Ishmael

The book entitled “A Long Way Gone” written by Ishmael Beah shows the reader a lot about keys to survival. It is an autobiography about Ishmael’s life. Ishmael is the main character, a teenage boy who grew up amidst the Sierra Leonean war. He experiences horrible things that many of us in Canada could not begin to imagine, such as Ishmael’s many brushes with death as well as his experiences as a child soldier. This book can teach the reader a lot about what is required to survive in situations…

child are the most simplest in life. Many people even find themselves wanting to go back to these times. The immaturity, the oblivion, and the genuine innocence-- yet there are some kids who can lose it all. As discussed in “Babes in Arms”, the young Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone, was involved in the war in Sierra Leone and forced to see a dark side of humanity that impacted his life in several ways. A very important factor in a person’s youth that can really affect them is the…

read a portion of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. In pages 36-45 Ishmael decides to take a stroll through the streets of New Bedford. As he wanders about he is dumbfounded as he observes the town and its people. Due to the maritime industry, Ishmael noticed that the men there came from many different parts of the globe. Closely regarding the town, Ishmael notices that there are many cannibals roaming about. As he thinks to himself, Ishmael reveals his philosophy on the prosperity of the town, “Yet,…

Memorable book: A Long Way Gone In the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael is the most memorable character. He shows strength, courage, and fearlessness. Ishmael fought for his life, and almost lost it at times. He is strong for not giving up, he is fearless because he fought for what he thought was right, and he is courageous because he put his story into the world. Ishmael overcame the obstacles he faced in the end, but this does not mean what he face was easy. First he left his…

The book “A Long Way Gone”, by Ishmael Beah, is a nonfiction novel talking about his life as a boy soldier. Before Ishmael’s transformation into a boy soldier, he was just like any other child. He was young and inexperienced. Nothing yet had prepared him for the troubles he would face in times of Sierra Leone Civil War. He attempted to maintain innocence through his childhood memories and also his sense of wonder, soon to realize the anxiety of war haunts his mind. The violence, drugs, and…

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah follows Beah as he experiences the invasion of his home and his becoming of a child solider. In the memoir, chapter four and five sees Ishmael go retreat back to his home with his brothers as he has nothing else to live off of. As the boys walk through their hometown, they witness the carnage and aftermath of the rebel attack. They are unable to put words to their shared horror, and they are unsure of what they can do for each other. However, their hunger is more…

means priority and the verse shows that Jesus has preeminence above all. Furthermore, it shows that Christ is the Lord over creation. The idea of the firstborn can be expressed in the relationship between Abraham and his sons (Gen. 21:10). While Ishmael was the physically born first, he was not identified as the firstborn because Isaac had the priority of rights. Erwin Lutzer says Jacob was younger than Esau was, but is called firstborn. It is not about time, it is about status. If viewed…

The Journey of Becoming a Hero Maria Nemeth once said, “Every time you are willing to say ‘Yes’ to everything on your path, you express the hero inside of you.” Ishmael Beah has his fair share of “yes” in his life, whether the yes was intentional or not. Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. At the age of twelve he experienced the Civil War that was taking place for the first time. The Civil War lasted from March of 1991 to January of 2002 (BBC News). During this time period the government…

the darkness before our wishes could meet them." (Beah 80). The way Ishmael Beah describes the stars describes how your outlook at life can cause you to believe the stars are yours or that they are unreachable. Shakespeare's play Othello tells the story of Othello, his recently married wife Desdemona, his soldier Iago, Iago's wife Emilia, and Othello's wife Desdemona. Comparably to Othello and Desdemona's new relationship, Ishmael Beah's memoir, A Long Way Gone, tells the story of an immature…

war between RUF (Revolutionary United Front) and the government, many people had suffered and had great loses. In the book A Long Way Gone, written by Ishmael Beah, it demonstrates what happened in Sierra Leone when his nightmare because a reality. In the war, the government and RUF would recruit young boys to help fight in this civil war. Ishmael, a 12 year old boy who was a young soldier himself, paints a picture of himself and the effects the war has caused him. He was one of the many child…