1. Suffering After War

2. Critical Lens The political conflict in Afghanistan and Rwanda. Afghanistan Rwanda

3. Author’s Bias on the Conflict Bias against the Taliban Sunni against the Shiites Doesn’t like the Russians Afghanistan was perfect society (before Taliban)

4. Our Bias (before the book) Every one in Afghanistan was a part of the Taliban The Taliban were bad

5. Our Bias (after the book) The Taliban is evil Afghanistan was filled with mostly innocent people People were poor (less opportunities) Couldn’t get jobs or homes Women were not allow to stay out in the public without a male relative

6. Conflict in Novel The Sunnis against the Shi’ites -The Taliban take “Hazaras” as lower classes. The Taliban controls Afghanistan -Taliban makes the law. -Women could not work. -Taliban take all the money and food from the Afghanis.

7. Conflict Continues Law is unclear - It was difficult to adopt kids from Afghanistan People suffering -no jobs -no food -no money

8. Taliban

9. Conflict in Rwanda The Hutu is against the Tutsi -Belgians led the feeling of dominance between the Hutu and the Tutsi -Led to Civil War in Rwanda -the Hutu attempted to murder the entire Tutsi population -Hutu 85% and Tutsi 14%

10. Conflict Continues People Suffering -no school -no hospital -no water -no electricity -government were functioning

11. Patterns/ Similarities The Taliban would be the Hutu in Rwanda. They both are suffering after the war. Took power by the stronger groups Having a hard time making the living Divided into 2 groups

12. Hutu

13. Patterns/Differences The 2 ethnic groups in Rwanda have disagreements between the majority Hutus and minority Tutsis NO lower / higher classes in Rwanda NO laws against women to get a job

14. Tutsi