Sierra Leone Civil War

Ishmael overcame the obstacles he faced in the end, but this does not mean what he face was easy. First he left his home with his friends and brother, thinking he would come back home to see his family. Next thing he knew he was running from the war, Ishmael soon lost his friends and was on his own. He had gotten chased by wild pigs, been starved,and deprived of water…

Referring to the quote “the war had destroyed the enjoyment of the very experience of meeting people.” Ishmael says this after he is brushed off by a family he spotted in the water because they were scared he would harm them and suspected him of being a spy for the rebels. Ishmael then says “Even a twelve-year-old couldn’t be trusted anymore.” Circumstances such as the one told in the quote had happened several times throughout the book. As the war progressed, the concept of trust soon…

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 presence of both parents, which Beah had been taken away from. Family members…

Gabriele Muccino both exhibit similarities in their journey to success. To begin both characters Chris and Ishmael both lose their homes in their journey. Ishmael is forced to leave his home because of the war that has broke out, he is accepting to go back to his home and see his family once the war is over; As I was going down the hill, I heard gunshots. And dogs barking. And people screaming and crying. We dropped the bananas and began running in order to avoid the open hillside. A thick…

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the real world and ideas of complexity. Significantly, the memoir has impacting information to help the reader connect with real world issues, therefore being a positive attribute as an English IV curriculum. For instance, in the memoir the war in Sierra Leone had just started, leaving everyone helpless and despaired. Food is the one source that had become hard to encounter and soon enough it turns into an environment for everyman for himself. It is when: “One evening (they) actually chased a…

In spite of the fact, the RUF soldiers had faith in Sankoh’s and trusted him to better the country, his anti-government was a huge threat to Sierra Leone. Foday Sankoh led a vicious rebel group whose fighters use machetes to kill civilians in Sierra Leone. This group hacked off their hands, feets, lips, and ears. In fact, they raped thousands of girls and women. (Foday Sankoh: The cruel, 2003). The RUF was 15,000 strong with rebels, and they continued to dominate the countryside, including the…

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that probably tapered the officials repression was the fact that they did not view the Indians to be as inferior as the African populations that they governed. In fact a bourgeois class of Indians are employed all over the empire including in Sierra Leone “ The British practice of indirect rule sought to create an Indian elite that would serve British interests” (Cole & Symes). What likely prompted the hands off approach that the Indian government is taking is the Sepoy rebellion that happened…