matter-of-fact tone‚ he does use several devices to illustrate the theme of loss of innocence: use of flashbacks‚ symbolism‚ and nature motifs. Beah states plainly that his induction into the Sierra Leone military at the age of 13 was the end of his childhood. Although the violent pursuit of rebels across Sierra Leone traumatized Beah‚ it is not until he is turned into a killer that he believes himself to have lost his innocence. At this point‚ Beah stops utilizing flashbacks to his childhood‚ clearly
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Blood Diamonds: The Real Cost of Diamonds Sierra Leone is blessed with some of the world’s richest resources such as titanium‚ gold‚ and diamonds. Despite these rich resources‚ Sierra Leone ranked last on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index in 2001‚ making Sierra Leone the poorest country in the world at that time. (Renner‚ 2002‚ p. 22) So how can a country so rich in resources be so poor? Sierra Leone’s extreme poverty level is caused by the diamonds they mine and
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In Sierra Leone‚ everyone had to face the brutality of war. Ishmael was a solid boy‚ who left everything important to him behind to survive when the rebels attacked his small town; moreover‚ he joined army to revenge and changed to be alive‚ then came back to become human again when the war was gone. His culture and the memory of his culture and family all were important parts in his life. In the beginning‚ the author was a normal boy who lives a normal life in a small town of Sierra Leone. After
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Boy Soldier at The Age Of 12. What is it about African wars that is so disturbing? Why do they unsettle us so? We in the civilized West know all about bestial and mindless cruelty‚ as the events of 1939-45 graphically prove. And yet as we read about Darfur and Mogadishu today and recall Rwanda and Sierra Leone not long ago‚ or Biafra and Congo further back‚ we realize that these vicious‚ bitter African conflicts have left their trace on contemporary history‚ and on contemporary consciousness‚ in
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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. This war ended because
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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 Beah’s family fled in hopes of finding him one day‚ but that never happens. This is a story of how Beah is able to overcome adversity and is able to survive in the mist of this civil war happening around him. The theme of
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sell her to a man to rape her. That’s just awful! I’m so happy that she was able to get away and now living without having to worry about having to do that again. As a teen in a war-ravaged country Sierra Leone‚ Ishmael Beah was brainwashed‚ drugged and forced to kill. Ishmaels family was killed in the Sierra civil war from 1991-2002. During this period after Ishmael’s
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the blink of an eye. War and innocence are two things that should never mix‚ but in A Long Way Gone they mix beyond separation. So many children from Sierra Leone got caught up in the war‚ and were forced to do things that even grown men shouldn’t have to do. They were forced to kill people in inhumane ways and do drugs. Childhood is something that should be shielded from war and destruction at all costs; Beah’s true innocence is lost through forced immoral actions. The war that changed everyone’s
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Ishmael Beah. A Long Way Gone; Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Copyright 2007. This memoir provides a first hand view on how modern day wars are now fought. At the age of 12 -the author- Ishmael Beah’s village in the country of Sierra Leone in north-western Africa was attacked by the rebels. Ripped away from his family; he spends two years fleeing from the war in a group of seven young boys. Each day they struggle to survive. In time Ishmael becomes one of the people he feared most: a killing machine
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forever. The things we all experience make us who we are. Ishmael Beah was just 12 years old when he first experienced war. He was on his way to Matru Jong to participate in a friend’s talent show‚ but he never knew his life would be impacted. Ishmael had a talent he was a great dancer‚ enjoyed dancing with his friends. At that time there were many attacks by the Rebel Army in Sierra Leone. The Rebels would attack small villages and take children to become part of their army. The children were taken away
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