horror, and tragedy. Growing up as a child soldier in Sierra Leone’s civil war brought struggles unthinkable for a teenager to bear. When the war first came into Beah’s life, it was with the sudden force of a tornado. Beah had been living in Mattru Jong without worry. He enjoyed doing things normal 12 year olds should: playing with friends, making mischief and dancing to hip hop. When rebels attacked the mining areas close to the village, havoc broke loose. Beah and his brother were separated from
Junior also take some time to visit their grandmother, Mamie Kpana. The next day, the boys are notified by Khalilou that the RUF will invade Mattru Jong next and that their village was just attacked. The boys are given little information about the attack and have no idea if their family is safe. The boys decide that the best option is to return to Mattru Jong. Once Ishmael and his friends make it back the rebels attack their village. The boys are able to escape however, they haven’t eaten in some
explains how he used to go on a swim with his friends and his love for rap music and hip-hop dance. When Ishmael and his friends went to visit Mattru Jong, they visited Ishmael's grandparents in Kabati. While staying at the Mattru Jong, they recieved a terrifying news that Mogbwemo was attacked. When messengers warn the townspeople several times that Mattru Jong is going to be attacked, the townspeople fled and hide until time has passed and everyone returned to their daily life. Until, the rebels actually
A Long way gone is an emotional book about a boy who lives in a village in Africa when there is suddenly a rumor of an attack by rebels near them. They get back to there village seeing it in panic; They are now on the run trying to survive. A Long Way Gone is a true and sad story, showing that people will turn on others for their own agenda. The book tells the story of Ishmael Beah, who lived in Sierra Leone along with his family and friends before it was attacked. He then goes on to walk hundreds
A Long Way Gone is a novel written in first person point of view by Ishmael Beah, as a child soldier who learned how to survive independently. The author uses figurative language and detailed descriptions to create realistic images, using the five senses. Ishmael’s use of words creates a vivid picture in the reader’s mind, so they can see and feel what Ishmael experienced. Ishmael is a young boy who lives in Mogbwemo, Sierra Leone and loves rap music. However, the peace didn't last, a war broke
as another stepmom had destroyed our relationship.” (10) Before gaining knowledge of any type of war approaching his village, Ishmael, Junior, and they’re mutual friend Talloi left town on a voyage to participate in a talent show in the town of Mattru Jong, where the boys would perform a dance routine set to a track of American rap songs they obtained on a cassette. Once they discovered that their village had been under attack by rebels, who often carve the initials ‘RUF’, which stood for Revolutionary
once his whole family is killed. People from the United Nations started gathering all the young boy soldiers including Ishmael to be in rehabilitation. The setting in this story is in Sierra Leone, Africa. Ishmael traveled all over from Kabati, Mattru Jong, Kamatorn and much more until the end where he ends up in Freetown. analysis I have really enjoyed reading this book made by Ishmael because it tells how life has its twists and turns and their adventures through villages and trying to escape death
In the memoir of Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Beah states that his life’s journey has been a huge obstacle, but has learned to overcome that struggle by venting while the two contradictory sides continue their battling. Beah accomplishes his goal of explaining to the reader his point of view through the use of rhetorical questions, scenic narration, and parallelism. Ishmael Beah’s apparent purpose is to share personal accounts of his life with his fellow country men, in
Imagine yourself in the shoes of a twelve year old boy who vigorously fought through blood and death, seeking for survival and hope during a Civil War in Sierra Leone. The novel, A Long Way Gone, tells the story of, Ishmael Beah, a young boy who experienced the mental and physical battle of reluctantly becoming a soldier. Today, majority of us can relate to Ishmael’s unfortunate circumstances through his life because it is something that we have all been affected by individually in areas all across
member or a close friend. As a matter of fact, Ishmael had this fear throughout almost the entire book, starting when he heard the news that his hometown, Mogbwemo, had been attacked by the rebels. However, he was still with his brother, Junior, in Mattru Jong at this time of major crisis (Beah 9.)”My heart pounded and my breathing intensified,” Ishmael quoted as he were desperately searching for his family on the long road back to their town. Little did he know that he would no longer lay eyes on his
In A Long Way Gone, the author Ishmael Beah, a member of the HRWC RDAC offers the firsthand visualization of war from the perspective of a former soldier as a child. Beah born in Sierra Leone describes the violent civil war that destroyed his home time. Sierra Leone was one of the countries during the 1970s-1980s that when the government forces a child to transform into a young boy into a killing machine as one member of the army. Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. He was forced to
In his memoir, A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah deals with his loss of innocence as he is forced to join the children army of Sierra Leone in the country's civil war after being conscripted to the army that once destroyed his town in order for Ishmael to survive. His memoir acts as a voice to show the many difficulties that the members of Sierra Leone's child army had to suffer through and their day to day struggle to survive in the worst of conditions. In order to escape the perils and trials of war
When growing up, family is always there for one another with unconditional love. They will do anything for each other, and throughout their lives they look to family for support and advice. This is not said for Ishmael Beah in A Long Way Gone. He was never in an idealistic “picture perfect” family because of his parents living in different villages through most of his life. The feeling of loneliness and independence was not new to him. Contrasting Beah, Mariatu Kamara, from A Bite of the Mango, has
Compare and Contrast Essay Outline A vivid use of description when discussing stories about the war in Sierra Leone drastically impacts the readers. The war in Sierra Leone broke out in March of 1991, and it lasted until 2000. This war happened because a group of men believed that the recently independent government of Sierra Leone was corrupt (Bah pg. 2-3).The Revolutionary United Front, or the rebels, began to attack villages in attempt to overthrow the government. They typically cut off the hands
Ishmael Beah,who is just a twelve year old young boy, tries to manage a way to survive his way out of war by hopping from one village after another. A story named “A Long Way Gone” written by Ishmael himself where he, his brother, and two friends were to leave their village for safety, but along the way they experienced many violence that is said to be inhumane in society today. Violence is said to be the intention to hurt, damage, or kill someone. These are what Ishmael has faced both physical
In the book A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael survives and describes his journey while at war. Ishmael was a 13 year old who is forced to become a child soldier. He struggles through a variety of problems. In his journey, he was separated from his family and mostly running for his life. Later on, he has no problem killing people and picking up his gun. In fact, anyone can be evil at any certain time with kids changing, getting drugged, and going back to war. Ishmael kills people
In the book A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah redemption is a very common theme. Ishmael is able to redeem himself after being forced to be a childhood soldier and basically brainwashed. He was able to be rehabilitated by the UNICEF program after being at the Benin Home, making frienships with a nurse named Esthur, and meeting family members. At the beginning of the book I strongly believed that there was no way to be able to have redemption for the actions that these people were making. Some of
A twelve year old's life was turned upside down. This little boy named Ishmael Beah was running around with all his friends. Then suddenly people started coming into his village sad and scared. Ishmael Beah and his friends started running from the rebels that were at war with the government. He ends up getting caught and killing a lot of people. At the end of the story they go to rehabilitation center to put then back into the community. Never loose hope, people can change, everything bad comes to
Imagine living in your neighborhood, when suddenly, a group of armed children with assault rifles begin destroying buildings and killing innocent people. This is the story of Ishmael Beah. The three most difficult aspects of ishmael’s journey was the constant hunger, use of drugs, and death. Ishmael's story begins in the war torn African country known as Sierra Leone. The most consistent, overwhelming difficulty of ishmael's journey is hunger. Because Ishmael was constantly traveling, and villages
As we read through the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, there are many striking moments or key passages that have a lot of meaning, character development, or plot development. These key moments occur at many times, such as before Ishmael is a soldier, during Ishmael’s time as a soldier, and during rehabilitation from being a soldier. The three most striking of key passages from the book that are important to character development, plot development, and meaning is when Ishmael learned to be