A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah Analysis

I feel that guns give people power through fear, I don’t strongly agree with this statement because if all of the opposing sides had guns then the power is eliminated. When reading “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah the rebels destroy land, kill people and use people for their army. Beah explains how the rebels began to control whether they want people become recruited or get killed when he writes “The real trouble starts, because rebels began shooting their guns at people instead of in the sky” (24). This shows me that the rebels can do whatever they please as long as they have their guns which holds the power. The rebels explain that with these guns they will manipulate and alarm each and every person when they say “We’re going to initiate