Summary Of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier: Recovery

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Stepan Holovchak
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ENG 4C1
18 Dec 2015
Recovery from the war Death seen during the war is a powerful thing that can break everybody 's mind even if you have a strong body or a huge gun . Often men who returned home are completely changed after the violence they have passed through . Mostly this effects children that were involved in the war in the age of 16 or even younger .During these years children form their vision of the world , so the events like a war, especially if they are involved in it, can change their mentality . An amazing memoir A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier shows how different people impact and help Beah to survive .

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The violence of the war also left many without trust. People had to rely on themselves and live in constant fear. They never discussed what they thought or felt. It took Ishmael a while to learn to open up to others again. He slowly regained some trust and worked with Esther, a nurse who had taken a liking to him. He would tell her stories of the past and work towards remembering things from before the war. She helped him to forgive himself for the terrible things he had done. ““None of these things are your fault,” she would always say sternly at the end of every conversation, Even though I heard that phrase from every staff member- and frankly I had always hated it- I began that day to believe it.” (Beah 165) In addition to the boys’ violent tendencies they social workers had to work to rehabilitate them from their mental and physical torments. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah is a true story that is very informative in the effects that war and violence have on people, physically, mentally, and socially. This is especially sad and evident in the use of boy soldiers as the story describes. The survivors of these experiences are left damaged and scarred by these extreme situations. Beah was fortunate to live to tell this amazing story, and the world is fortunate to have an opportunity to hear his brave and authentic

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