PG:123-Deng To Achak-paragraph 4 " I am confused. Are you confused."
I liked this Quote because I felt it fits into the question of "What was the life/role of the characters in their home country?" because I think that it represents how everyday life in many African countries is just hard to understand for many children and even adults. This quote shows how much confusion is going on. this quote is sort of a moment when I realized that these boys were flying blind. I also thought this quote was important because it shows how they will follow anyone who says that they wont hurt them and how all they want is a little normality.
This quote means a lot to me because I realize that everything in my life is fairly straight forward and I have never been in a state of total confusion. It made me think "I wouldn't survive one day as an African boy. I eat to much and I hate chaos. I would go mad very quickly.
My question: Have you ever been in a state of absolute confusion?
Pg:106-Faceless Man to Achak-Paragraph 9
"This was the face of a man who trusted. Do you see what happens to a man who trusts" I though this quote was important because nobody can trust anybody and everybody is in a total free for all. People are getting dragged into wars the they don't care about, and people you thought were innocent are actually rebels. Like the scene where Achak's father is told that one of his friends was a man helping the "enemy." I think that when people can't trust there friends that is when things really start to break down.
I connected with this quote because I have always been a trusting person and my friends are almost an extension of my being and so if I couldn't trust the people I know and love I think I would fall apart. It again gives this scene a felling of alone-ness. I do not know what I would do if I couldn't trust anyone.
Question: Have you ever regretted trusting someone
TKAM-Blog 8-Choice 1
15 years ago
Quote Response #1: I agree, it seems kind of wierd how Africa's society, and our society are so different. It also gives a representation of how life was like to the Sudanese. As somebody who has lived in America for his whole life, Its hard to picture living in that state of confusion.
ReplyDeleteQuestion Response 1#: I actually was in a state of total confusion in the high tech middle orientation. I was in an unfamiliar school with a large number of strangers. I was not in any real danger, but I was scared!
Quote Response #2: I think that quote is important for the same reasons. I believe that for a buisness or civilization to become sucessful they have to have a reasonable amount of trust, or fear. If nobody trusted each other, things would get bad real fast.
Question Response #2:From what I remember, I have rarely suffered from trusting others. Something very minor, but happens daily is when people ask to borrow money, or even pencils, but never return them. Although I'm a little upset, I honestly forget it a few days later.
I agree in how different America and Sudan are. I actually wrote my blog about the differences. Fr example, his perfect day is ideal to him. But for us, that would just be any normal day. I thought that was cool.
ReplyDeleteI definately was in a state of utter confusion on the first day of 7th grade. It was my first day of middle school and I was afraid that I would not fit in. I have never been as confused as Achak though.
Achak definately trusts easily. I think that although it is not always smart in his case, it is an amazing trait to have. Once you lose that though, it is gone forever.
I have been betrayed so many times by people I trusted. I get hurt so badly. But, anything that has hurt me, has made me stronger and more balanced.