Daniel's Story

I thought it was very interesting that the war between the Handa and Ombal clan started because of a pig running into a garden and ruining all of the crops. Jared Diamond’s interview with Daniel was also very informative. Daniel explained in his interview that as children, all they heard about was killing their enemy and that they did not know any better. The way he talked about killing his enemy and getting his revenge, made me almost feel like they were brainwashed to think like this. Daniel kept mentioning about how he needed to get vengeance on the man that killed Soll, even if that meant losing his own life. Daniel said, “If I die at least I will be known as a hero.” His main goal in life was to get his revenge. After 28 years, the Handas and Ombal clans finally reached an alliance and peace agreement. But Daniel still felt a reassurance when he saw Isum in his wheel chair because Daniel knew that Isum would suffer for the rest of his life for killing Soll. Now, when something like this happens our government has their own way of solving these problems so we don’t hear about family members trying to get revenge. Although, in high school I had a friend who was shot and killed just because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I remember many of his close friends and cousins always mention that his murderer was lucky he was in jail. It’s something that many never think about but when a circumstance like this comes up I feel like a person first instinct would be to receive vengeance. It is scary to think that without our government, we could still be growing up in a world as Daniel did, trying to receive revenge against our enemies.