English Blog 1: Stages of Genocide

In the first 56 pages of Safe Area Gorazde, the stage of genocide shown is classification. Classification is when a group of people judges another group of people based on there skin color, religion, or ethnicity. Two examples of classification in the book is when Edin's friend cut off all communication to Edin because he is Muslim. The thing that Edin's friend says is, "You can't expect good relations between us in the near future. You will try to kill all the Serbs in Bosnia and make a Muslim country" (Sacco, 2001, p. 41). Then another example of the book is showing classification is when it says and shows, neighbors not saying hi to each other during the day.