The chosen supplementary text is an article titled “WHAT SADDAM WAS REALLY THINKING” written by Johanna McGeary. The source of the article is the Time magazine published on the 18th October 2004.
The inner journey in this article is the decision journey that Saddam Hussein undertakes to become who he hoped to be and who he ended up to be. Saddam Hussein’s journey begins as he “had always hoped to dictate how history would view him. In his mind, he was the successor to great Iraqi heroes like Nebuchadnezzar and Saladin…” This shows that though the motivation of his idols, he has followed a life path experienced before by another person. “(T)he dictator’s inner motivations and artful deceptions” also motivated him through his journey.
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This is evident as he “intended to resume” developing weapons of mass destruction, however instead, “(he) turned his cunning to sanctions busting. Ironically he was telling the truth. However, his “big bluff destroyed him”. His mind was tempted to exploit the power of technology to achieve “his goal” to be a dictator. S” has resulted in the end of Saddam’s journey, however not at the destination he had hoped. Saddam has encountered an obstacle in his journey and has to find a new route to his destination. Also, his men’s “lying…subverted (his) decision making. “Saddam’s failure to figure out the U. However, this path has resulted in “fear for his own survival” and “he grew increasingly paranoid”, showing the difficulty of his journey. His eyes, his facial expressions and his actions show that he had not reached his intended destination. This shows that he is blind of the obstacles he was heading in his journey.
Inner journey in this article is evident in the words “hope”, “mind”, “inner motivations”, “impressed”, “thought”, “decision”, “his goal”, “cunning”, “wiles”, “psychology”, “loved”, “fear”, “paranoid” and “understand”.
Approximate Word count =
555
Approximate Pages =
2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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