Not on Our Watch Discussion

Today's discussion in class was very well rounded. While listening to people's thoughts I realized that I had not though about that, or not thought about things that way, and made me change some of my thoughts on the book. One thing I thought was interesting was the comment Carl made when we were discussing the issue of the humor involved to add some sense of humanity, to realize that these are regular people committing these deeds. When Carl said that people like Don Cheadle and John Prendergast aren't regular people, they don't live the life of the average American, because they are celebrities. This then almost places them higher than society, resulting to be categorized as irregular. Before this comment I believed that these people were part of regular society, and were regular people doing these things, but Carl's comment made me think that, that is not the case, because celebrities are not regular people.

Not on Our Watch

Not on Our Watch by Cheadle and Prendergast is a very influential book, and I feel that the way the two authors created the introduction was a great way to start off by informing the reader of what this book will be discussing as well as keeping the readers attention. I noticed that throughout the third chapter, I knew a lot of the information because I was an informed reader. When it comes to most of society, most of the population does not know about the events going on in Sudan, and when an "average American" reads this book it seems that the reader would be well informed, because of the way the authors present the information.
The second chapter the book I thought was very useful, because it got to let the reader know more about the authors than just there fame and celebrity, I got to understand that the people actually doing something are regular human beings. It let you take a break from the facts of the genocide, and put a little character and human life into it.
One thing I was a little unsure of was the assurance of the authors, it seemed that they let the reader know that "we can do this!" and so much is being done, when it seemed that that type of assurance just made the reader feel like so much is being done already, that there is no need to help, because it seems there is already so much help being provided.