Cont. Heroism - Rite of Passage

This poem represented heroism from the small host of the story but before that it presented a violent side of children that has grown only worse in the passing years. It is scary to see seven or six year old boys talking about how simply they could kill a two year old child or even a seven year old child threatening a six year old. To make the violence even more disturbing is the fact the situation was diverted by concentrating this anger away from the current guests to someone much younger and weaker. This is seen in today’s politics with wars going on in Africa that many Americans do not look into. Many of the Somalian warlords in Africa grouped together to try and annihilate the Isalmists in 2006. Although this boy’s thinking of bringing peace to the group saved the party he did not resolve any resentment. Is that not the same thing that these warlords are doing? They are giving to their own people and finding peace within the group but at a price of enlarging a war.