A lot of happy things happen when the moon shines. These are some of the reasons why we should want to be like the moon. Ishmael feels caught up in 3 lives: his dreams, his new life and his memories of being a child soldier.
Beah, Young boys were immediately recruited, and the intitials RUF were carved wherever it pleased the rebels, with a hot bayonet" Beah, Main idea of the chapter is the hunger Ishmael and his friends feel all the time. We had made a logical decision and it had come to this. It was a typical aspect of being in war. We grew wup in a culture that demaned good behavior from everyone, and especially from the young. Young people were required to respect their elders and everyone in the community" Beah, We decided to leave the village the next day and go somewhere safe, somewhere far away from where we were.
We had no idea where we would go or even how to get to a safe place, but we were determined to find one" Beah, Some had heard rumors about young boys being forced by rebels to kill their families and burn their villages This was one of the consequences of civil war. People stopped trusting each other, and every stranger became an enemy" Beah, Ishmael and his friends stay in this village for almost 3 months and work as look-outs and farm hands.
There is a rebel attack and they have to abandon the Kamator area. All the time and effort spent farming was just a big waste. While watching some young boys from Kamator playing, Ishmael has a flashback to when he was 7 years old. Sometimes I stoned kieds I couldn't beat up. The separation of our parents left marks that were visible to the youngest child inour town. We became the evening gossip" It was the last tme I saw Junior, my older brother" They bound his hands and feet with wire, tied him to iron post, and set fir to his body.
They didn't burn him completely, but the fire killed him. His semi burnt remains were left in the village square" Beah, I remembered when my family moved Mogbwemo. My father held a ceremony to bless our new home I pressed my fingers on my eyelids tohold back my tears and wished that I could have my family together again" Beah, Ishmael meets people on the 6th day but they these people refuse to speak to him, they ignore him.
My body twitched with fear, and I became dizzy. Icould see the leaves on the trees swaying, but I couldn't feel the wind" Beah, Ishmael lives in the forest near a spring for many days and lives by drinking the water and eating a unknown fruit. It became unbearable each day" Beah, After 1 month alone, Ishmael meets 6 boys, 3 of them are from Mattru Jong and they recognize Ishmael.
Now Ishmael is traveling together with these 6 boys, but this is a problem. Everyone is afraid of the gang of boys. The next village they reach is deserted, everyone has run away because they are afraid of "the seven boys". Ishmael continues to travel with the 6 boys, they are in constant danger and mistrusted wherever they go. When we went to the river to wash our faces, mothers would grab their children and run home" Beah, It was the Atlantic Ocean.
Even in the middle of the madness there remained that true and natural beauty, and it toook my mind away from my current situation as I marveled at this sight" Beah, The boys come upon a village, the men of the village do not trust the 7 Boys, they take the boys "crapes" ie sneakers and let them go.
Walking barefoot on the sand was like walking on a hot tar road I continued walking but couldn't feel the soles of my feet. Peeled flesh hung down and congelaed blocks of blood and particles of sand clung to each hanging bit of skin" Beah, The Boys find a shack on the beach. The man who lives in the hut is very kind and generous. He cuts grass and lets the boys soothe their feet over steam, he feeds the boys, gives them ointment for their feet and lets them sleep in the hut.
The man is a fisherman and lets the boys stay in the fishing hut for 2 weeks. He does not tell them his name. This way we will all be safe" Beah, Ishamel is worried this time because he is very far away from Mattru Jong and is sure there will not be anyone in this village who recognizes him and saves him.
The chief of the village calls the 7 boys devils and orders them stripped and drowned in the ocean. The chief decides he has made a mistake and the boys are not devils, just children and they are let go, but must leave the village immediately. The chief told us he was letting us go, but that we had to leave the area immediately" Beah, Ishmael tells the readers "one of the things about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally was that I wasn't sure when or where it was going to end I was never disappointed, since I always expected the worst to happen" Saidu states "Every time people come at us with the intention of killing us, I close my eyes and wait for death.
Even though I am still alive, I feel like each time I accept death, part of me dies. Very soon I will completely die and all that will be life is my empty body walking with you. It will be quieter than I am" Ismael spends time remembering happy times with his family, but these memories actually hurt him physcially. The 7 boys spend some time at a village where the villagers are very welcoming, allow them to hunt with them and allow them to join in their feast.
Musa tells the story of Bra Spider. A greedy spider that planned to eat all the food during the feasts in different villages by using a rope. The boys leave and spend the next night in a "peculiar village, in the middle of nowhere" really just 1 house with moldy pots.
Ishmael spends the night remembering stories his grandmother told about the feast that was held the day of his naming ceremony. When the boys awake they find that their food is gone, when they investigate they find that a dog has stolen theri food and eaten it. They are angry enough to consider "killing and eating the dog". Musa remembes when he lost his family on the attack on MattruJong. His mother was lost as the fled the village, when his father goes to look for her, the village is attacked again and Musa had to run, "he has been running ever since" Beah, Alhaki was at the river when Mattru Jong was attacked, when he went home to find his family, they were gone.
Kanei had escaped the village with his parents, but lost his sisters and brothers in the chaos. Kanei and his parents took a boat across the Jong River, but it capsized.
Kanei was separated from his parents when he swam ashore. Jumah and Moriba, homes were attacked when their parents were at work.
They search the docks and the forest but "their parents were nowhere to be found" Beah, Saidu's family was attacked in their home. While Saidu happened to be in the attic getting rice, the rebels attack his family, raped his sisters, stole the family's property and forced the family to leave with them.
The next night Saidu faints from fright but the boys think he might be dying from eating the crow bad meat? He wakes up in the morning and they continue walking. The boys arrive in a crowded village and find out that many people from Mattru Jong are in the next village a 2 days walk.
When they think about possibly finding their families in the next village they start to sing and dance, but fall silent again. The boys help him carry bananas to the village, as Gasemu, tells Ishmael his parents and brother are in the village and will be happy to seem him. As the boys and Gasemu approach the village they hear screaming and gunshots. The village has been attacked by rebels and is burning. Ishamael realizes he has missed his chance to find his family and is very angry and fights with Gasemu.
While the 6 boys and Gasemu are fighting, the rebels return, so they hide in the dirt of a coffee farm. Ishmael speaks with the military leader Lt. Jabati, talks about Julius Caesar and Shakespeare and remembers reciting Shakespearean speeches back home for the adults to practice his English.
Jabati reminds him of a famous speech from Julius Caesar "Cowards die many times before their deaths" Beah, Prisoners were lined up and shot in the head" Beah, Jabati tells the civilians they must either help fight the rebels, leave the village, or if they stay and do not help, they will not be given food. This is your time to revenge the deaths of your families" Beah, Jabati shows the civilians dead bodies and gives inspiring speeches to convince even the teenagers to become soldiers.
They do not deserve to live. That is why we must kill every single one of them. Think of it as destroying a great evil. It is the highest service you can perform for your country" Beah, Ishmael loses his rap tapes, they are burned with his pants. Last connection to his childhood, his family, his home and his life before the war.
Your hands trembel as if the gun is pointed at your head This gun--he held the AK high up will soon belong to you, so you better learn not to be afraid of it. That is all for today" Beah, Hand signals, crawling, eating fast, stabbing bananas with bayonets, using and carrying AK rifles. This is how I would do it. He took out his bayonet and started shouting and stabbing the banana tree.
The Legend of Takoda Sly Fox was always slipping away from his tribe. He was known for disappearing, often for hours at a time. The great chief and his father, NAME never knew where he was, but he knew his son was safe, although only The boy was very skilled, he could make fire with just a few sticks, he could build himself a shelter, but he was known all through the tribe for his amazing bow-and-arrow skills.
His father, of course, was the one to teach him all of this, for he had to know if he were to be chief one day. Many times, they fail to realize the hardships others face. Over , children fight in wars around the world, slaughtering person after person without mercy. In the beginning of the book, young Ishmael, who is about 12 years old at the time, travels to a city called Mattru Jong with his brother, Junior, to participate in a talent show, where they learn that their village was attacked by a rebel group.
Ishmael Beah had grown up in Mogbwemo, Sierra Leone, a tight knit community where he was always surrounded by people who cared about him. Sierra Leone was always pleasant place to live until the chaos of the Civil War attacked the village.
Once they reached Mattru. Show More. Read More. A Long Way Gone Summary Words 6 Pages She and Ishmael bond when he visits the UN to share his story of being a boy soldier laura invites all the children from the assignment of responsibility back to her home at the conclusion of the conference.
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While taking an objective stance, Beah nonetheless makes use of narrative techniques in his writing. Foremost among them is his use of flashbacks to give necessary background to an impending scene and also to heighten tension. The boys are immersed in the western culture of rap music and oblivious to the dangers of violence posed by the rebel factions in Sierra Leone. In this way, Beah is able to connect his experience more universally to others whose childhood experiences consist of acts of leisure, such as learning the lyrics to pop music and imitating their favorite entertainers.
This flashback, as well as later ones involving a visit to his mother and the last time he saw his father, heighten the poignancy and confusion birthed by the rebel attack on Mogbwemo. The loss of his family numbs him as he attempts to assimilate how tragically and catastrophically his world has changed. By the end of the chapter, he is still hopeful that something good will happen, and that the violence will end soon.
The Question and Answer section for A Long Way Gone is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Why does Dr. What does he mean? Ishmael really doesn't know what to eat in New York. Although most people enter war because of their own knowledge and patriotic fervor, some enter because of fear, stress, and just simply because they are told to do so.
Red Badge soldiers join to save the union, to keep America united. These raw recruits lack the realization of the coming psychological stresses, anxiety, and undesirable conditions they will soon endure. The soldiers turn to violence; they feel as if they are compelled to take their anger out on the opposing team. The civil war in Sierra Leone has taken its toll in the s. The aftermath of the destruction due to the rebels were equivalent to the actual war.
Both at just the age of 12 their lives were war filled and were forever changed. By age thirteen he was a child soldier for the Sierra Leone Armed Forces and she was a mother to a baby boy.
Although, the two novels contain a great amount of trauma and had an effect on the authors and audiences reading, the ending was different for Ishmael Beah and Mariatu Kamara. Show More.
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