Ishmael Character List
Character List
Ismael Beah: Ishmael is the main character, and the narrator of the story. He is a young boy that became a child solider in the Sierra Leone, in an attempt to fight against the RUF, the rebel soldiers believed to be responsible for the death of his family. He goes on an exceptionally long physical, and emotional journey as a solider, until ultimately UNICEF arrives, and removes him from the situation. At the rehabilitation center, after nearly a year, Beah becomes capable of emotions and behaving properly towards others. Junior, and Beah’s other immediate family: Ishmael’s family is the main reason he even dared to venture back to his village, and they are a part of the reason why he joined the SLAF as a solider. The Lieutenant: …show more content…
He is crucial to the story in ways similar to Esther but also in his own. In some ways, Tommy provides a healthy connection to Beah’s past which aides to his rehabilitation, and he also provides Ishmael with unconditional love and support. The main part that Tommy played, was when we learned that Ishmael was able to leave the center, and Tommy gave him a place to stay. This is important because we find that most soldiers that don’t find family to live with end up returning back to the war. Mohamed: Mohamed is very important in the fact that he becomes someone Ishmael can relate to throughout the entire process he endures, and although it cannot be known whether or not their physical journey was the same, once at the rehab center, he aides in Ishmael emotional journey, and becomes someone like a brother to him.
Laura Simms: Laura is possibly one of the most important characters in this story. She and Ishmael develop a very strong bond from the start, and eventually she becomes the one to “save” Ishmael when the war reaches Freetown. After Ishmael manages to escape from Sierra Leone, when he returns to America, Laura becomes his foster mother. Through her story telling, she helps Ishmael, and the other child at the UN tell their stories, and shows Ishmael that she is someone that does genuinely care about the welfare of these
Ismael Beah: Ishmael is the main character, and the narrator of the story. He is a young boy that became a child solider in the Sierra Leone, in an attempt to fight against the RUF, the rebel soldiers believed to be responsible for the death of his family. He goes on an exceptionally long physical, and emotional journey as a solider, until ultimately UNICEF arrives, and removes him from the situation. At the rehabilitation center, after nearly a year, Beah becomes capable of emotions and behaving properly towards others. Junior, and Beah’s other immediate family: Ishmael’s family is the main reason he even dared to venture back to his village, and they are a part of the reason why he joined the SLAF as a solider. The Lieutenant: …show more content…
He is crucial to the story in ways similar to Esther but also in his own. In some ways, Tommy provides a healthy connection to Beah’s past which aides to his rehabilitation, and he also provides Ishmael with unconditional love and support. The main part that Tommy played, was when we learned that Ishmael was able to leave the center, and Tommy gave him a place to stay. This is important because we find that most soldiers that don’t find family to live with end up returning back to the war. Mohamed: Mohamed is very important in the fact that he becomes someone Ishmael can relate to throughout the entire process he endures, and although it cannot be known whether or not their physical journey was the same, once at the rehab center, he aides in Ishmael emotional journey, and becomes someone like a brother to him.
Laura Simms: Laura is possibly one of the most important characters in this story. She and Ishmael develop a very strong bond from the start, and eventually she becomes the one to “save” Ishmael when the war reaches Freetown. After Ishmael manages to escape from Sierra Leone, when he returns to America, Laura becomes his foster mother. Through her story telling, she helps Ishmael, and the other child at the UN tell their stories, and shows Ishmael that she is someone that does genuinely care about the welfare of these