Tears Of The Desert

The theme for Halima Bashir’s story Tears of the Desert : Survival in Darfur is “How are we shaped by society?”, society does not shape us, or who we are what so ever, I will prove this by using real life event s from this story.
Firstly, in the story Halima belongs to a culture called Zagawha, they live in a small village in Darfur where everyone knows about everything, everyone follows the same rules. Halima despite what the society of her culture says goes to school in a Arab village where they are not fond of blacks, when Halima returns she is treated differently by her village, they say she strayed from their society and culture. Halima did not let this effect her she continued to school in the Arab village and get a better education and she later becomes a doctor. This proves that despite what everyone in her society thinks she wanted to do what was best for her, this is showing that society does not shape our opinions on what is best for ourselves.
Secondly, after Halima has graduated she takes a job as a doctor in the Arab village. One day the government goes to a school of girls and rapes, and assaults every child. The children are taken to Halima for her to look after them, in her society it is wrong to even tough a girl who has been violated in such way, but Halima forgets all about that uses all of her supplies, and stiches up every child. Two reporters from the United States come and ask her to give them a report on it, Halima would be killed and assaulted by her government if she gave out that information, but she does it anyways to alert the united states about what has been happening in her country. This is another proof of how culture, and society don’t stop us from doing the right thing.
Lastly, Halima leaves her Arab village to return home knowing that the government will be after her, after about a week of being home the government finds her and they destroy her village and kill her father, and despite all of this when her society gave