Vincent Vega
9-17-07
Vega 1

In Philip Gourevitch's, "We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We

Will Be Killed with our Families," murder does not have any feelings in it.

Gourevitch's description of the dead bodies is emotionally and physically

heartbreaking. This essay proves that sometimes you just have to do

what you are told to do.

What would you do to stay alive? The Rwandans had two simple

choices to choose from. Die, or kill. The way you felt about killing someone

did not matter when it came down to it. A year after the genocide occurred,

there were still cadavers sprawled out everywhere. "The dead look like

pictures of the dead," says Gourevitch. Ask yourself, "What kind of people

would do this?" Reading this story puts images of dead people in your head.

The story draws you into the horror by graphically telling you what has

happened. This is a good story to show how words can not only make you

imagine, but make them......

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Title: W. W. Y. D.
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