MBM: Chapter 1

So in chapter one the author introduces himself, and how he is in Haiti in order to report the military activities of U.S. troops and misgivings of the country. He describes the poorness of both its people and economy, and how poor their living conditions are. He then introduces Captain Caroll, the assigned leader of the eight military men stationed within Mirebalais. He also continues on to tell us that their has been a recent assassination of the assistant mayor and the alleged killer to be a man of the Junta army. Kidder then introduces the main protagonist of the story, Dr. Paul Farmer, who he describes as a fragile yet headstrong man. He starts talking with the doctor and as he starts learning more about him gathers more support for his belief that the doctor can make a difference and bring faith towards rebuilding Haiti.