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1、Unit8ConflictsintheWorldPassage AReturn from the CageItwastheopenspaceinAustinthatinitiallyoverwhelmedme.Icouldn'tadjusttoit.TheeasewithwhichIcouldgetinacaranddrivetoanyplaceleftmebewilderedandconfused.Wherewerethemilitarycheckpoints?Wherewerethearmedsoldiersaskingform
2、yidentificationpapers?Wherewerethebarricadesthatwouldforcemetoturnback? IhadjustreturnedtotheUnitedStatesafteranabsenceof11years,duringwhichIlivedinarefugeecampinBethlehem,thetownwhereChristwasborn.Iwasnotusedtofreedomofmovement,nortogoingmorethanafewmileswithoutencoun
3、teringmilitarycheckpoints. GettingcomfortablewithmysuddenfreedominAustinwasgoingtotaketime.Ihadtoadjusttonolongerfeelinglikeananimalinsideacage.Mostdays,Ifeltutterlydazed.IwouldspendhourssittingonastonebenchattheUniversityofTexas,staringatthesquirrelsandthebirds.Thegre
4、enlawnsbroughttearstomyeyes. MymindwoulddrifttotherefugeecampinBethlehem,andto3-year-oldMarianna,mydelightfulex-neighbor.Mariannahasneverseenagreenlawninherlifeandhasneverseenasquirrel.ShelivesconfinedtoBethlehem,forcedtoremainaprisonerbehindthecheckpointsandthemilitar
5、ybarricades.ThedistancebetweenMarianna'shouseandJerusalemisnofurtherthanthedistancefrommySouthAustinhometodowntown.YetMariannahasneverbeentoJerusalemandisunlikelytogothereanytimeinthenearfuture,becausenoPalestiniancanventureintotheHolyCitywithoutaspecialIsraeli-issuedp
6、ermit,andthosepermitsarealmostimpossibletocomeby. Butadjustingtomysuddenfreedompaledincomparisontoovercomingmyfearsandmynightmares.WhenIleftBethlehem,thesecondPalestinianuprisingagainstIsrael'smilitaryoccupationwasalreadytwomonthsunderway.Thesoundofbombexplosions,gunfi
7、reandApachehelicoptersoverheadlingeredinmymind.HardasItried,Icouldn'tshakethesoundsaway.Theywerealwaysthere,ringinginsidemyhead. Now,inAustin,therewerenightmares.Iwoulddreameitheroffriendsbeingshotdead,orseepoolsofbloodspillingfromhumanbodies,orthatImyselfwasthetargeto
8、fgunfire.Iwouldwakeupinasweat,terrifiedofgoingbacktosleep.Duringtheday,thesoundofpoliceorambulancesirensmademejumpy.H
