Mattru Jong

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…

Picture this: You’re only a fourteen-year-old juvenile and have already fought in numerous battles in an army in which you murdered tons of people and perpetrated many crimes. Meanwhile, you have also cried, bled, screamed, and almost died. You have now finally run away from all the horrors you executed and from the people trying to harm you, hoping that you’re free from all the threats. But only to find that you’re still a victim, but this time the government is the one out to get you. Several…

Salva is a young boy in a tribe called the Dinka tribe. They are enemies with the Nuer tribe. A war breaks out while Salva is in school and his teacher tells him to run into the bush away from home. Salva is a character in Linda Sue Park's novel, A Long Walk to Water. The book describes the struggle for Salva, who had to run away because a war broke out. The outline of the story shows that in reality, many kids face this trouble. Salva proves that people are capable of being able to survive on…

In the story A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, we follow the life of the author himself, from the young age of nine years old to when he is about fifteen years old. We see his struggles living life in a time where violence and death held a firm grip on Sierra Leone, and how he lost his entire childhood both running away from the war, and being a part of it as well. Before this novel, I had somewhat of a vague understanding of the civil war that had occurred in Sierra Leone. I watched certain…

The novel A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah have many different symbols placed throughout the book. The 3 main ones I found were his rap cassette, his shoes, and the moon. The rap cassette is a huge part of the novel. The cassette represents his childhood and playfulness as his keeps it in his pocket even though he doesn’t have a tape player with him until he becomes a soldier. Later on in the novel we see when Beah joins the army, the cassette is burned by the soldiers, and with it goes his…

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…

(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,…