregation that happened. It made no sense to the people who were surrounded by it, especially the kids.
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This chapter seems very informative, giving the reader a first hand account of what was occurring between the people at that time and how the children were oblivious to the battle between the two tribes. Having said this, I’m wondering why you describe the segregation as “randomness.” I don’t understand why there would not be a reason for the segregation. Usually there is something that instigates a divide between certain races. For example, back in the 16th-19th centuries Europeans believed they were superior to other “uncivilized” races, like Africans, as a result of their belief in Social Darwinism, the “White Man’s Burden,” and the fact that they believed themselves more technologically and intellectually advanced than these other nations. Therefore, perhaps, it only seemed random to children at the time. For a different age group, like the adults, they (although not all) most likely knew what was occurring. I’m not sure…just some “food for thought”…
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