During and after the war many people had seen women,men, and children slaughtered in front of them, as you can imagine this was not easy for anyone and cause a lot of post traumatic stress among the people. On page 190 a man says “tell Mr.Clinton about two brothers...my pain”, the man was full of short words but had clearly seen some of the worst acts during the Bosnian war. The muslim people had been through hell and for many this showed, it forced many into a primal survivalist mentality, which helped with survival of thousands. This primalistic survival mentality is shown on page 19 when a man speaking to Joe sacco becomes defensive and says “American man thinks bosnia man is primitive”in an agitated tone, this type of reaction was no surprise
