Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Letter Response

In this forum, students who asked questions will get responses from the story in the Handout. Students in this forum will respond to questions asked by students and impersonate as the person in the story. For other responses from other students, see the comments section of this post.
Here is your contribution to the forum: Letter to Tadashi Tei
Dear Tadashi,
Funny that you should ask about the government. I have to admit, the government is very cruel. So yes, I dislike their behavior. They came on various transportation: by car, by tanks, by horse, by camel, and on foot. There were so many casualties in the village. The militia group additionally burned our houses, and stole our food. We had nothing to survive the threat. Fortunately, I escaped - the battle was so terrible. Some girls and women were kidnapped; some were never seen again.
To answer your second question, the government-linked militia group attacked our village for food, our livestock, and our properties. Not only that, but the reason they attacked us is to terrify us. Maybe, they should also attack us to recruit more people in their army, acquire materials and weapons, and to expand their territory.
Finally, the relationship between our village and government, you ask, I believe that they are hostile. They just want to obtain more items for weapons, more food, and recruit more people into their army. They additionally wanted to terrorize us. The reason why they attack our village, I think I explained that before. It is just that I don't understand the government very much and they shouldn't attack any village at all. They should spend their taxes (In fact, the government has money, so why not spend them?) for the food, the weapons, and to recruit people into the army.
Thank you for asking Tadashi, this is what I believe.
Sincerely,
Mohammed