Quote 1: “instead of playing soccer in the village square, I took turn guarding posts around the village, smoking marijuana, and sniffing brown brown,”
Reflection: This quote adds to the significant theme of loss of innocence. When I first read this line I could hardly believe what I was hearing, Ishmael doing drugs was a complete shock to me and completely out of his character. This quote shows how Ishmael went from a young boy playing games, with emotion in his soul to a numb boy easing the pain cowardly with drugs.
Quote 2: “The idea of death didn't cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water.”
Reflection: This quote exhibits the theme of how war affects individuals. The war turned Ishmael into a drug user do to
Reflection: This quote adds to the significant theme of loss of innocence. When I first read this line I could hardly believe what I was hearing, Ishmael doing drugs was a complete shock to me and completely out of his character. This quote shows how Ishmael went from a young boy playing games, with emotion in his soul to a numb boy easing the pain cowardly with drugs.
Quote 2: “The idea of death didn't cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water.”
Reflection: This quote exhibits the theme of how war affects individuals. The war turned Ishmael into a drug user do to