After the Khmer Rouge takes over the city of Phnom Penh in 1975‚ the Ung family struggles to stay together. Days go by without food and rest‚ making it hard to stay strong while traveling. Over the course of several years‚ the family becomes separated and several members die‚ leaving Loung Ung to question the concept of her family. From Loung’s perspective in her memoir‚ “First They Killed My Father”‚ her family is vital although they are forced to separate and start new lives. However‚ after all
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Majority rule is the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power. The Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia is a good example of a majority rule government. During the Cambodian genocide‚ the Khmer Rouge and their notorious leader‚ Pol Pot‚ represented the majority after it defeated the Lol Non government. The question is how are they considered to be the majority when most of the population of Cambodia is against them? They used fear to make the people their followers and thus controlled
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Imagine leaving everything that was once a part of your life because a new government began ruling the nation you live in. Imagine watching innocent people being taken away‚ hearing screams and gunshots‚ and knowing that these individuals have been killed without even seeing it happen. This is what living in Cambodia during the Cambodian Genocide was like. Each day‚ instead of growing larger and stronger‚ children were growing weak. As a young girl‚ Loung Ung lived through this war. Years later‚
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The Khmer Rouge with its leader Pol Pot‚ seized Cambodia in 1975. Year zero is declared‚ in effect Cambodia was isolated from the rest of the world‚ and cities‚ money‚ private property and religion were abolished. In hopes of making Cambodia become an agrarian utopia‚ Khmer Rouge forced the people who lives in the cities of Phnom Pehn and Battambang to leave their homes and were dictated to work in the labor camps‚ where people are abused and executed. About 2 million people died during their reign
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Loung Ung-the author- is an average middle-class five year old. She has three older brothers‚ two older sisters and a younger sister. Her parents “ma” and “pa” have been married since they were teenagers. On April 17‚ 1975 the Ung’s life style would be changed for the rest of their lives‚ when the Khmer Rouge soldiers arrive in the family’s village. The soldiers quickly move all the families out of the village telling them to pack very little. Loung soon finds herself on an overcrowded truck with
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“I wanted to die so I didn’t have to face it. But I knew I had to keep going” (Ty). This is from a survivor of the tragic Cambodian genocide that is explained by Loung Ung in her novel First They Killed My Father. The story goes in depth of her struggles during the genocide being only the age of 5. She puts on a display of strength and perseverance during her journey as a victim of the Khmer Rouge. In the book‚ First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung‚ Ung explores the idea of composure to develop
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“There is such hate and rage inside me now that I know I have the power to destroy and kill.” Do you think Loung’s hate and rage made her strong in the face of adversity? Discuss. The novel‚ First They Killed My Father‚ written by and told from the perspective of Loung Ung‚ is a chilling tale of a disturbed childhood‚ where the impact and influence of the communist government‚ the Khmer Rouge‚ fuels the anger and perpetual loathing of the regime which she claims to be the sole reason of the separation
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There is a reason horror films are rated R. While people may want to see the terror‚ killing‚ crime‚ violence and blood‚ there is a sense of revulsion underlying it. It is even more so when movies are based on true stories. While the movie itself is entertaining‚ somewhere deep inside there is a sense of wrongness. The movie “The Killing Fields” is one of these. Directed by Roland Joffe‚ a London born producer‚ the movie is compelling‚ drawing the viewers into the story and into the lives of the
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In “The Killing Fields”‚ totalitarian rule is demonstrated countless times throughout the course of the movie. Totalitarian rule is a type of dictatorship where usually one person rules the state and strives to control every aspect of his or her citizen’s private and public life. The type of government that uses totalitarian rule is a dictatorship because totalitarian rulers take power by force and there is a single lone person in charge. Totalitarian leaders maintain their power by strong propaganda
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Tamika Borschman Semester Two Outcome One (Major Assessment) The Killing Fields Were Inevitable (1. What were the happenings proceeding the event of the Killing Fields?) During the last three decades‚ Cambodia has suffered through war‚ political disorder and genocide. On April 17th 1975 after winning the civil war‚ the Khmer Rouge gained the control of the Phnom Penh. This communist guerrilla group led by Pol Pot would cause unimaginable devastation and misery throughout Cambodia
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