• Nature is a symbol of guidance, conveying messages and advice to those who want it. o “[T]he sky speaks to those who look and listen to it . . . [and in it] there are always answers and explanations for everything” (Beah 166).
When he was a child, Beah’s grandmother told him that
• Components of nature react and reflect to the events Beah witnesses and experiences o As Beah and the other boys discuss the atrocities they suffered before they met, “[t]he moon hid behind clouds to avoid seeing what was happening” (80)
The moon deeply disapproves of the monstrous crimes humans are committing and hid behind the clouds so it could stop seeing the crimes people committed o In response to the child soldier’s slaughter of a rebel group, “the branches
When he was a child, Beah’s grandmother told him that
• Components of nature react and reflect to the events Beah witnesses and experiences o As Beah and the other boys discuss the atrocities they suffered before they met, “[t]he moon hid behind clouds to avoid seeing what was happening” (80)
The moon deeply disapproves of the monstrous crimes humans are committing and hid behind the clouds so it could stop seeing the crimes people committed o In response to the child soldier’s slaughter of a rebel group, “the branches