(pg. 315) Julian, the ER attendant, has finally got him back in the MRI. On the way back they converse and have a conversation, and Valentino mentions him getting robbed and the police taking a lifetime to get to his apartment. He learns that Julian has also been attacked in a similar way except the situation was a bit different. As in Julian attacked his two oppressors violently. "I put my knee on his chest, took the gun and played with him for a few minutes. Put the gun in his mouth, all that. He pissed his pants." (Eggers 315) He is not quite the peaceful soul his medical uniform would suggest. Well, hopefully it gave comfort to Valentino that it took the cops forty-five minutes to get to Julian's scene. So it was nothing personal against Valentino.
(pg. 320) The thing about leaders is everyone thinks the leader can solve everything, and when the don't everyone blames them entirely. Garang, a very educated man who was entirely in charge of the new southern Sudan, had every one's faith and complete trust. Except what if he can't deliver? Same thing happened with Mary, the leader of the Lost Boys Foundation. Everyone blamed her for their problems. Also look at our own President! He is blamed for everything going wrong with the country.
[Relient K, Maybe it's Maybeline: America's gone down the drain, the president's fault again?]
(pg. 323) What John Garang really wants is more SPLA soldiers. He speaks to hundreds of 
young boys and he knows exactly what to say to make them want to join the army. You know why boys just play Halo and wrestle each other all day! The like action and violence! So Moses wants to join the army and go train. Except how old is he know? 11? "I was too young, I believed, and thus Moses was too young, too." (Eggers 323) How right you are, Achak! It reminds me of the Spartans who were born to fight and die. All the boys went straight to training to become a soldier, and they produced the best soldiers in the Greek world. Except what kind of life would that lead? Though I haven't seen the movie 300, didn't all the Spartans die? All those super-buff bodies were airbrushed...
young boys and he knows exactly what to say to make them want to join the army. You know why boys just play Halo and wrestle each other all day! The like action and violence! So Moses wants to join the army and go train. Except how old is he know? 11? "I was too young, I believed, and thus Moses was too young, too." (Eggers 323) How right you are, Achak! It reminds me of the Spartans who were born to fight and die. All the boys went straight to training to become a soldier, and they produced the best soldiers in the Greek world. Except what kind of life would that lead? Though I haven't seen the movie 300, didn't all the Spartans die? All those super-buff bodies were airbrushed...(pg. 331) "-The United States has invaded Kuwait and Iraq!" (Eggers 331) It's amazing how news from our world can travel all the way to a refugee camp in Pinyudo, Ethiopia and cause such excitement. This piece of news brought hope to 
the camp. "-They're rescuing Kuwait from Saddam Hussein!... They'll get rid of Hussein!" (Eggers 331) Not quite, but we will eventually. We will find him in a spider hole with a bunch of Doritos, wasn't it? I remember when they found him there, it was pretty amusing because he looked like a caveman. I also remember one time in 4th grade I think, after September 11th, my friends and I had to do some sort of newspaper project and we found an ad with Osama Bin Laden's face on it. It was an FBI thing probably, and it said if anyone had information to call this number and we would get a large reward. Well after coloring on his face with markers we spent a good amount of time thinking of what would happened if we did call the number, because of course we wanted money. We were bad 4th graders.
the camp. "-They're rescuing Kuwait from Saddam Hussein!... They'll get rid of Hussein!" (Eggers 331) Not quite, but we will eventually. We will find him in a spider hole with a bunch of Doritos, wasn't it? I remember when they found him there, it was pretty amusing because he looked like a caveman. I also remember one time in 4th grade I think, after September 11th, my friends and I had to do some sort of newspaper project and we found an ad with Osama Bin Laden's face on it. It was an FBI thing probably, and it said if anyone had information to call this number and we would get a large reward. Well after coloring on his face with markers we spent a good amount of time thinking of what would happened if we did call the number, because of course we wanted money. We were bad 4th graders.(pg. 334) SPLA officers have brought captives, who apparently betrayed the army among other offenses, to be executed before all the people of Pinyudo. Suprisingly one captive bursts out, "-We did nothing! We raped no one! This is a cover up!" (Eggers 334), leading to other outbursts from other prisoners. Then an important SPLA official gives a speech that sways the audience back to their side after these outbursts caught them off guard. "-See these men lie to you, Seeds of a new Sudan! They are shameless. They lie to us, they lie to us all." (Eggers 334) This convinces the people that the counts against these men are right, and they deserve to be punished. This is like Antony and Brutus' speech in the play Julius Caesar. The crowd was so gullible and it was easy to make them change sides. Brutus went first and convinced them that Caesar had to be killed before he became a dictator. Then Antony spoke after and convinced the people he did not deserve to die and only did good for all of them. Good thing Antony went last otherwise things could have been switched.
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