Dont say your one of them!!! H/w 9/25

Throughout many story lines there are figurative meanings that can be symbolic through a object or event. In the book Say Your One Of Them written be Uwem Akpan the author epitomize mamas dress for a symbol of trickery. This dress is suppopse to fool her younger children Monique and her little brother into thinking that she is going to go on a fancy date. In the area that they are in is very dangerous and its at war. The Tutsi versus the hutu. The dress was displayed as a glittery dress to show meaning of fancy and expensive so in that way the children can think that the parents are going to be out for a while. Mama knew she was going to be out for awhile that why she insisted to tell her strategy into getting out of certain situations. "If anyone ask, say your one of them"(327 Akpan). Mama knew what was going on around her and she was aware that they will be looking for her next. This was a very enigma time for Monique because she didn't understand what was going on but she can infer that her mother was looking nice so everything should be okay. When mama comes back her dress is filthy and dirty from the hiding that she did from the hutu army. One can infer that mama had to go into the ground hide in bushes and dodge them as quickly as possible. "She acts dumb, bewitched, like a goat that the neighborhood children fed sorghum beer"(337 Akpan). This quote exemplify that mama must be physically drained from the exhausting of running. Having to run and hide and see the other Tutsi people die must have traumatized her. She must be weak and hungry with no energy left in her to be mobile.
    The Arther seems to be foreshadowing the house as a symbol of faith and hope for the Tutsi people existence. The roof of the house is a example of the Tutsi population, because they were dying by the dozen each and everyday. One can also infer the weight of the collapse to be the burden of stress and fear and death that rise before them. "I cry with the ceiling people until my voice cracks and my tongue dries up"(351 Akpan). This quote is a great metaphor because the people in the ceilings are dead but the cause of there death is the rage of another humans hand which is sad and depressing. She cries along the dead because she fears as if she will be silently crying with them as well. She cries until she cannot cry anymore, in fact she cries until her tongue dries and and voice is gone like the dead people in the ceiling.
  Overall the Tutsi are in need of help and of the moment no one are hearing there roars of help. The Tutsi people are becoming more antic with there strategy and having them respond to the Hutu as saying you are one of them. It is a depressing factor knowing little children women and Innocent men life are being taken away because what they are. And being killed by mercenaries puts the topping on the cake of this horrible situation.

Bedroom hw

Sight: There was darkness, shattered windows, torn up furniture and a candle for light.

Sound: There were sounds of packs of men searching for something, screams from a young girl and banging from tossing furniture.

Smell: They smelled fear in the air.

Textures: The old mans hair looked as if it was not combed for years and he had no teeth in his mouth.

9/11 Oh No :O

During this powerful read I have came to a conclusion that they made the wrong decision when it came to rescuing the old woman. In the story they seem to be rushing due to the remaining bodies that were trapped and hidden. Feeling compelled to the stakes at hand he thought of a decision that would be faster to get the old women out. Rescuing the women seemed to have been slowing down the process. The workers worked in a frantic pace that did not give them time to actually think things through due to the chaos of the city and to help the reader indicate that is when he states "There were so many more we needed to save and this one body was slowing us down terribly"(Rieckhoff 2). This one body could have been saved if the workers had a clear mind and head and actually tried to get the women out using machines. When attempting to save someone during a collapse, things will be difficult and time will be needed to go about things in the right procedure. Again he made the wrong decision and he should of came up with a better strategy into saving her.
    I was in a different but difficult situation that happen recently when I had to make a decision on whether or not I should have two jobs or keep the job I have. Last month in august I decided to have another job doing security, I'm currently already working in retail but I needed the extra money so I filled out a job application online for a company securitas and got a interview that next week. I went in for the interview and the interviewer liked me and booked me a interview for the children museum. I was then in phrase two of the interview process where I would be interviewed by another person on the job site. I got the job after I was finished being interviewed but I had to make a decision on wanting to take it due to the hours they only provided. They wanted me to work a overnight shift on Friday and Saturday 11-7A.M I had no problem doing it but I have school on Saturday at 12pm and I thought about my mental health and physical being. I needed the extra money but I had turned it down, and now I regret it.

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