Bonus Quote: A Not So Quotable Quote

Pg: "Almost" every single one

This is far from being a quote and to tell you the truth, the black lines you see here are the wonderful creation of black highlighter and the space bar. Still the point of this post, which is really not for the sake of artistic expression, is for the fact that these black walls of nothingness add confusion, credibility, interpretations, and uniqueness to the memoir. For one the confusion is real. As soon as you open the book you see splatterings of black bars, the second page is the same, almost every page has been censored, As the reader you soon realize that names and facilities are censored, which is okay until you realize that even some big chunks of information have been banished from the public eye. Chunks of info that can no longer be put in context. But for the sake of names and places, I like how you have complete freedom to fill those missing spots with your own ideas. His story of torture and detainment can easily represent other prisoners without the added baggage of identities that can overshadow the events or messages trying to be conveyed. Yet it only makes it more clear how fragile are rights and freedoms are. As you can see Mohamedou is both physically and mentally detained; his body and mind behind black bars.