Chapter 1

The first two pages of Mountains Beyond Mountains consisted of early introductions and already early pessimistic views of Tracy Kidder. Off the bat the setting already depicts Haiti as a poor, dirty, unorganized, unsafe area. Kidder explains how eight soldiers are supposed to protect and help 150,000 Haitian people. In my opinion, this is utter nonsense and automatically makes me and other readers think the United States doesn't care about the Haitian situation. Kidder explains one situation where Captain Carrol's men brought in a suspected Junta member that assassinated a mayor that was supposed to be on the rise back to power although they carelessly let him go due to non sufficient physical evidence. This beginning part of the chapter instantly gives off negative vibes and pessimism and also portrays the United States as selfish.