![]() ![]() We then learn about the genocide in particular. ![]() She tells which humans helped him and how, including the Rwandans who looked on him with sympathy and hid him from the army, and in America as well, when people helped him get on his feet. She describes Deo's conviction that without the help of kind strangers, he would have died. She says that only by meeting real people and understanding their pain can someone really appreciate the truth of a historical event. Kidder details meeting Deo and learning the story of his survival and escape from certain death, and the story of his life as a refugee and immigrant. As an immigrant in New York, life was difficult, but in Rwanda, his life was shaped by racism in Rwanda and the horrors of mass ethnic genocide. We learn more about him as a person and about his experience in Rwanda. Deo begins thinking of the past, and then there is a flashback to his arrival in New York City. We meet Deo traveling with the author, Tracy Kidder, through the sites of the genocide. ![]() This nonfiction book follows the story of a man named Deogratias, or Deo for short, a Burundian man who survived the Rwandan genocide in the 1990's. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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