MBM Ch.11

Upon scrolling through the different posts I noticed that some of the class chose to reflect on chapter 11's violence. In particular I feel like what I read on pages 112-113 is an image I will forever associate whenever I hear about the Haitian Junta. A visual disturbingly graphic and more gruesome than any fiction book I've ever read, the realization that this account is real is scary. It's honestly made me feel grief for the people in Haiti who are so oppressed that at the action of even saying a meaningless complaint about the road could lead to punishment by acts of torture. What stuns me is Dr. Paul Farmer's bravery. When he saw that bloodied and beaten beyond recognition corpse he had all the reason to flee Haiti and evade the likelihood of having to witness this brutality again or possibly even let it happen to him. Not many people can just stand their ground after seeing an atrocity such that happened to Chouchou Louis.

"Chouchou's back and thighs were striped with deep lash marks. His buttocks were hideously macerated, his skin flayed down exposed gluteal muscles. Many of these stigmata appeared to infected.