The passage brings out the important themes from Peter Balakian’s “Reading a Skeleton,” The Black Dog of Fate (1997), which covers the overview of the Armenian Genocide and the effect of that genocide on those who survived it. The quote reveals how during Peter’s journey through life, he discovers his heritage and fate of his people, the Armenians. He was able to piece together his family history just like how he expresses how the words like pieces of bone which briefly explains the history which he was able to reveal the words hidden behind the untold secrets of the Armenian Genocide. He also expresses his “loss” feeling after he understands the history of his people, the Armenians. Peter has hope that one day, the people of Armenian would
