Almir BucoResearch PaperYou can hear the shells very clearly outside. Every second of the day is spent in the basement/cellar of their house. Zlata and her family are terrified by the fear that the war has subjected them to. Every day is filled with boredom and fear. Every day it gets worse and worse. What will Zlata and her family do to survive? This is a story by Zlata Filipovic, it is actually more of a diary than a story, and in this story/diary she describes the tragic events that happened during her childhood. This war was a terrible crime, it was unfair to the Bosnian people and America (and other countries) could have helped them. The war that occurred in Bosnia was a terrible crime. The Serbs took over the territory and killed innocent civilians. All the Bosnians wanted was the right to freedom, and the Serbs took that away from them. Many have been affected by this cruel war, which has changed people's perspective on things. “Television and newspapers show us the images: the destruction, the injured survivors, the dead. We rarely see a glimpse of the survivors...