A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah Analysis

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The Experiment of Ishmael and Mister As you go through life you realize that there is always someone doing worse than you are. Sometimes you get so caught up in your own life you forget that there are people out there wishing they only had your problems. Your personal issues could be easier or difficult on the next person. When reading the memoir “A long way gone” by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael reaches rock bottom in his life and each day there are new experiences that normal people wouldn't face in a lifetime. When watching the film “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete” Mister and Pete showed people in their community that anybody could figure out how to survive if they had to. “A long way gone” and “The inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete”

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