In Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone and Edward Zwick’s Blood Diamond, both protagonists are redeemed of the sins they have caused. Both Ishmael and Danny Archer have caused many problems and have committed sins and being a bad person, by killing, lying, and doing a lot of illegal stuff. Danny has done stuff along the lines of smuggling diamonds out of Sierra Leone, keeping the war go on, killing others, using people like Solomon just to get a diamond. He suffers from the consequences of doing the sins, which causes guilt. Danny is guilty of the war and has been through a lot of his life, like watching his parents be raped, and killed. He wants to be forgiven for what he has done, but he knows that there is no god. He says there is no god, that he left …show more content…
He was just trying to survive and he was trained and taught to kill. Ishmael has been redeemed from the sins has committed, and he sees to the actions he has done and spreads awareness in new york, with other child soldiers and telling others what is going on in Sierra Leone. Everyone was telling him it was not his fault he didn’t want to believe it but when he finished rehabilitation he saw that its nobody’s fault for a war. So he seeks out to give others knowledge so that what has happened to him wont happened again to another child, he has sacrificed his life to save others future life’s in Sierra Leone. Danny Archer was redeemed in Blood Diamond by sacrificing himself so that Solomon and Dia can escape with the diamond. Escaping with what they have Solomon goes to America and helps get people to see what is going on in Sierra Leone and crack down on the diamond smuggling in the warfare so that the war can soon come down to an end. So in context they both sacrificed something in order to fix what guilt from the sins they have
In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah explained his journey throughout his life; whether it was with his family and friends or at war against the rebels in Sierra Leone. During the attack on his village in Mogbwemo, Beah was separated from his family when he was in another city with his brother and friends. At the young age of twelve, Beah was forced to flee from village to village with the aim of escaping the rebels. Eventually, he reluctantly joined the army as a soldier against the rebels. Throughout his memoir, Beah used multiple different tones. Beah described the cheerful times with family and friends, along with the dreadful and shocking times of war.
...ircumstances as he did, believe that revenge is not good and it keeps on going if no one stops the process. Overall, Ishmael eventually learned that revenge does not solve anything and seeking revenge just results in a longer war sustained by the counterproductive concept of vengeance. Additionally, Ishmael learned that by constantly thinking about his culpability, he was just bringing more harm to himself and in the process was unable to create any progress in his own life. Ishmael eventually realized that merely reflecting on his actions did not do anything and to fix and prevent the problems he faced, he would have to take initiative to reach out to the people who could help. By utilizing the idea of forgiveness, Ishmael learned that he could let go of the huge mountain of stress that was bringing him down and prevented him from overcoming the effects of the war.
Ishmael kills people without it being a big problem or deal. He was forced and threatened. If not then he would be killed. First, he was terrified to see people being killed. In the book, Ishmael quotes “My hand began trembling uncontrollably…” This shows that Ishmael is being aware of his surroundings and of himself. This is important because it shows how Ishmael feels before he and his
During the war, there were two prevalent groups. These were the army and the rebels, both of which offered Ishmael a questionable future. As we know, Ishmael ended up joining the army. About his experience in the army, Ishmael says “I had my gun now, and as the corporal always said “This gun is your source of power in these times.It will protect you and provide you all you need, if you know how to use it well.”” (p.124). This type of thinking is in short, self-destructive to Ishmael. It would mean that he would either end up dead during the war, or if he was to survive, it would be very unlikely for him to be rehabilitated because he had been so reliant on his gun during the war. In addition to this, it would leave Ishmael in a precarious state when the war ended if he had not been rehabilitated, since the only thing he knew to do for years was to kill. However, since he was able to be rehabilitated, he was able to conform to society once more. This, unfortunately, could have been prompted once again near the end of the book when history repeats itself when the AFRC took over Sierra Leone. “The entire nation crumbled into a state of lawlessness. I hated what was happening. I couldn’t return to my previous live.”. Once again, war comes knocking on Ishmael’s front door, and this time around Ishmael knows what war is like and what he is going to experience again. Ishmael was
There was a war in Sierra Leone, Africa, from 1991 to 2002 where a rebel army stormed through African villages amputating and raping citizens left and right (“Sierra Leone Profile”). Adebunmi Savage, a former citizen of Sierra Leone, describes the reality of this civil war:
Ishmael starts his journey with a will to escape and survive the civil war of Sierra Leone in order to reunite with his mom, dad, and younger siblings, who fled their home when his village was attacked by rebels. Having only his older brother, who he escaped with, and a few friends by his side Ishmael is scared, but hopeful. When the brothers are captured by rebels, Ishmael’s belief in survival is small, as indicated by his fallible survival tactics when he “could hear the gunshots coming closer…[and] began to crawl farther into the bushes” (Beah 35). Ishmael wants to survive, but has little faith that he can. He is attempting to survive by hiding wherever he can- even where the rebels can easily find him. After escaping, Ishmael runs into a villager from his home tells him news on the whereabouts of his family. His optimism is high when the villager, Gasemu, tells Ishmael, “Your parents and brothers wil...
As Ishmael’s life as a boy soldier slowly came to an end, these changes were the hardest to accept. He was given all knew clothes, lots of help, and was practically given his life back. A normal person would be happy to accept that, but Ishmael wasn’t exactly a normal person. His life was dedicated to being a boy soldier, and through that he develops a very violent mindset. When he is taken away from this atmosphere, he resorts to violence and has extreme drug withdrawal. ALong with that, he had severe migraines and wanted to be fighting for his country. Many other soldiers looked up to him for his dedication and contribution. Even though all they wanted to do was help him, he just wanted to fight.
With the lack of food the two characters had to find a new tactic to not starve to death. Ishmael learned that if he became a soldier, even though it was completely dangerous and savage, he would be able to receive food and never have the need to run again. It was the only option for him to be able to survive this grueling war. He was able to eat well and get other necessities. Evidently, as a soldier, UNICEF began to recruit young soldiers to a rehabilitation center where they could learn to become sane and rehabilitate their bodies to health. This may have saved his life even further as the war came to a close and gave him the opportunity to leave the country and find a new life somewhere
In the famous novel and movie series, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, an average teenage girl, Bella Swan, is forced to move from Arizona (where she lived with her mother) to Washington to start an almost new life with her father. She attends a small-town high school with mostly average people, besides one family, the Cullens. As Bella and Edward Cullen get closer, she uncovers a deep secret about him and his family. Their relationship faces many hard challenges and conflicts as the story develops. Both the novel and movie share very similar storylines, however, differ in many ways. From themes to author’s craft, or to relationships, these important parts of the story highlight the significant differences and similarities of Twilight.
Christopher McCandless and Adam Shepard both did some similar targets in their lives, at the end it lead them to unexpected situations. Christopher McCandless was a young man who didn't believe in society and he chose to get away from that and left everything he had, including his family. He developed important relationships with key people that helped him on his journey into the wild. Similarly Adam Shepard was a young man who left with only $25 and a sleeping bag to go prove his point that the american dream does exist and to see if he can achieve it in a couple of months. Overall comparing McCandless and Shepard, Christopher McCandless had a greater impact in people, motivated many, and was selfish in plenty of good ways.
... one feels after they have sinned. The characters in The Kite Runner, are very much like modern day individuals who make mistakes and have a strong feeling of remorse for what they have done so they try and make up for it in any way possible. Amir found a way to redeem himself for the sins he committed as a child; he did this through saving Sohrab. This was how he showed his repentance towards Hassan. Baba found his redemption by allowing for Ali and Hassan to live with them. What he did was wrong but the way he handled the situation was mature on his behalf. The relationship between sin and redemption was displayed many times throughout the novel and was shown through various characters. It is the guilt that one feels that leads one to their redeeming moment; perfect or not perfect this was a way for one to ease themselves from the sins they have committed.
How can one make so many mistakes in life and still be forgiven as if they did not do anything wrong? In the novel Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton, religion was a vocal point throughout the whole novel. The main character, Stephen Kumalo, who simply goes by Kumalo, was a black South African priest who revolved his life around his family and God. There had been many times in Kumalo’s life where his feelings and actions had been results of devoting his life to God. Paton continually mentioned the importance of faith in this book and what it meant to each of the characters present. One of the main ideas in this novel was the journey Kumalo took in order to overcome the challenges he had faced. Obstacles he was presented with included finding
Hosseini exemplifies the importance of redemption through the wisdom of Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan’s wisdom shows that the past is a constant reminder of guilt, but the guilt may be remedied with active attempts to amend past mistakes. He repeats, “there is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2, 192, 226). Another significant
Redemption is a way to make up sins. Amir have embodied an evil character from one side by not treating Hassan the way he deserved even though Hassan used to take responsibilities for him and always wanted to see him joyous; Despite that , Amir always seemed ungrateful and reveals a lack of mutuality various times.
There was a man by the name of Thomas of Elderfield who had a life full of ups and downs, but who never lost his faith in Christianity. He came from a poor family and worked his way up the social ladder to a successful business man. This climb up the social ladder was beneficial to him, but soon led to trouble as he attracted a suitor. After several years of infidelity with the suitor, Thomas’s conscious got to him and he discontinued seeing the married woman. His faith in God kept him from returning to her despite her repeated attempts at pulling him into sin. Thomas could not live with the weight of the sin on his shoulders so he went to a priest to confess what was causing him anguish and repent for his sins. “Eventually God's grace intervened and remorse stung him; so he presented himself to a priest and took his healthy advice to do proper penance for his offence,” (Malmesbury, par. 2). The woman remarried a man named George years after her first husband had passed away. In time George found out about his new wife’s previous infidelity...