Sierra Leone

people would be captured and sent back to their villages with arms or legs cut off. Ishmael Beah wrote a book called “A Long Way Gone” which is a memoir about his memories from the war because he was forced to be a boy soldier. The civil war in Sierra Leone was a very cruel war that took place from 1991 to 2002. The R.U.F. was a rebel group from the war and they would capture little boys, train them to kill people, and drug them to not feel sympathy and make them have a lot of energy. Ishmael is…

Purpose. War. Peace. Family. The reasons why something is done or created with one’s intention or an objective. In the novel A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael experiences war in his country, Sierra Leone. Ishmael then becomes a child soldier. He experiences hardships during the war and is sent to a rehabilitation center. There he found his peace after the war. He still experienced post traumatic stress disorder, during the night, but he was able to have fun with his friends…

leave the city before the sun came out. It was less dangerous to travel at this hour, as some of the gunmen were dozing off and the night made it difficult for the militiamen to see me from afar.” (209) With this in mind Ishmael wants to leave Sierra leone and the war does not stop him from leaving, even though it is extremely dangerous and scary to leave on his own he leaves with no fear so he can make it to New York City to get away from the war. Chris believes that anyone can do anything no…

In the ¨Drummer Boy of Shiloh¨ written by Ray Bradbury, a 14 year old boy named Joby is in the military and is the Drummer during the civil war. In the beginning, Joby and the soldiers are at a camp just waiting for the next day. There is going to be a battle on the next day that all of them are traumatized over. Joby is scared the most because he is the youngest and he cannot defend himself like the soldiers. He feels very insignificant. He only has a drum and drumsticks and they have guns. The…

Ishmael’s life has been operated on autopilot ever since the war struck home, but when his war terminates abruptly he uncovers forgiveness, regains hope, and opts to make a difference in the world. UNICEF is an organization that works with a mutual goal of providing sustenance for the destitute children around the world. One purpose they have is to halt child soldier enlistment and to rehabilitate the child soldiers, so they can reclaim their humanity. After UNICEF took Ishmael and other young…

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is a true story of a young boy soldier’s life. Just at the age of twelve when he was away from home, his village had been attacked. When he returned with his brother and some friends there was confusion and violence that made them go from village to village in search for things for survival such as food. They also do many things in desperation that they may have never thought of doing. Later on Ishmael was taken in as a soldier by the army. He became brainwashed…

11/25 I stopped my reading for one day to relax my mind; I was unconsciously effected by the war Ishmael was in. I detested the rebel who killed his family, friends, and country. The war between the government and the rebels ruined the citizens peaceful lives. Families were separated, and children were brought to fright against their friend in different sides. Most children who became a soldier were either killed others or be killed by others, for most of them turned to be indifference, addicted…

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…

Ishmael Beah did lose his innocence because he had to watch so many love ones die, he did not have a problem killing people, and he got addicted to drugs. First off, he had to watch so many love ones die. The boys were walking to try to find a village to stay at. They met a man named Gasemu and helped him carry bananas. Gasemu said their families were in the next village, so they decided to go there. Once they got there, they flames everywhere and the rebels shooting people. Ishmael cried, “If…

‘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…