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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 participate in a talent show. When the abominable news reached them, they traveled back to Mogbwemo just to witness the destruction and death. From this point onward, Ishmael and the other boys wandered from village to village, trying to…

In the story “A Long Way Gone” Ishmael beah describes to the readers the many problems and the consequences that he faced from being in the. On page 48 of the book Ishmael tells how “the war had destroyed the enjoyment of the very experience of meeting people” when Ishmael says this he is expressing that when he joined the war it changed his actions and it also changed his interactions with other people. Ishmael’s actions changed while in the war, because he began to use drugs and since he…

Ishmael Beah is a Sierra Leonean that was forced to become a soldier at a very young age. Growing up, the Rebels invaded Mogbwemo, his hometown, which caused him to be separated from his family. As a young child, he witnessed disaster take place before his eyes, day in and day out. There were rarely any moments in his life that did not cause him some form of psychological harm. Throughout the times of being a boy soldier, Ishmael was introduced to a lot of toxic things, drugs being one of the…

I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish takes place during the Gaza siege. The Israeli military had banned foreign media sources from entering the small Palestinian territory. Izzeldin Abuelaish became the prime source for news when the military banned the media. He told everyone in the refugee camp and a news reporter the daily things that were happening in the war zone. Izzeldin Abuelaish notified Sholmo Eldar, the news reporter, through a cell phone and Elder reported the news on Israel’s…

Salva. He was once just a regular kid in southern Sudan but, he didn’t know his life was about to change forever. His struggle for survival is his village is attacked while he’s at school and he has to go out into the “bush” alone and survive through all his hardships throughout this novel. It changes his struggle by having to cope with his friends and family dying and also getting to refugee camps.In this time of war, Salva has to keep dealing his group leaving him twice and on his third group…

Family Saves “Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what” -Unknown. This quote explains Ishmael and his friends and family. Ishmael Beah’s world gets turned upside down and twisted around within the course of two days. He loses his family, his friends, and his innocence. Family is the most important thing to Ishmael. It helps him survive day…

‘Don’t Call me Ishmael is a young adult genre book which is written by author Michael Gerard Bauer. It is a fictional novel written in a journal diary style and in the perspective of a 14 year old boy, Ishmael Leseur. He was named after the narrator in Herman Merville’s infamous book, Moby Dick. Ishmael is continuously being verbally bullied for his name throughout his entire highschool life, which caused him to have a low self-image of himself and completely lacking in confidence. However with…

I feel that the theme of the book is survival. At first Beah didn’t even believe that the war would reach Mattru Jong which was where he was staying. Once the war hit where he was, his life changed completely. He knows that if the rebels catch him it will not be a good outcome so he runs and hides for his life. A young, innocent boys life is completely turned around due to this tragic war. He becomes used to seeing blood and death every day of his life and at one point is seconds away from…

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…

Rationale: This written task relates to the memoir A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah, and in particular, is a diary by Lieutenant Jabati, Ishmael’s commanding officer during his time as a child solider in Sierra Leone. The diary describes events that occur during this timeframe while expanding on Jabati’s feelings and thoughts. I chose a diary because I felt it could best illustrate how Ishmael was viewed by his peers as a child soldier while elaborating on the gruesomeness of the war and…