ook the army for guerillas and started to attack. This was a wrong move because the army backfired and attacked the civil patrol accusing them of being guerillas. Once the two sides ran back into the center of the village, Victor left the schoolhouse to see what was going on. He found out that innocent men were being killed, and before he knew it, one of his students accused him of being a guerilla. They sent him back in the schoolhouse for his interrogation. Victor tried to remain calm and says I gathered up my strength and would not humble myself before these men, who regarded me like hungry wolves.(42) Throughout his story Victor trys to remain calm.Although he acted calm he was obviously very scared. When the army was taking him away he got his friends attention and said, look friend, do me a favor of speaking to the headman, so they will intercede for me. Let them say they know me as the schoolmaster of the village, and they have not seen me engage in any subversive activities.(46) Being the head schoolmaster did not help Victor get out of his situation and was still taken away just because some random kid accused him. My dignity as a schoolmaster, I said to myself. Theses bastards are making a display of me, as if I were an assassin, a thief or a common criminal.(55) Along with Victor there were may other men who also went through the harsh treatment for no reason at all besides that they were smart men.Throughout the novel Victor never mentioned his race or ethnic background ever promoted the reason for the soldiers to believe he was a bad guy. I think the army caught on that he was a smart man and knew what was really going on, which he did. After witnessing random killings he said to himself had others witnessed this scene, they might have had the same impression I did, that this demented officer killed only for the sake of killing, without the slightest understanding of what he was doing.(61) Very often the army offi...
