"And so we have misfortune, we have a war. It is an unjust, dirty, hooliganish war in which all methods are allowed-whatever it takes to knockout the opponent and gain control..." (pg 130). This war was happening in Nigeria on January 1996, a war which didnt had restricitons, nor limits. From this point on, my reading experience just grew 100%, not only I learned new facts about Africa and the world, but travled into Kapuscinski's time and lived his moments as he passed the roadblocks. ON every roadbock that he described, I felt more terrified, shocked and with mor interest to keep reading and know whats coming on the next paragraph or page. "No white man can come back alive. I was driving to see if a white man could, becasue I had to experience everything for myself." (pg 140).
A really interesting topic that catched my attention also was that the narrator talks about "perspiration." It is said that perspiration in the tropics is, if you will, healthy. Whoever perspires can bear the climate. It wont wear him out." (pg 138). To perspire you need to drink alot, juices, soft drinks, and a little alcohol do you some good to. This is like a little key to keep alive on the tropic, some times polite modest or even humble people in Europe fall into rage easily, this is because Africa is like a different world .
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This is a good start. I think you choose important moments and make valid interpretations. We talked about some of these things in class today. I would like to see further development, using more text.
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