Characters
The young man who helps out at the Club.
Who is Ian Blackburn?
Setting of the novel: city that the novel took place in.
What is Toronto?
This term refers to deliberate and methodical killings of civilians.
What is genocide?
This literary device is used to show the reader something that happened in the past.
What is a flashback?
The class Ian is taking that requires him to do community service.
What is civics?
The real name of Sarge.
Who is Jacques?
What is Rwanda?
How many people died in the 100 days of the Rwandan Genocide?
This term refers to figurative language used to create pictures for the reader.
What is imagery?
The name of the boy who finally put a face to the victims of Rwanda for Ian.
Who is Jacob?
She survived a civil war in her home country.
Who is Berta?
Berta's home country.
What is Guatemala?
The tragic event that resulted in Hitler's systematic murder of 6 million Jewish people.
What is the Holocaust?
Self vs. Self is an example of this literary term.
What is conflict?
The mental illness that Jacques was diagnosed with.
What is Post-traumatic distress order?
He has committed to helping people in his city.
Who is Mac?
Ian's nationality.
What is Canadian?
The people who were taken/killed during the Guatemalan Civil War are often referred to by this term.
What is the disappeared?
This is a literary device that indirectly or implicitly references an event, person or historical text that it is assumed the reader will understand.
What is an allusion?
A disease that is defined as a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences.
What is addiction?
This man runs an orphanage to help children.
Who is Eduardo?
Place where Jacques is heading at the end of the novel.
What is the west coast?
1.7 million people or 20% of the population were killed in a genocide in this country.
What is Cambodia?
This literary term is evident in Jacques' mental health and the shattered bottle.
What is a metaphor?
The author of the following quote: "One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic."
Who is Joseph Stalin?