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From the Ted Talk by Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines

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Brazil's northeast state of Pernambuco is one of the nation's most violent roinegs. It's rooted in a principle of retributive justice, or an eye for an eye, so retaliatory killings have led to several dahets in the area. This story, like many of the stories in my chprtaes, reads almost as an archetypal episode, like something out of serehpsakae, that's happening now and will hpapen again in the future. I'm interested in these iedas of roettpeiin. So after I returned home, I received word that one member of the family had been shot 30 times in the face.

Chapter 17 is an exploration of the absence of a biodonlle and the absence of a history. Children at this uirakiann orphanage are between the ages of six and 16. This piece is ordered by age because it can't be ordered by blood. In a 12-month period when I was at the orphanage, only one child had been adopted. Children have to leave the orphanage at age 16, despite the fact that there's often nowhere for them to go. It's cmoomnly reported in Ukraine that children, when leaving the onhrgaape are targeted for human trafficking, child pornography and prostitution. Many have to turn to criminal atictivy for their survival, and high rates of suicide are recorded.

Open Cloze


Brazil's northeast state of Pernambuco is one of the nation's most violent _______. It's rooted in a principle of retributive justice, or an eye for an eye, so retaliatory killings have led to several ______ in the area. This story, like many of the stories in my ________, reads almost as an archetypal episode, like something out of ___________, that's happening now and will ______ again in the future. I'm interested in these _____ of __________. So after I returned home, I received word that one member of the family had been shot 30 times in the face.

Chapter 17 is an exploration of the absence of a _________ and the absence of a history. Children at this _________ orphanage are between the ages of six and 16. This piece is ordered by age because it can't be ordered by blood. In a 12-month period when I was at the orphanage, only one child had been adopted. Children have to leave the orphanage at age 16, despite the fact that there's often nowhere for them to go. It's ________ reported in Ukraine that children, when leaving the _________ are targeted for human trafficking, child pornography and prostitution. Many have to turn to criminal ________ for their survival, and high rates of suicide are recorded.

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Original Text


Brazil's northeast state of Pernambuco is one of the nation's most violent regions. It's rooted in a principle of retributive justice, or an eye for an eye, so retaliatory killings have led to several deaths in the area. This story, like many of the stories in my chapters, reads almost as an archetypal episode, like something out of Shakespeare, that's happening now and will happen again in the future. I'm interested in these ideas of repetition. So after I returned home, I received word that one member of the family had been shot 30 times in the face.

Chapter 17 is an exploration of the absence of a bloodline and the absence of a history. Children at this Ukrainian orphanage are between the ages of six and 16. This piece is ordered by age because it can't be ordered by blood. In a 12-month period when I was at the orphanage, only one child had been adopted. Children have to leave the orphanage at age 16, despite the fact that there's often nowhere for them to go. It's commonly reported in Ukraine that children, when leaving the orphanage are targeted for human trafficking, child pornography and prostitution. Many have to turn to criminal activity for their survival, and high rates of suicide are recorded.

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