"The Rwanda Girl Who Refused To Die," and "Children of the Genocide."

In the article, "The Rwanda Girl Who Refused To Die,"  the author re-counts her interactions with a young girl that had the horrible misfortune of seeing and experiencing the Genocide.  I think the author did a very good job at telling the story as if she were just talking to you, the reader.  She used words such as brutality and evil, as well as terrifying, killing and hatred to express the utter devastation of the Genocide.  The author integrated imagery into the article by using actual experiences from the children she encountered. 
" First they asked people to hand over their money, saying they would spare those who paid. But after taking the money they killed them anyway. then they started to throw grenades. I saw a man blown up in the air, in pieces, by a grenade. The leader said that we were snakes and that to kill snakes you had to smash their heads."
 This one quote alone shows the utter brutality of the Genocide.  Further in the article the author explains how the Genocide still affects the girl.

"The aunt told me that Valentina has a recurring dream. She imagines her mother coming in the middle of the night. They embrace and then Valentina shows her mutilated hand to her mother, saying: "Mother, look what's become of me. Look what has happened to me." And Valentina wakes up crying and sees that her mother has vanished into the darkness. Then she remembers that her mother is dead and gone forever."
The poor girl still lives with the memories of her brother and father being murdered, as well as the image of her mother laying unmoving and expressionless on the street.  This is a perfect example of how the author conveys darkness and evil.  Furthermore, she explains that the children would see their friends, and neighbors apart of the horrible killings.

Beth Macklin