It suggests, with vivid language, her sense of being seen as a dangerous revolutionary by the authorities in South Africa.
Explanation:
Inglis makes it clear in her text that despite being only a 19-year-old girl, she may be seen by African officials as a revolutionary just because of her skin color. The part of the text that evidences this is: " <em>I wanted to tame him—to save my sister’s life. Could I do that, only nineteen years old, a white girl “on the other side”—in his eyes, a traitor, a communist, with viciously dishonorable intentions of overthrowing the white apartheid government?"</em>
Technology made it possible for news crews to be able to shoot footage and bring it back and play it on the news. The impact was good at first, but when people started to see soldiers getting blown up or shot, peoples opinions towards the war took a dive.