Year Of No Rain Summary

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The setting is on the savannah in southern Sudan in 1990’s; where the Sudan is caught in the middle of a drought and a civil war. In the book, Year Of No Rain by Alice Mead. War causes all sorts of problems, survival is the biggest obstacle for Stephan, Wol and Deng. Stephen and the others are forced from their homes to avoid being taken or killed by soldiers. He and his friends must survive the dry weather, no food and the soldiers. In the savannah of South Sudan, the Sudanese civil war was the event that made this book happen. In chapter six Stephen’s mom called him in from the cows. She was packing his belongings when he arrived. He didn’t understand what was happening. Naomi explained, “I went to the well, there was an explosion. I heard …show more content…
Now 110 were killed in a village attacked precisely while its young men had gathered elsewhere.” Also, in the book, chapter 8, Stephen finds his village is destroyed and most of the people are gone, killed or taken by the soldiers. There was nothing left but a few huts and some spilled grain. Turning to an article in the New York Times, Refugees From Sudan …show more content…
First of all, Peter wants to marry Stephen’s sister Naomi and on page 15 Stephen says, “But forcing Naomi to marry old Peter was unthinkable.” This shows Stephen is protective and caring toward Naomi, his sister. Next on pg 9 Peter said “Maybe the person who did this to me is the person who wants to offer a bride price for Naomi himself!” This shows, Peter is jealous and manipulating. Last Peter thought the boys let his cows go so he wouldn't have the cows to offer for Naomi. “Stephen knew this wasn’t true because Stephen did not let the cows out” This shows, Peter got angry about his cows getting out and blamed the boys even though they were innocent. How small these conflicting points of view are in the beginning of the book, as compared to last part of the book when the boys are displaced from their homes. Furthermore, this conflict has changed the character of
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