Sergio Leone

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…

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…

Katlyn Beppler -Blood Diamonds conflict- Professionals claim the illegal sale of blood diamonds had composed billions of dollars to fund civil wars and other conflicts in numerous African nations, such as Sierra Leone, Democratic republic of congo(DRC), liberia, and ivory coast. The reason that learning about the blood diamonds conflict is so important is because we need to realize all the things that happened during that time. Just like mr. Sawyer says “ not to offend you guys, but the…

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.” William Sherman. A Long Way Gone, written by Ishmael Beah, recounts a real life experience of a child soldier in Sierra Leone and like Sherman said he finds war to be hell. The memoir portrays in horrific detail the realities of war and the effects it has on all the people. Ishmael Beah is only twelve when the war arrives on his doorstep in 1993. It tears apart his family and leaves him to wander the…

Perseverance is an important theme in A Long Walk to Water and is demonstrated by Salva in this story. The first example is Salva, he had to persevere through many things. The first thing he had to persevere through is getting away from the rebel soldiers. Salva had to run away from his home and family in the hope of seeing them again. Salva encountered many occasions where the rebel soldiers killed many people around him and Salva had to keep persevering through these tragedies. In this story…

from their homes in Kuiva, a village in eastern Sierra Leone. Hundreds of children including Abu were forced by the Liberian mastermind Charles Taylor to fight with the rebels. With all of the drugs and alcohol that they are forced to take, Abu can’t remembered the first time that he killed. Charles Taylor, then President of Liberia, was charged with 11 counts of war offenses and crimes against civilization for the help to launch the Sierra Leone decade long civil war. Taylor is known for…

Ishmael lives a peaceful life, he wakes up and enjoys the time he gets and love every part of the sun he sees. He didn’t get to have this privilege when he was 16 years old. He had to face all the devastating events that left him despondent. Ishmael was useless, he was forced to join one of the child soldier armies to fight for his side. Ishmael joined the army with his innocence as a kid, but as he proceeded through days and days of being a child soldier, he became more violent with killing…

He then faces his village being taken by the rebels, he is now homeless and must try to survive, making him a refugee. After all that he went through escaping the rebels and other people who wanted to cause him harm, he was captured by the Sierra Leone Military. They taught him how to fight and turned him into a child soldier. As an innocent boy in Mogbwemo, he was going to school and striving to get an education. He never really understood the war, as he said in Chapter One, “There were all…

Situations of high pressure and little time call for quick action. In 1991, war erupted in Sierra Leone. Everyone was affected, even the children. There was no time to for them to evolve; thus, they tried to tackle the war before properly learning how to handle it. In each of their stories, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara, two children who experienced the war in Sierra Leone tell about the severe circumstances they were in along with the choices they…

The narrator encounters allot during this section. First he didn’t know where to find Ishmael, no one would tell him where he was and Ishmael felt hurt and betrayed by him. To break the ice, the narrator tries to bribe the caretakers of Ishmael to leave him alone with Ishmael. This resembles the relationship between the man and Ishmael is very strong and that he wants to rekindle things. During the time the narrator and Ishmael were left alone, they start talking about the Leavers and Takers.…