By using a traumatic tone, Akpan and O’Brien both are able to demonstrate the impact that war has on their lives due to the certain circumstances they had no choice but to witness.
In “My Parents’ Bedroom” Monique’s parents leave her in charge of her little brother with little to none explanation as to why she is being left in such frightening circumstance. When Monique opens the door for the mob, she did not realize what was actually happening. She was scared when she saw that “others are now searching [her] home,” and when she was “[pulled] out by [her] ankles. [Pressed] down on the floor,… [pushed] up [her] nightie with the right and tears [her] underpants” (Akpan 50). For a nine year old girl having to witness people breaking into her house,
In “My Parents’ Bedroom” Monique’s parents leave her in charge of her little brother with little to none explanation as to why she is being left in such frightening circumstance. When Monique opens the door for the mob, she did not realize what was actually happening. She was scared when she saw that “others are now searching [her] home,” and when she was “[pulled] out by [her] ankles. [Pressed] down on the floor,… [pushed] up [her] nightie with the right and tears [her] underpants” (Akpan 50). For a nine year old girl having to witness people breaking into her house,