The book that we've read as a class, Of Beetles and Angels is about generally the same topic as my chosen article of the week. Both the book, and my article went into detail on refugee issues and big, awful occurrences forcing citizens of their country to flee and seek refuge somewhere else. However, while the book told the story of a family during the Sudanese refugee incident during the Ethiopian civil war, while the article discussed the more current Syrian refugee crisis. Both authors, the article's author and the book's, give their stories and facts several details, specific information, quotes, and dates for public readers to refer to, as to better understand the topic.
Specific individuals and groups are mentioned and explained in both the book and article. Many are very similar to each other, considering the situations are somewhat alike. However, others don't correlate at all. For example, in Of Beetles and Angels, the World Relief Program plays a big part in the story, and in the article, Leonard Doyle is a representing member of the International Organization for migration. Both of these organizations are systems that are doing their best to prevent, solve, or lessen the impact of these refugee disasters. I can see this evidence in the book on page 16 when the author states, "World Relief agreed to work with a family of five, not a family of six. They agreed to bring you now, not later,..." The article mentions the thousands of families of refugees that are attempting national transitions. The book is literally written and told by Mawi Asgedom, who was part of a family making a very similar trip, and he's talking about his family the entire time. This journey is shown in the article when the author said, "...tens of thousands more have already travelled into the continent. Borders are being sealed with bewildering speed, as columns of desperate people move from country to country in their attempt to find a haven.
I also compared the book and the article by studying the ideas or messages portrayed through their work. Despite the fact that both pieces are about quite similar issues, the book invokes a somewhat different or separate connotation than the article. Mawi elaborates on the good that came out of the awful time he spent as a child, in a refugee camp, and describes how you can turn something really small into something great, whereas the article is basically presenting a possible solution to the problem, describing how awful the conditions are in refugee camps, and providing the staggering statistics of misplaced citizens and refugees. The author of the article shows the viewpoints of certain individuals and groups, and explains how they believe complete chaos will continue until the problem is solved in a certain way. You can see this in the article when the author provides the quote of, "You need a period when you take big numbers and settle down, then people feel some kind of moral settlement,' Moraes said. "Until you do that, chaos reigns." One of the book's positive messages is that forgiveness is key to success. This is shown when Mawi said, "How can I feel ill will toward Ahferom when I know that soon after, he joined one of the Ethiopian Liberation movements?" He was showing how he has forgiven his childhood bully and that taught him a valuable lesson and helped him achieve great things in life.
Specific individuals and groups are mentioned and explained in both the book and article. Many are very similar to each other, considering the situations are somewhat alike. However, others don't correlate at all. For example, in Of Beetles and Angels, the World Relief Program plays a big part in the story, and in the article, Leonard Doyle is a representing member of the International Organization for migration. Both of these organizations are systems that are doing their best to prevent, solve, or lessen the impact of these refugee disasters. I can see this evidence in the book on page 16 when the author states, "World Relief agreed to work with a family of five, not a family of six. They agreed to bring you now, not later,..." The article mentions the thousands of families of refugees that are attempting national transitions. The book is literally written and told by Mawi Asgedom, who was part of a family making a very similar trip, and he's talking about his family the entire time. This journey is shown in the article when the author said, "...tens of thousands more have already travelled into the continent. Borders are being sealed with bewildering speed, as columns of desperate people move from country to country in their attempt to find a haven.
I also compared the book and the article by studying the ideas or messages portrayed through their work. Despite the fact that both pieces are about quite similar issues, the book invokes a somewhat different or separate connotation than the article. Mawi elaborates on the good that came out of the awful time he spent as a child, in a refugee camp, and describes how you can turn something really small into something great, whereas the article is basically presenting a possible solution to the problem, describing how awful the conditions are in refugee camps, and providing the staggering statistics of misplaced citizens and refugees. The author of the article shows the viewpoints of certain individuals and groups, and explains how they believe complete chaos will continue until the problem is solved in a certain way. You can see this in the article when the author provides the quote of, "You need a period when you take big numbers and settle down, then people feel some kind of moral settlement,' Moraes said. "Until you do that, chaos reigns." One of the book's positive messages is that forgiveness is key to success. This is shown when Mawi said, "How can I feel ill will toward Ahferom when I know that soon after, he joined one of the Ethiopian Liberation movements?" He was showing how he has forgiven his childhood bully and that taught him a valuable lesson and helped him achieve great things in life.
Sam - Where is your last paragraph on how war affects individuals and society? In your last paragraph you mention how the book and article invoke different connotations. What is the connotation for the article? You mention 'a possible solution' but fail to mention the connotation associated with the article. You bring up interesting points.
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