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The picture above is a picture of the protagonist in the book, Deogratias. Since he is a Hutu in the story he has a darker skin color and a more round face. Throughout the book he walks with a somewhat defeated attitude, he walks with his head down and his back slumped down as well. In the story he wears tattered clothes and no shoes. His eyes have a yellow color to them like he hasn't slept in a few days or like he has just seen something tragic. He does not carry anything with him although throughout the book other characters know him for his love of banana beer. Because Deogratias seems somewhat distraught people find him odd. They bark at him because he himself considers himself a dog at night. In the book he had a love interest but she did not love him back, he remained friends with her but instead started liking the girl's sister. I don't want to give anything away that happens in the book but Deogratias does poison some people and kills them. Others in the book just find him crazy. This story is based on the Rwandan genocide, the book's time period is during 1994 and 1995. Since the book is a graphic novel there are times when the book will show a flashback of Deogratias's life. It shows how he is a normal teenage boy but throughout the story as it goes on you will notice how his personality changes from normal boy to crazy person because of what he has seen throughout his life.Where I Got Picture
The picture shown above is a picture of Apollinaria. Unlike Deogratias, Apollinaria is a Tutsi which means she is lighter skined, has a longer face shape, and taller. Originally in the story Deogratias likes Apollinaria but she does not return the love for him. She and her mother and sister are some of the few Tutsi women in the story. Because of the fact that they are Tutsis they have to go into hiding in the book. Eventually they get killed as Deogratias stands by and does nothing. Because Apollinaria and ehr sister Benia are friends with Deogratias it's hard for him to see them go through it but to keep from himself getting killed he has no choice. Apollinaria does not appear as much in the book but she and her sister do play a big role. Because Deogratias watched their deaths it caused him to go crazy because they were his friends.

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The picture above is a picture of Brother Phillip. He is a missionary who comes to Rwanda. He is white and a husky man. He is very kind throughout the story a very helpful person. He plays the role of a kind and fair man. He is the one who in the end has sympathy for Deogratias when no one else does. Even though he is not an extremely important character in the story I still found him to be important in the story because he was the one who tried to bring peace to everyone. All throughout the book he is one of the only characters who maintains the same personality that he had even in the beginning.