Kidnapped child soldiers still sought family bonds within the LRA

Evidence

Bosco had felt himself become hardened to the killings and kidnappings he was ordered to carry out. But when he first saw Eunice, he fantasized of a new family that would replace the siblings and mother he had lost. He imagined that he had finally found someone to trust. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 23

Categorization

• XREF: Directly feeds the reader’s goal of understanding what drives ordinary people into extraordinary actions. — connects to: Being captured by the LRA brought relief from the terror of hiding — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 54; The LRA forced abducted children to kill and desecrate their own parents — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 37
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 23

Broader Connections

• The LRA forced abducted children to kill and desecrate their own parents #expands (0.70) — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 37