English Genocide Essay

          The stage of genocide that our group focused on in Forgotten Fire was extermination. Extermination is when the genocide has gotten far enough that the victims are just killed left an right.There is an event on page 27 that shows this. On this page, two of the older males in the family, Tavel and Darin were led to a wall and shot. They were killed without reason, except to cease the continuation of the Armenians. Another example is on page 48. On this page, Vahan and what was left of his family stopped near a river, and were told to drink. It was a trap though. He did not realize that it was, "Only when [the soldier] raised his hand over his head did [Vahan] see the rock, and then it was too late."(Bagdasarian, 2000, p. 27.) About fifty people, including Vahan's grandmother were killed. The Turkish soldiers killed the people who drank because they were just following survival instincts. In conclusion, extermination seems to be a rampant theme in this book, and will probably be the main focus.