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Book Report The book A Long Way Gone by: Ishmael Beah is about himself and how he becomes a boy soldier during a war in Sierra Leone. Ishmael was a boy who performed in a rap group with his friends until Ishmael’s village was attacked by rebels. During all of the confusion and violence performed in the war, Ishmael Beah, his brother, and some of his friends walk to different villages to search for food and shelter. Although their struggle to get food for survival led them to attack young…

Going Solo, Roald Dhal's memoir of his in east Africa and his service in the RAF (Royal Air Force), covers much of the builds up to World War II. In the book it mentions Tanzania. Tanzania plays an important part, since it was where he was sent to by the company that he worked for out East. Dahl tells about Tanzania that " The whole of that amazing tropical scene through the port- has photographed on my mind ever since" (p23). In fact, Tanzania is important because it is the start of his…

story was written by Ishmael, and it describes events in his life. The events take place from his early teens to his late teens. Setting The setting is Sierre Leone during the 1990’s. The story mentions towns such as: Mogbwemo, Mattru Jong, and Freetown. The setting is integral because Ishmael goes into detail about the time and place. Characters Ishmael Beah- Ishmael is both the protagonist and the antagonist of the story. He is a dynamic character because he goes…

Memories have the to power to connect people to their past, which may be a distress for some. In A Long Way Gone, a recovering boy soldier named Ishmael Beah struggles to rehabilitate by overcoming his torn memories in order to remember his significant ones. Throughout this book, Ishmael has many flashbacks in the healing process that he eventually learns to cope with. One of the first flashbacks Ishmael has is when he revisits the time when he was a junior lieutenant. Weeks after being rescued…

(A)People often associate having hopes and dreams with child's play; that only the young and naive would mess with something as foolish as that. (B)However, movies such as The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, and the documentary following three Acholi children in Northern Uganda, War Dance prove that not only children should have hopes and dreams, but everyone. (C) There are many different reasons of why we need hopes and dreams and goals in our lives,…

During the war in Sierra Leone, both Ishmael Beah and Mariatu Kamara experienced the war personally, giving first-hand accounts of all the incidents, however, Beah emphasized more on how the war affected the society and the entire country, while Kamara only described how the war had an effect on her life rather than the society as a whole. In A Long Way Gone, Beah emphasizes the chaos and destruction that the war brought upon not just his village but the entire society, in people's behaviours…

When many people think of Africa they think of poor, dry, sunny, and disease. All these things are commonly thought of with the mention of Africa. While some of this may be true for certain parts of Africa it's not all true. For this book critique I will be assessing the novel A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, he wrote this novel to share his story and inspire many who are going through tough times, to keep going, and keep hope. While the book was told in the third person from the person who…

in time Beah knew that most of his family was at home when the attack happened. He does not know if his family is safe or not, so they decide to return to Mogbwemo: “Junior, Talloi, and I looked at each other and knew that we must return to Mattru Jong, because we had seen that Mogbwemo was no longer a place to call home and that our parents could not possibly be there anymore” ( 13-14). Ishmael Beah goes through the first part of The Hero’s Journey, separation. Separation is the part where the…

(fathers and other foreigners worked for an American company) music has defined how they dress and speak January 1993- set off from their village of Mogbwemo on a trip to the town of Mattru Jong for a friend's talent show visit the town of Kabati (Ishmael and Junior's grandmother's village) Visit Mattru Jong (meet up with their friends Gibrilla, Kaloko, Khalilou) stay at…

the rehabilitation provided to these child soldiers. The first time in the novel we come close to seeing Ishmael, his brother and friends being recruited is by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), also known as the rebels, in the village of Mattru Jong; seeking only strong child soldiers (34) but the boys are lucky enough to escape from the rebels. The second time we witness the recruitment is almost half way through the book, when Ishmael gets separated from his brother and friends and ends…