A Long Way Gone is a really good book and it teaches a lot of stories throughout the book. I think that what happened there was a really sad thing and I would never wish it on anybody. I think that a really good lesson we should learn from the book is that people can survive the hardest things in life by holding onto memories and hoping for the best. I think this is important because every time Ishmael was about to give up‚ he would always think of a happy memory from his childhood about his family
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In the book‚ “A Long Way Gone‚” Ishmael went through many violent experience. It taught me about the consequences or aftereffect‚ both intended and unintended of violence is by telling us lessons of it. One of his violence is when it started the rebel attacking the village‚ which then his family is dead. And that makes him want to revenge for his family. Later he join an army because he was told that it is a death road or have hope of living if he join the army. Of course he wants to live‚ so he
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In the book A Long Way Gone I found three myths that related to cultural. One myth was on page 181 where Ishmael’s aunt served him some chicken as to welcome him‚ and chicken is not simply chicken to the Sierra Leone people‚ they represent honor and special. On pages 12‚ 172 and 157‚ it tells how the cultural in Sierra Leone does not allow men to cry. Men represent strong and are the whole in the family. If the men are weak‚ then the whole family wills collapse. Cheng 3 Lastly‚ on page 16‚
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The book I have chosen was A Long Way Gone‚ I have read a lot about the war in Sierra Leone in 1991‚ where the book was based around. The war had started when the Special Forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) had interviewed with Sierra Leone to try to take down the government. There was a lot of talk about how the human rights had joined in to help stop this war‚ not doing much to help thought. This war was characterized by “extreme brutality and widespread human
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Imokhai Okolo Mrs. Beaven AP English 12 13 October 2012 A Memoir of a Boy Solider A Long Way gone is a great novel that tugs at the heartstrings. A long way gone is the story of a boy named Ishmael Beah who is a normal kid with a loving family growing up in Sierra Leone. However‚ one day while Beah is off with his brother and friends visiting the village of Mattru Jong to perform in a talent show‚ his home village‚ Mogbewmo‚ is attacked and destroyed by rebel soldiers. Because of the attack
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Alyda Mahachay Mrs. Barret English 9 Period 3 October 15Th‚ 2014 A Long Way Gone “One of the unsettling things about my journey‚ mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally‚ was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end. I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life‚ I felt that I was starting over and over again.” Ishmael Beah A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah is a memoir of a boy soldier and the experiences he has endured during the occurrence of the Sierra Leone Civil War. Ishmael’s
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tend to forget our identities when we face a certain memory is unbearable to us‚ “[s]ome even forgot their names‚ family backgrounds and native language‚ and many had to wait decades to feel free to reveal their roots.” (Siev) In the memoir‚ A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah‚ Ishmael experiences the war age of twelve and travels to find a safer place from war. We encounter the changes in Ishmael identifies him as a boy‚ a soldier‚ and a civilian boy throughout where he stays. Ishmael was a twelve
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The book a long way gone takes place in Sierra Leone and this war was started in 1991. This started when the (ruff) with support of special forces form (Npfl)‚ intervened into Sierra Leone in an attempt to over throw the josephs momoh government. It was between the rebels and the government. The people of Sierra Leone were effected because the rebels would either kill them or make them fight for them and they would also destroy their village. The conflict is surviving the war and finding a safe place
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In the book‚”A Long Way Gone‚” nature is the theme and it is personified in it. That is because Ishmael in this story went outside a lot of times because his village is burnt and his family is dead. First‚ the war started which Ishmael and his brother and friends were trying to escape together to avoid getting killed by the rebels. And also he gets food outside like fruits on the trees‚ or other plants that can eat. That represent some nature. Another instance is when his grandmother talks about
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Now I am Become Death‚ The Destroyer of Worlds Violence‚ witnessing‚ experiencing‚ or even causing it‚ can cause a person to become desensitized to it. The more violence a person experiences‚ the easier it becomes to handle. In his memoir A Long Way Gone‚ author Ishmael Beah draws parallels between witnessing violence and becoming desensitized to it. Graphic instances in Ishmael’s life such as witnessing his friends die causes him to become desensitized to violence‚ from just barely being able
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