In chapter two one quote stuck out to me. When he was asked on page 31 "Being an activist for Africa is no small thing. Are you sure you are ready?" and he responded "No, i wasn't ready, and i wasn't one..."
I thought its was pretty bad that he said this, i completely consider him an activist, how much effort they are able to put in to Darfur is an amazing amount. It kind of looked like he didn't want to be called an activist just because hes a celebrity, and he has the connections to be able to get on a plain with a congressman and fly to Darfur. If he was anybody else then he would never be able to go to Darfur. That is really the only information that stood out to me. The rest of chapter one and two were pretty good because they explain their views in an odd way of writing. Several times in this book they push that they are not doing this because they are celebrities. Then chapter three was basically what we have heard several times in class. It was about Darfur, and how the genocide was sparked to get to the fire its at today.
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I think that when Don (or John) say that they are not an activist, they're just trying to be humble. For example, if you save someones life and a lot of people and the media call you a "hero" for what you've done and you start to get lots of [possibly] unesesary attention. The humble thing to say would be: "I'm no hero."
Also, by being humble, it allows the reader(s) to feel much more comfortable reading the book and gives the authors more of an admiring and trusting characteristic.
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