Ishmael Beah From First They Killed My Father

Childhood experiences are very fundamental to growth and affects our lives significantly. Throughout the two informational text, both authors Ishmael Beah and Loung Ung describes how they lost their childhoods to war and how these childhood experiences in war has shaped their lives to who they are today. In excerpts from the memoir, "from First They Killed my Father", Loug Ung describes a personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge years. In excerpts from the memoir, “A Long Way Gone”, Ishmael Beah tells the story of how he swept up in the war as a child and how he survived this life changing event.
In Ishmael’s memoir, “A Long Way Gone”, he describes how his childhood wartime experiences affects his life significantly. He describes how these experience affect him emotionally and mentally. According to the memoir, “A Long Way Gone”, it states, “I was worried about living with a family. I had been on my own …show more content…
Loug describes how her childhood wartime experiences affects her life significantly. According to the memoir, “from First They Killed My Father”, the author states, “Capitalists should be shot and killed, someone yells from the crowd, glaring at us. Another villager walks over and spits at Pa’s feet.” With this detail, the author introduces the hostile attitude of the villagers toward the new arrivals, including the author and her family. According to the text the author also states directly in her memoir, “In this village… we all live in a communal system and share everything. There is no private ownership… Everything belongs to the Angkar.” The author her childhood in war has affected her because she was ruled by a dictator and was forced to share everything. They were to believe that everything belongs to the Angkar. The author describes her account of the experience during the year of Khmer