Greg Campbell's Story Of What Happens In Sierra Leone

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The story behind what Greg Campbell tells of what happens in Sierra Leone is an incredible story of how everything happens with blood diamonds. I found that it made me happier with the way Greg Campbell wrote the book with how the style of writing he did. I personally agreed on the way Greg Campbell presented his story and put pictures in your head help me more agree and disagree with the message he was trying to get through. “Someone, perhaps a benevolent villager risking the loss of his or her own arms or legs, dragged Dalramy into a hut and cinched off the blood flow with string tourniquets and torn cloth”This quote puts the picture of how the person went through and puts the picture of his or her arms or legs getting cut off and shows how

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