Rwanda Genocide Project

Nikki Bitinaitis Genocide Project English 9-1 2/27/14

Background on the Rwanda Genocide

Started April 6th when President Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down in his plane by Tutsis and ended weeks after Entire families were killed at a time Women were systematically and brutally raped 800,000 men, women, and children perished in the Rwanda genocide, which was three quarters of the Tutsi population

Rwanda Art

Artist:Xannijn Title: Rwanda Genocide

Art Rwanda Genocide

Made in 2011 This artist believes that the Rwanda was in no doubt a genocide so he painted this picture to show what the Rwanda genocide really was in his mind. The bodies in the red are the people who died and their blood which is why the top of the skull is in line with that The half of a normal face and the black show that the blood and skeleton was coming down

Visual Imagery in Painting

The visual imagery in the art is the hunger and blood of the people. The hunger is shown by the skinniness of their legs and arms and the blood is dripping down from the bodies after being killed.

Kinesthetic Imagery in Night

As we were not permitted to bend down, we took out our spoons and ate the snow off our neighbors backs. A mouthful of bread and a spoonful of snow(Wiesel 96). The feeling of hunger is shown in this quote by the desperation to scrounge up anything they can.

How the Two Types of Imagery Compare

Both portray hunger Both show the struggles that they innocent civilians had to endure Both create an upsetting and harsh tone The painting shows more of the gruesome scene of the aftermath

Motif in Rwanda Genocide Painting

A motif in the Rwanda Genocide painting is the several pieces of red all throughout the painting. The red is taking over the black, and in the solid red, dead and injured bodies are shown fallen to the ground

Motif in Night

A motif in Night is the constant death that is taking place in all the concentration camps. All around me, what appeared to be the dance of death. My head was reeling. I was walking through a cemetery. Among the stiffened corpse(Wiesel 89). This quote shows the mass numbers of corpses that scattered along the ground wherever you were to look

How the Two Motifs Compare

Both create a sorrowful tone A theme is: as the cycle of violence continues to achieve one's satisfaction, so the number of resulting deaths They both foreshadow deaths to come Both symbolize violence and blood/death

Works cited
Genocide in Rwanda. United Human Rights Council. VIBSCO, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. <http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm#>. Wiesel, Elie. Night. Trans. Marion Wiesel. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print. Xannijn. Rwanda Genocide. 2011. Red black skull.