Reflections on Toumani Ogun

This book was very interesting in the way my thoughts and feelings fluctuated towards John Heller. I first empathized in the fact that he had to see this tragedy happen with his driver, live with the unimanagable images of walking death, and live in close proximity to Toumani. However, as the stroy began to end I just could not help feeling anger towards him. John had so much anger in him towards this situation that it destructed and hindered his new lifestlye in American country. He alienated his wife, had to sleep outside due to confinement and ultimetaly became so absorbed in his past that he just couldn't move on to build new, enlightening memories. He even made it a point to visit this evil man 2 times a day!!!! In a way Toumani won the battle. It makes me think about anger and how people hold it inside towards another for some instance that happened. The anger ultimately ends up killing the soul of the beholder. Humans are not meant to take revenge or be the deciders to what certain other human beings should go through. In the whole scheme of things, Toumani got what he had coming to him, in the instance of his son dying. Despite John interfiering. We as humans need to put this in the hands of God and let him be the punisher and judger.