Essay - This Paper Presents a Detailed Examination of Two Different Books;...

This paper presents a detailed examination of two different books; The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War by: Mark Danner and The Farming of Bones by: Edwidge Danticat. ***** writer compares the two books and the plots with a focus on the massacres ********** as well as their consequences. The writer uses two sources, the books, to complete this paper.

Throughout history authors of literature have used their works to prove a point or send a mess*****ge ***** ***** readers. Sometimes the message is put out there with a bluntness that cannot be ign*****ed, and other times it ***** a more subtle undert*****king in which the reader is led to the conclusion *****out knowing they are being led there. Regardless of the way ***** author chooses to address the important points and messages if they do ***** with finesse the book becomes a solid piece of literature. Two classic examples ***** authors using ********** talent to do this ***** The Massacre at ***** Mozote: A Parable of the ***** War by: Mark ***** ***** ***** Farming of Bones by: Edwidge Dantic*****. In each of these ***** the authors provide a ***** picture ***** a m*****ssacre. Each story lays out the events in graphic presentation that ***** be ignored or shoved aside.

***** each book the author provides the reader with a front row view of ***** horrors that were endured as the massacres unfolded and were carried out. Each book tells a similar story ***** ***** people ***** brutally murdered, yet each story has differences that set ********** apart from ***** *****.

In Danner's depiction of the massacres ***** occurred in El Mozote were described in graphic detail. Danner pa*****stakingly reconstructs the events leading to and during the massacre. The December 1981 event is put toge*****r in ***** account with moment by moment ***** as well as general information. Over 750 men, wo***** and kids ***** ***** during th***** event. This book discusses the cause of ***** massacre ***** leads the reader to understand it was a control issue over the religious faith of those who died. The Christian majority in this area were not openly rebellious according to Danner, but instead were quiet and diligent in their support ***** liberation.

***** ***** began with brutality at first. There were rapes, tortures and the abuse of children at ***** hands of those ***** would eventually commit the murders. The abuse lasted several days and ***** discusses the fear and panic that must have gone through the minds of ***** who suffered at ***** *****.

The escape of ***** of the victims before the massacre ***** caused the world to hear ab***** wh***** had ***** and the ***** attempts to rile ***** American public to the anger he felt at the refusal ***** ***** ***** g*****nment to acknowledge the horrors visited upon those who suffered. The book details many of the horrors as ***** as the blind eye by the American government so that the reader will