My initial reaction to the article on Burma was shock and sadness, I did not know places like this still existed. Secondly I thought, wow I'm sheltered. I tried hard to put myself in the place of the civilians; the poverty, the oppression, the torture. The Orwell piece really helped with envisioning this. The person in "The Hanging" was describing waiting in line for death like waiting in line for lunch. With all that being said I would like to think that I relate most to Aung San Suu Kyi. The heroic woman that comes in to save the day by adding peace and tranquility to an ugly situation like only a woman can. I was most interested in finding what became of Aung. I found that she finally was released from house arrest and won the election in
