A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

The film The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete and the memoir A long way gone have many similarities and some differences. The main character of the film is Mister, a boy whose mother is an addict and is taken to jail. While his mother is gone Mister must take care are a young boy and survive with no food, no money, or sufficient shelter. The main character of the memoir is Ishmael Beah, who is a boy that has to become a child soldier to survive during the war in Africa. These events take…

When choosing whether or not to include a specific text in the curriculum, an English teacher must consider many things to determine the story’s relevance, such as the content of the story and universal themes. Ishmael Beah’s memoir A Long Way Gone is appropriate for the Sterling High School English IV curriculum because of its use of complex ideas and universal themes that make this text a worthy champion for the curriculum. Beah’s extensive and sophisticated figurative language appeal to the…

The memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah should be a requirement for English IV. The emotionally diverse memoir offers the readers connections to the real world and ideas of complexity. Significantly, the memoir has impacting information to help the reader connect with real world issues, therefore being a positive attribute as an English IV curriculum. For instance, in the memoir the war in Sierra Leone had just started, leaving everyone helpless and despaired. Food is the one source that…

All Quiet on the Western Front and A Long Way Gone: A Psychological and Emotional Comparison Imagine yourself in the middle of a field, your comrades dying around you, people crying out for their mothers. This is the dreadful reality of war. The novels All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah follow the stories of Paul Baumer and Ishmael Beah, two young soldiers experiencing these things every day. The psychological and emotional journey of these…

described in vivid detail in Ishmael Beah’s 2007 memoir A Long Way Gone. The memoir is about how Beah himself was indoctrinated into becoming a child soldier during the decade long Sierra Leone Civil War. At the age of only twelve, Beah’s village is attacked by militants and he is forced to flee with a group of his closest friends. Having no concept of war before this period, Ishmael is thrown into the fire and forced to either adapt or die. The boys understand that they can no longer go…

said by Stephen King. Symbolism is very effective as it allows writers to add many layers of meaning to their work, by making their characters and themes more universal, and by sparking the reader's interest. In his literary work, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and/or freedom. First of all, he uses dreams to show the many challenges he faced throughout his life and journey through Sierra Leone. Secondly, Ishmael…

Psychology Reflection Paper A long way gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah Write a 3 page reflection of one of these books. What did you learn? What are your reflections on these situations, cultures, and parents? How did their situations help or hurt these children according to the developmental theories we study? Ishmael Beah in his book really explained the situation of things that he went through at early age of his life especially at 12, when he was dragged to the…

“A Long Way Gone” is an autobiography written by Ishmael Beah that composed of memoirs on his own life as a young boy who experienced the mental and physical battle of reluctantly becoming a soldier. Before a civil war broke out in Sierra Leone in 1991, Ishmael had a normal life with his family in his hometown of Mogbwemo. When the war led by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) transpired, Ishmael and his older brother, Junior, along with their friends, were traveling to Mattru Jong to…

What is war really like? Is it just like how the movies and tv shows portray it to be? A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, give us as the reader an in depth, real life experience into what being in the midst of a war is really like.This nonfiction novel tells the story of Ishmael Beah. Ishmael used to live a normal life in Sierra Leone, until one day while he is away a rebellion force attacks his home town. Ishmael 's life is completely turned upside down, He must survive on his own. Scavenging for…

The Role and Functions of Family in Ishmael Beah’s Life Ishmael Beah’s memoir entitled A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007) tells the tale of a child soldier from Sierra Leone. After his family dies when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) invaded their village, Beah’s last resort is to become part of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces as child soldier. With his ability to execute the prisoners of war, Beah becomes a child lieutenant. However, this position leads to further trouble…