Most recent public comments by Cindy Jui https://nowcomment.com/users/16240 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=388185 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=388185 "It is my body bound to all the generations of the dead" can allude to many different things. For example, Bee could be saying that all his ancestors who were alive to give their authentic, unaltered versions of the Hmongs' tale. However, the Hmong also worship their dead ancestors, and Bee could also be referring to an enlightenment that has been evoked by "the generations of the dead" that are now with him. Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:55:11 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=383749 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=383749 In society, you often hear war stories regarding soldiers separated from their families, the displacement of locals who found better lives in the states, and the achievements accomplished abroad. In other words, things to be recognized, commemorated, all alluding to a positive outcome. Rarely does the government nor writers want to portray the raw, dark, anecdotes of war. The ones in which families never do find their way back together, where many innocent locals end up dead, and where the soldiers are committing questionable acts overseas. This article, and this sentence in particular, is trying to highlight the fact that people only know and are presented with the congratulatory, upsides of war. Many people nowadays are unable to recognize and understand that there are other, more traumatizing events that fell upon innocent victims as a result of the war that we so casually disregard in our 'safe haven' homes away from the physical war, and will never fully acknowledge or learn about these events unless the presentation of war is changed. Mon, 12 Oct 2015 01:37:04 -0400