The Changes The Statement “All people are capable of evil” is a very true statement. The author Ishmael Beah shows this is the book A long Way Gone. My feelings towards this statement is that I agree with it. Anyone can do both good and bad things, it’s just what influences them to do so. Everyone has a dark side. The situation the person is in could influence their decisions greatly. In the book Ishmael says that “…We were so hungry that we stole people’s food while they slept” (29). This is evil because they took other people’s food while they were sleep, when they woke up there wouldn’t be anything for them to eat because it was stolen. Another example is when Ishmael said “…we actually chased a little boy who was eating two boiled ears
