Bookreport on"an Ordinary Man"
Book Report “An Ordinary Man”
Hospitality Leadership Systems
12/03/2012
Introduction:
Tom Zoellner, writes in his bibliography “An Ordinary Man” about the period of the Rwandan Genocide. Its impact and repercussions on the people, and how one hospitality-employed leadership figure by the name of Paul Rusesabagina saved 1,268 Tutsis through goodwill and courageous negotiations, are chronically ordered and told in detail. Ominously, the author introduces you into a standard of life that to us seems inexistent. The Tutsi tribe was historically seen as the ruling class of Rwanda while Hutu were considered farmer folk. Following World War I the Belgians were authoritarian rulers in the region, fueling further disputes between the Hutu and the Tutsi people by dividing them stereotypically-the Hutus being the poorer folk while Tutsis were the higher class folk with a relatively lighter skin tone through European mixes. It was because of the divide, a disagreement about the separation of powers arose- just as the Dutch rule came to an end. Following a new reign the Belgians left their power to the Tutsis, further fuming the fire that had already grown for far too long. Disputes and historical milestones had occurred in between the Rawandan Genocide and the handover, yet none that refract the hopelessness of this dispute into a favorable direction. Amongst a very heated past, what contributed to the start of the Rwandan Genocide was the assassination of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana on the 6 of April 1994.
As a result the Hutu people started violently rebelling to further disservice the Tutsis-a minority group, yet one with higher power, seemingly trying to take over their government.
Having a Tutsi wife himself, Paul Rusesabagina is slung into a situation calling for solid, fearless leadership. His choice changed the lives of hundreds affected by the Rwandan genocide.
Main Body:
Throughout the colonial period after World War I Germans and
Hospitality Leadership Systems
12/03/2012
Introduction:
Tom Zoellner, writes in his bibliography “An Ordinary Man” about the period of the Rwandan Genocide. Its impact and repercussions on the people, and how one hospitality-employed leadership figure by the name of Paul Rusesabagina saved 1,268 Tutsis through goodwill and courageous negotiations, are chronically ordered and told in detail. Ominously, the author introduces you into a standard of life that to us seems inexistent. The Tutsi tribe was historically seen as the ruling class of Rwanda while Hutu were considered farmer folk. Following World War I the Belgians were authoritarian rulers in the region, fueling further disputes between the Hutu and the Tutsi people by dividing them stereotypically-the Hutus being the poorer folk while Tutsis were the higher class folk with a relatively lighter skin tone through European mixes. It was because of the divide, a disagreement about the separation of powers arose- just as the Dutch rule came to an end. Following a new reign the Belgians left their power to the Tutsis, further fuming the fire that had already grown for far too long. Disputes and historical milestones had occurred in between the Rawandan Genocide and the handover, yet none that refract the hopelessness of this dispute into a favorable direction. Amongst a very heated past, what contributed to the start of the Rwandan Genocide was the assassination of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana on the 6 of April 1994.
As a result the Hutu people started violently rebelling to further disservice the Tutsis-a minority group, yet one with higher power, seemingly trying to take over their government.
Having a Tutsi wife himself, Paul Rusesabagina is slung into a situation calling for solid, fearless leadership. His choice changed the lives of hundreds affected by the Rwandan genocide.
Main Body:
Throughout the colonial period after World War I Germans and
References: besides book: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/volumes/2002/2-1/magnarella2-1.pdf