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Deirdre Madden’s One by One in the Darkness (1996): Impossible Reconciliation? by Snyder, Travis is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Deirdre Madden’s One by One in the Darkness (1996): Impossible Reconciliation? about?
## Impossible Reconciliation? The BBC's coverage of the Enniskillen bombing that occurred on Remembrance Day, 1987, highlighted Gordon Wilson, the father of a victim. On the day of the bombing-that is, on the day of his daughter's death-Wilson declared that he bore "no ill will" to those who planned the attack, and stated that he forgave the perpetrators. 1 Years later, a column in the local Enniskillen paper, the Impartial Reporter, asked, How could you forgive them? I thought. I can't forgive the people who terrorised me. To be honest I did not believe him, could not believe him, and did not believe it was humanly possible to forgive someone for killing your daughter. The only thing that had kept me going over the years was the fact that the people who forced me out of my home and country would never have my forgiveness. . . . 2 Such stories as Wilson's, often seized upon by the news media in the wake of tragedy, force us to reflect and ask, Is terrorism truly forgivable? Deirdre Madden's 1996 novel One by One in the Darkness demonstrates the impossibility of pure forgiveness in the circumstances of Northern Ireland. 3 At the same time it is in this impossibility of pure forgiven
Who reads Deirdre Madden’s One by One in the Darkness (1996): Impossible Reconciliation??
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- Author
- Snyder, Travis
- Publisher
- Project MUSE (ISSN 1534-5815)
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences