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Analyzing Carl Huffman's 'I Can Only Cry My Eyes'

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“I Can Only Cry My Eyes”, in this chapter, Carl Hoffman talk about Dhaka, Bangladesh. He talks about a lot in this chapter about the country and he also talks about very small details of Bangladesh. This chapter starts with a quote saying about a plane condition. I have never visited Dhaka and Bangladesh but I have heard about it a lot. I was shocked when the Carl Hoffman talk about the incident on page 180 about the 20,000 ferries that got sank and which killed more than 1000 people per year because of the careless f the government.

There was one more thing which was I thought was weird for me is when on page 181 in the middle of the page when they talk about the government and their rules. “That’s how things work here. But he wouldn’t …show more content…
I have been in this type of boat before but not in Bangladesh. It was somewhere else but it was like a house boat and I was so much fun to travel in that. There are always a lot of people who wants to travel in The Ostrich because it's so great but it's very crowded always. On page 184, Carl Hoffman talks about the moment b describing the moon full and round, I have been through that moment and from my personal view, I can say that I love that. Traveling in the boat with a full moon on the top and in the winter is the best …show more content…
In this chapter Carl Hoffman describe the Muslim women that they have to cover the body whole with a burqa. I have seen a lot of Bangladeshi women with the burqa and it's really sad that how they don't have equal rights like men. Later in this chapter, Carl Hoffman was talking to someone who was a Muslim and they can't handshake with other. I think that mentality is not good but every religion has their own rules and regulations which they have to follow. On page 189, When Carl Hoffman was sitting on the top of The Ostrich’s and he met a guy who shared his story to Carl Hoffman, I found that story a very sad story because he lost his father and they were so poor that they didn't even get a proper educations and it is very situations of him. When Carl Hoffman talk about the three days that he spent in Khulna and that the feelings that he scared that he felt like the end of the world. He didn't know what day and date it was and he felt alone on the planet. I know how it feels when you are far away from your family and you don't know what is going around

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