The news story from the BBC News is telling about people of Syria that have to run away from their homes to escape the genocide. The news story was written for English speaking people that are curious about what is happening in this part of the world. It gives many facts about things that are currently happening, such as people fleeing their homes to escape persecution. It was written to inform people about the problems faced by many Syrians. The article claims that the genocide is having horrible emotional effects on the people, especially the children. It mentions a quote from a mother, saying "Psychologically it's affected them really badly. They wouldn't leave my side because they were so scared and they were afraid of any noise - asking me, is that a sniper? Is that a gunman?"
This event relates to Forgotten Fire because the genocides mentioned in both are being run by the government of each country. In the book, the genocide is being run by the Turkish government, and in the news article, the genocide was orchestrated by the Syrian government. In both pieces of writing, people are forced to leave their homes and cower in fear because their government is attempting to kill them all. In Forgotten Fire, Vahan was forced out of his home by gendarmes, and his former governor killed nearly all of his family. The article mentions many people that ran from their homes to Jordan to escape the government. Another similarity is the effect that it has on the children. The article mentions that children stay close to their mothers and fear that every sound is someone there to hurt them. In the book, Vahan is suspicious of most people because he fears they will hurt him or steal his things, and he always stayed with his family before they were killed. There are many comparisons between the genocide mentioned in the news article, and the genocide in the book. Through both of them, you learn that a government is killing the people of it's own country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17151364
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