A Long Way Gone (2007) is a true story of Ishmael Beah, who unwillingly is forced to become a child soldier when a civil war breaks out in Sierra Leone. The story starts with Beah only 12 years old, who is away to perform along with his brother and friends when rebels attack his village. During all this chaos, confusion and ambiguity of war, all of them are left to wander from village to village in search of food and shelter and along the way commit to acts they had never thought of doing so otherwise. The book explores around a lot of different themes throughout the reading and for this paper I will talk about the methods of child recruitment, the role as child soldiers and lastly the rehabilitation provided to these child soldiers.
The first time in the novel we come close to seeing Ishmael, his brother and friends being recruited is by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), also known as the rebels, in the village of Mattru Jong; seeking only strong child soldiers (34) but the boys are lucky enough to escape from the rebels. The second time we witness the recruitment is almost half way through the book, when Ishmael gets separated from his brother and friends and ends up meeting another group of boys, from which he previously knows three from his school. The boys are in a village called Yele, where the civilians and government soldiers live together peacefully. Initially when they find shelter there, they help with daily chores but after the RUF started to assault the village, Lieutenant Jabati in charged of …show more content…
To conclude, A long way Gone is a true story about loss, war and hope. Despite all the setbacks, he is able to find love and peace by the help of his own inner strength, which in the end results to contribute to the wellbeing of
The first time in the novel we come close to seeing Ishmael, his brother and friends being recruited is by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), also known as the rebels, in the village of Mattru Jong; seeking only strong child soldiers (34) but the boys are lucky enough to escape from the rebels. The second time we witness the recruitment is almost half way through the book, when Ishmael gets separated from his brother and friends and ends up meeting another group of boys, from which he previously knows three from his school. The boys are in a village called Yele, where the civilians and government soldiers live together peacefully. Initially when they find shelter there, they help with daily chores but after the RUF started to assault the village, Lieutenant Jabati in charged of …show more content…
To conclude, A long way Gone is a true story about loss, war and hope. Despite all the setbacks, he is able to find love and peace by the help of his own inner strength, which in the end results to contribute to the wellbeing of