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Alive in the killing Fields
This website is going to give insight on the 125 pages of Mop's life when the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese came into power in Cambodia. There are brief summaries of the novel that are split into 5 sections making up the Journals as well as the reader response questions. This website is made up of picture, words, questions, timelines and summaries to deepen the understanding of this dark time in Mop's life and see if you can in any way relate to it. |
Alive in the Killing Fields; published in 2009, is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
A young Nawuth(Mop) defies the odds and survives the invasion of his homeland by the Khmer Rouge. Under their brutal reign, he loses his parents, young sister, and other members of his family. After his hometown of Salatrave was overrun, Nawuth and his remaining relatives are eventually captured and enslaved by Khmer Rouge fighters. They endure physical abuse, hunger, and inhumane living conditions. But through it all, their sense of family holds them together, giving them the strength to persevere through a time when any assertion of identity is punishable by death. Nawuth’s story of survival and escape from the Killing Fields of Cambodia is also a message of hope; an inspiration to children whose worlds have been darkened by hardship and separation from loved ones. This story provides a timeless lesson in the value of human dignity and freedom for readers of all ages. |
Reader Response Journal Questions
The Reader Response Journal Questions also help to deepen understanding of this novel and make readers really connect to what is happening in the book by making someone stop and think or even go back and rereading what had previously happened in the novel.