Sierra Leonean leone

The story begins with Ishmael, and his brother Junior, living in the town of Mogbwemo, Sierra Leone. The brothers travel to Mattru Jong to meet up with friends and perform their dance routine. While they are staying in Mattru Jong they learn that their town was attacked by the RUF, otherwise known as the rebels. They stay at a friend’s house in Mattru Jong, while they search for their family. The RUF attack Mattru Jong and capture the city. Ishmael and Junior flee into the forest, but they get…

I am a student at Sherwood Middle School. In Sherwood Oregon. Our class is debating on whether or not child soldiers should be given amnesty. Many child soldiers are drugged and forced into war. Kids who have been given amnesty have the chance to redeem themselves. Yes there are some child soldiers who have no remorse after war. But these kids should not be prosecuted. There are 300,000 child soldiers around the world. These kids should be reprieved. Many of these kids are forced into war.…

As a child living in the Congo, Adah observed the world quietly from the inside of her head. Upon arrival to Africa, she was highly intelligent despite her lack of speech, but still very childlike and sarcastic. The tone of innocence gives the reader a glimpse of the Adah prior to the Congo. For instance, when describing her disabilities, she pretends as though it is a narrative: “Oh, I can easily imagine the fetal mishap: we were inside the womb together dum-de-dum when Leah suddenly turned and…

A memoir is a written event that occurred to the author, in a form of a story, memory, or a thing. Saroo Brierley, the author of the memoir “A Long Way Home,” is a tale of a young Indian boy who gets lost one day from home and eventually finds his way back home; from India to Australia and back. This book is labeled as “bittersweet” with either an event beginning on a positive or negative context and ending with either outcome. Foreshadowing is also constantly seen throughout this book, vividly…

Anna Thibodeaux Mr. Styf English 2 PAP 19 August 2016 A Long Way Gone and Julius Caesar were both tragedies that had the same reoccurring theme of experiencing and coping with death. The themes are similar not only because of the tragic events, but also because of the life changing events that caused the people, the town, the culture, and the environment to change. At the time I don’t think Ishmael realized what all he had in common with Julius. The quote from Julius Caesar mentioned in A Long…

Going Solo, Roald Dahl's memoir of his work in East Africa and his service in the RAF, covers much of the buildup to World War II. In the book mention is made of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal plays a large role in the memoir as a sea level waterway running across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and the Red seas. Dahl states that, "The voyage from the Port of London to Mombasa would take two weeks and on the way we were going to call in at Marseilles, Malta, Port said,…

The world is made up of millions of beings, and although many have the same goals and beliefs in life, conflict often arises between different groups. A group that most don’t think about very often is child soldiers. In the book Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala, you are able to get an uncut look into what life is like as a child soldier. Focused mainly around a young boy Agu, the book follows him through his life as a child soldier. Although there are many topics that the book brings to…

Salva as a Character Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” This quotes relates to Salva, the main character, because sometimes he feels that he won’t find his family ever again. In this book, the main character, Salva, has lost his family after a shooting during school, and Salva joined a group of people from his village on a long walk to find refugee camps in Ethiopia. I have chosen the theme about Salva as a character. In the beginning, Salva was weak because…

A Ugandan warlord abducts children and forces them to join the military. Invisible Children, a US organization, created a YouTube video called Kony 2012 opposing the actions of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army. John Naughton wrote an editorial praising Kony 2012 in the Observer in March 2012. Children from other countries are compelled to enlist in the military as well. Ishmael Beah became a soldier when he was young. He wrote a book, A Long Way Gone, detailing his…

Burke, Jason, and Phil Hatcher-Moore. “’If you are old enough to carry a gun, you are old enough to be a soldier’”. The Guardian, July 24, 2017. Accessed October 22, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/24/south-sudan-child-soldiers This article provides a qualitative narrative of the child soldier conflict in South Sudan and the experiences that they have. This article follows several child soldiers, such as David Zelu, a fifteen-year old from South Sudan, who is a…