People fight against each other for survivor. As I mentioned in the last post about global warming as one of the causes of the Darfur crisis, Arab and Africans in Darfur started to fight due to survival; the precarious situation they face incites competition between one another which leads to hostility that triggers the war. Before the global warming, however, when both of them enjoyed great affluence from stability, hospitality took enmity's place. Even though survival could be a significant factor which brings violence and abuse, it does not necessarily affect all people in the same condition; the Lost Boys in "They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky" manage to protect their hopes. They somehow always find optimistic aspects in their lives everyday. Especially, Alepho's appreciation of his colorful blanket surprises me every time I read about him. How can anyone possibly thank for a piece of blanket, when they have to run away from genocide and abuse everyday without family or food or water?
Some other boys, however, lose their hope and identity in the most treacherous violence. In "They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky", the group of boys start to fight against each other because"they'd seen a lot of killing and they also wanted to kill" (Deng 127). What are the differences between the boys who yield violence and boys who do not? What makes those boys more susceptible to violence? I cannot say I know answers to those questions, but as far as I know, I think it really depends on one's personality and their tenacity to protect their hope. Benson, Alepho and Benjamin were not any different from other boys who chose to fight. They starved when other boys starved and experienced the same terror other boys experienced. If there is one thing different about them, it would be the fact that they somehow managed to protect their hope in the realm of the most abominable terror.
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