Little brother

"There is nothing left," the words uttered by a young Cambodian civilian known as Vithy. In the novel, Little Brother by Allan Baillie, it is evident that war has devastating and lasting effects on civilians. These three occurrences are clearly manifested in the novel. They are: Loss of family, Loss of property and Genocide. The most terrifying thing of all is that children, such as Vithy, went through these traumatic things. Firstly, war has devastating …

…soldiers. Family members would see each other die and get tortured. Many of these murders had witnesses which added to the torture. Thus, genocide in war has devastating and lasting effects on civilians. In the novel it is evident that war has devastating and lasting effects on civilians. These three occurrences are clearly manifested in the novel. Loss of family, loss of property and genocide. The three instances impacted greatly on the lives of civilians.