Hutu Killers Argumentative Essay

The Hutu prisoners tell how the killings took place and how they responded to the killings that would eventually begin to consume their daily lives. The men do not have trouble recalling the very first time they killed, for several of these men had never actually killed before, including small animals that were to become their dinner. One would assume that the killing of humans would be done with a psychopathic mindset, yet these men were not psychopaths they were farmers who worked in the fields by day and returned home to their families at night. They were not killers by nature, but somehow they turned in to cold blooded killers in the blink of an eye. The men tell of their first murders in detail, such as whom and how they killed, but only …show more content…
Corrugated metal, radios, cattle, and banana groves became prized commodities for the Hutus during the killing season. Élie is quoted as saying that, “The killings had made us gossipy and greedy.” , since the men would return in the evenings and discuss how successful their day was, giving no consideration for the lives they had taken. The men were definitely considered the primary looters and prided themselves on the various possessions they were able to confiscate, but the Hutu women and children were also known to do their fair share of looting. The families were becoming infatuated with the looting of goods and began to desire things they had always wanted but could never afford to …show more content…
There are several accounts in the book that mention the actions of the intimidators in respects to the start of the genocide, and the most impactful is given by Pio who states that,” At the start of the genocide, there is a cause, a reason, and people who find it worthwhile. The cause does not drift around there by accident; it is fine-tuned by the intimidators: the desire to win the game for good.” This one statement helps to clarify why the men killed as they did. The men were nothing more than pawns in a game that were ridiculed to the point that is became easier for them to swing a machete and take the life of an innocent person than to face the same ridicule as the Tutsi they had been led to