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Comparing The Attack And Bel Canto

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In both novels, danger accompanies every sweet part of life due to a particular event that leads to violence, followed by fear, leaving the protagonist traumatized. Violence is the action of people that create harm for others. Terrorism and hostage is one of the acts of violence and there have been many terrorist attacks in the past years and a lot of them include suicide bombers. Terrorists can be anyone, no matter what race, age, or gender. In the novel, Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett, the terrorists who take hostage are young teenagers and two of them are girls. In the novel, The Attack, by Yasmina Khadra, the suicide bomber is a young female who appeared to be very innocent. When individuals experience an act of violence, which may put them …show more content…

Jaafari sees his wife dead, he faints. This shows that violent acts, even affects those that are not intended to, because Sihem never wanted to harm her husband. When Dr. Jaafari sees Sihem, her body was completely destroyed. Her body was so “ravaged” from her waist and below. There was nothing left of her besides her face and upper body. Sihem would’ve been happy though, because she did what she felt needed to be done, although it was wrong, and that’s why her face looked “calm” and “liberated from their suffering.” The act of violence and crime can never be justified, no matter what the reason is.

After an act of violence occurs, there’s a fear amongst everyone as to another violence occurring again. In Bel Canto, everyone’s scared of the terrorists and hope they cause no harm to them. They fear the terrorists all the time, because they have dangerous weapons and more power than them. At one point, the terrorists are taking away to a different location in the house.

“At first they all believed that they were to be taken away and shot a handful at a time, probably in the garden behind the house. Victor… wondered if they would let him smoke… before gunning him down. He could feel the sweat combing back his hair.” (Patchett,

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