Analysis Of Left To Tell By Immaculee Ilibagiza

People don’t always do the evil things they do for no reason. Sometimes it how that person is raised or it is just the thing that person feels is the right thing to do. An example of this is people from the inner city. You can’t say that everyone from these types of places is bad. It could just be where they were born. They can’t change that and it shouldn’t affect what people think of them. Just like in Rwanda, the killers were born into their tribe and when they felt mistreated, they stood up for what they thought was right. In the memoir Left to Tell, written by Immaculee Ilibagiza, shown how to live according to God’s word no matter what hardships may be thrown in person’s way. Immaculée is extraordinary young women who fight for her life …show more content…
As a child Immaculee was raised in religion family, she believed in love, happiness and piece between people without segregation among them. “I was an extremely happy little girl in a happy family, living in what I thought was a happy village where people respected and card for one another.” Immaculee grew up around kind people as she thought without noticing the hate in eyes of other people. For Immaculee believing in God was natural, but she never thought that she could experience hate between people that she believe in and her faith will be under pressure. Immaculee’s thought about faith started to change when she returned from school to her parents’ house to stay over …show more content…
While Immaculee prayed so hard for God to save her in this small bathroom the voice spoke to her, “Don’t call on God, Immaculee, He knows that you’re a liar. You lie every time you pray to Him to say that you love Him. Didn’t God create us all in His image? How can you love God but hate so many of his creations?” Although, she kept on praying the voice still there, she started to understand the meaning of those words and she understood that she have to forgive and only the God can be the judge for them. Immaculee struggled forgiving and praying for killers, and she couldn’t understand why she had to forgive those who are killing Tutsis for no reason. Forgiving and praying for the people who annihilate her life, her parents, friends and people was almost impossible for her. Eventually, Immaculee start to pray for God to help her forgive those Hutu’s killers and pray for their life, so they can find the path to God’s