‘I heard the killers call my name. … “She’s here… we know she’s here somewhere…Find her—find Immaculeé.” There were many voices, many killers.’ Immaculeé Ilibagiza is a genocide survivor. This book is not about historical facts, but her true story. Viktor E. Frankl’s Left to tell frightened readers with terrible genocide and lively describe of situation that Immaculeé had to go through without her family.
In Rwanda, there are two tributes, Tutsi, and Hutu. Hutu was the majority population of Rwanda and against Tutsi, in favor of themselves. Two tributes had an impression each other. Eventually, the akaz u, known as members of the core political elite, planned the genocide, called Rwandan Genocide. Perpetrators came from the ranks of the Rwandan army, the National Police, government-backed militias and the Hutu civilian population. During the approximate 100-day period from April 7, 1994 to mid-July, an estimated 500,000 ~ 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, constituting as much as 20% of the country's total population and 70% of the Tutsi then living in Rwanda. Immaculeé did not know about these historical facts because her parents did not want her to be aware of these and…show more content… ‘He loves me and wouldn’t fill me with fear. He will not abandon me. He will not let me die cowering on a bathroom floor. He will not let me die in shame!’ Some readers might have testimonies about God’s miracles and entire book makes readers to remember testimonies those are personal experiences. Besides, one of the interesting things is each sentence is short and readers feel like Immaculeé is right next to readers and tells what she experienced. For instance, ‘I was born in paradise. At least, that’s how I felt about my homeland while I was growing up.’ It makes readers to be focused at story, to be interesting; also, even those who are learning English can read easily because words are not greatly
