Sunday, April 19, 2015
The Bosnia List: Going Back
I'd like to spend some time this week discussing what it's like for Kenan when he returns to Bosnia. What is his attitude going back? What kind of story does his list tell us? Why does he almost get into a fight with Slobodan near the cafes? How did he betray Kenan's mom's kindness twice (p. 158)? How do Kenan's father and his brother behave differently in Bosnia when they return? And why? Which do you think you would behave like if you had been treated this way in your home town? Or do you think you would behave in an entirely different manner?
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" “Keka's younger son is a crazy lunatic,” Slobodan said loudly, looking over at us. “You could lose your head in peacetime with someone like him around.” I had had enough of this Serb bozo “who betrayed my mom’s kindness—twice.“If I were you, I’d leave right now, Slobodan,” I shouted, picking up an empty chair I was ready to hurl at him. I pictured it crashing into his head and then, as he lay on the floor bleeding, I’d kick him in the ribs and remind him exactly what he did to my mother.' " ( trebecevic 353-354). That part is when Kenan's was about to fight with an older Serb man who betrayed Kenan's mom during the Bosnian attack. He wants revenge because slobodan was threathing Kenan's family.
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