By MUSIKILU MOJEED
Published: January 21, 2012
Accessed: January 22, 2012
An
Islamist group went on a firing spree and killed more than 100 people in Abuja,
Nigeria. Eight government buildings were attacked on this Friday evening.
Ironically, all of these buildings were security building, such as police
stations or police headquarters. These
attacks were a way of setting an example to the government to tell them to stay
out of their way. These attacks were said to be led by a sect who goes by the
name, “Boko Haram.” He used violent means to impose his version of Islamic law
in Nigeria and countries around it. The Nigerian government doesn’t seem to be
taking much responsibility to abrupt Boko Haram’s acts, which has been going on
for well enough over a year now. The government didn’t take any actions even
after Boko Haram warned the newspaper agencies that he would invade the major
cities and continue what he and his men have been doing.
Indirectly,
this reminded me of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. In the
novel, Kesey explains how the combine controls every action taken by the
patients. Boko Haram and his men are trying to control the city and the
government has no control over them due to Boko Haram’s influence. The
patients, in this case are the Nigerians being attacked, are being affected so
that the radical islamists can get through the government and get what they
want. This general involves the Nigerians suffering rather than the government
directly. As long as Boko Haram’s islamist group has control, similar to the
asylum in Kesey’s novel, there won’t be peace in Abuja.
1. 1.
A. In Kano, where state
authorities declared a 24-hour curfew, shellshocked residents stayed in their
homes.
B. Shellshock:
behavior or conditions resulting from battle/war-stress. The word shellshock,
when split into two words, simply means an upsetting event (shock) which is occurred
due to war (shells are another word used for explosive material)
C. The school
had trouble sending the students back home since they were shellshocked after
the recent attacks nearby. (Really couldn’t see a better way to relate that word
to Woodstock.)
2. A. “Unless
somebody goes in to negotiate,” he said, “we are in for a long siege.”
B. Siege: An
operation where a group takes full control of a certain location and blocks off
supplies in an attempt to get their opponents to surrender.
C. During an
intense game of Capture of flag, our team were able to successfully siege the enemy
defenses and taking control of the flag.
3. A. Kano is a major political and
religious center in the predominantly Muslim north.
B. Predominantly:
for the most part. Originates from the word dominate, which means to have
influence or power over another body.
C.
Predominantly, students at Woodstock do not have a say in issues or matters. In
the end it is up to the school to make the decisions.
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