1. Imagine that you were Valentina. What would you do or say if you were confronted by Bagaruka in the village after the genocide?
I would tell him to get away from me now or I'm going to get the cops over here and arrest you.
2. Put yourself in the shoes of Denis Bagaruka. How could you kill all of these innocent people? What would you have to do to create mindset that would make it possible for you to murder innocent women, men, and children?
I could not really kill all of those innocent people. I would have to be so scared of the people around me and value my life a lot. I would have to be so scared to think that if I didn't kill those people then the other people would kill me. I would have to be so selfish to think that my life was more valuable then dozens of other lives. To make myself feel better I would think to myself that if I didn't kill these people fast and painless then somebody else will surely kill them slowly and painfully.
3. What kind of punishment should Bagaruka be given?
Bagaruka should be given at the minimum a life sentence in jail. The second worst thing that would be legal would be to die from hanging, lethal injection, or the electric chair. The worst thing would be to have all the people that were affected from Bagaruka go to a room look him in there with him and let them do whatever they want.
4. Try to put yourself in Valentina's shoes. It is three years after the end of the genocide. In what ways does the genocide still impact your daily life?
I would be impacted from the scars left behind. The fact that I have basically no family members left. The memories of what I was put through would haunt me in my dreams almost every night. I would feel alone because I would be a "Tutsi" in a "Hutu" world.
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