Every Man in this Village is a Liar- Chapter Summaries
Every Man in this Village is a Liar
Prologue
In this chapter Stack describes the effects of conflict on the lives of both people who have experienced war and people who have not experienced war. Stack provides an example in the form of her relative, John a former American marine. John was sent to Beirut to combat the Hezbollah and whilst fighting there he experienced the true nature of war. He returned later however “he wasn’t all right”. He committed suicide due to the effects of war and the conflicts that he experienced. Thus Stack came to the conclusion that after being in a war zone, “you could survive and not survive, both at the same time”; she realises that you can mentally die from war but physically survive. War places a strain on the minds of people and breaks it down. Additionally, Stack states that after her travels in various warzones; she had aged not just physically, but mentally due to the conflicts that she experienced. She further comes to the realisation that the United States created the war on terror and that terror itself if essentially created by the media. This terror creates fear in normal civilians and it is what causes America and the other western countries to be on one side and all other countries to be on another side.
Every Man in this Village is a Liar
Conflict is seen repeatedly throughout this chapter. Firstly, Stack is shown to have an emotional conflict with a warlord named Mohammed Zaman. Although portrayed as a minor conflict, Zaman is seen to have feelings for Stack which Stack does not reciprocate; thus this creates a certain awkwardness between the two of them. The major conflict seen in this chapter is the American’s hunt for Osama Bin Laden. “Planes thundered past every day” bombing the mountainous area of Tora Bora, to eliminate the remains of Al Qaeda. However this proved unsuccessful as Bin Laden was neither found nor killed. An additional conflict arose when the bomber planes accidently killed people loyal to
Prologue
In this chapter Stack describes the effects of conflict on the lives of both people who have experienced war and people who have not experienced war. Stack provides an example in the form of her relative, John a former American marine. John was sent to Beirut to combat the Hezbollah and whilst fighting there he experienced the true nature of war. He returned later however “he wasn’t all right”. He committed suicide due to the effects of war and the conflicts that he experienced. Thus Stack came to the conclusion that after being in a war zone, “you could survive and not survive, both at the same time”; she realises that you can mentally die from war but physically survive. War places a strain on the minds of people and breaks it down. Additionally, Stack states that after her travels in various warzones; she had aged not just physically, but mentally due to the conflicts that she experienced. She further comes to the realisation that the United States created the war on terror and that terror itself if essentially created by the media. This terror creates fear in normal civilians and it is what causes America and the other western countries to be on one side and all other countries to be on another side.
Every Man in this Village is a Liar
Conflict is seen repeatedly throughout this chapter. Firstly, Stack is shown to have an emotional conflict with a warlord named Mohammed Zaman. Although portrayed as a minor conflict, Zaman is seen to have feelings for Stack which Stack does not reciprocate; thus this creates a certain awkwardness between the two of them. The major conflict seen in this chapter is the American’s hunt for Osama Bin Laden. “Planes thundered past every day” bombing the mountainous area of Tora Bora, to eliminate the remains of Al Qaeda. However this proved unsuccessful as Bin Laden was neither found nor killed. An additional conflict arose when the bomber planes accidently killed people loyal to