Journal 6- Jeremy

1.  I would say, Esther. She really is someone I would like to talk to, purely to depict her brain. While woman tend to be more emotional by nature, like how she cried when Ishmael told the stories and giving the implications that she has to care for multiple people, the burden she carries to be what her name means. Why does she do what she does? But like I've stated before to further my understanding of the known universe.

2. When it comes to Ishmael's rehabilitation it doesn't really surprise me, I would say anyone old enough in this day and age knows what rehab means for someone. Then when you take into the fact what your trying to undo is the brainwashing, it is very easy to see that the focus is on the psychological part. Leading to the result of not being surprised. I knew it would work out for him because if it hadn't he would never have been able to write as an American author, he would become a data point in someone else's book or paper. Then I find the question of is it possible redundant because the answer is, of course, yes, it's possible whether or not it happens is a different question entirely. What I think what was trying to be asked do you think he (Beah) will be rehabilitated? The answer to that is impossible without more info. Rehabilitation is defined as restoring someone to the normal or previous form. Which in this scenario is a poor way of thinking about it. You can't undo the damage done only minimize or learn to cope with it, whether that be not doing it again or learning to live with it. My point being is his PTSD a big enough problem to where it, even mildly, prevents him from functioning in society, to which only he can answer. Onto the question of would, I accept him into my neighborhood is I would accept. The word accept has multiple def, whether morally or reality thus it's vague. I haven't found any public records saying he done anything wrong so I would morally and by reality accept him.

3. For me, I care more about characterization more than anything else, expect dialogue mainly because that directly affect characterization. Because in order to care for characters they need to be characterized well enough, given enough screen time and feel real enough, for you to care for them. Beah I say does this really well, obviously for some characters, I really like how you get to learn about his dad over time and the type of man he was. You see the end result for some characters, not always explicitly mentioned but it's there. I as a person who dabbles in the art of characterization am constantly doubting whether or not the characters I create or possible to care for so something like this is just another way for me to build my understanding of characterization.

4.  One of the few passages that struck me was this " Even though I am still alive, I feel like each time I accept death, part of me dies...It will be quieter than I am" (Beah 70). Given the context of his sister to adds value for me and the reality of what a broken person looks likes/acts like. An easy reminder of what true despair is. A point to remember how good I have it. This quote won't leave me for a while.