Survival in the Killing Fields
“He and his family moved to the village of Phum Ra about the same time Huoy and I did. We were neighbours. But while I carried water to the common garden all day long, like the lowest class of peasant, and avoided the Khmer Rouge whenever possible, Pen Tip cultivated connections with the Khmer Rouge for his own gain. He rose from the rank of group leader to assistant section leader, becoming the most influential ‘new’ person in the village.
Under different circumstances I might have found Pe...n Tip amusing. He was so short he looked up at people, like a child. He walked duckfooted, like Charlie Chaplin, and his eyebrows were always moving up and down, like a man who is always being surprised. Maybe being tiny and funny-looking made Pen Tip what he was. Maybe he had been teased and pushed around a lot when he was young. But whatever his motivations, he was hungry for power. He played up to ‘old’ people and Khmer Rouge. He ordered other ‘new’ people around.MoreLess
Under different circumstances I might have found Pe...n Tip amusing. He was so short he looked up at people, like a child. He walked duckfooted, like Charlie Chaplin, and his eyebrows were always moving up and down, like a man who is always being surprised. Maybe being tiny and funny-looking made Pen Tip what he was. Maybe he had been teased and pushed around a lot when he was young. But whatever his motivations, he was hungry for power. He played up to ‘old’ people and Khmer Rouge. He ordered other ‘new’ people around.MoreLess
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