Like The Moon Quotes

Quotation Assignment 1. “We must strive to be like the moon.” An old man in Kabati said on page 16. This quote means that the moon reminds Beah of what kind of life he had back then when there was no war to run away from and he was still enjoying his child hood days with his family. I could connect the moon to my life and the world in a way that the moon is like light in the darkness during the night time. The night sometimes brings fear to people but the moon break that fear and turns it to joy when it shines bright in the night. People gather and children’s play. A lot of good memories are spent during the night when to moon is up the sky. I also used to laugh and play lots of games when the moon was full and shone brightest during the night time. The valuable life
“His temporary journey in this world ended.” This is what Beah’s grandmother would say on page 88. This quotes means in the book that our life on earth is short lived and at some point in time, it will be over. We can’t avoid and it will happen no matter how hard we try not to reach that parting time it will eventually come to us. The quote was also a wake up call for them that every time that someone in their group died they had to live and continue on. The connection of these quotes to the world and my life is that every life on earth will end and acceptance is a must. The journey of a man may end up as he is dead but the legacy he may have left behind will be remembered by others. The two most important life values I can make about this quote is to live your life to the outmost limits and make a difference. The second one is that the people that left behind should continue to living and not to cry for someone’s death. Yes, it does remind of something personal because this is also what the old folk in my town always say. It also remind me that when my relative died this is what my grandpa always says. They had ended their journey and that they have left us memories we should