Sierra Mist

traumatic; 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.…

It seems like everyone tries to grow up as fast as they can. Often times forgetting that the innocence of being a child is precious and valuable. In the memoir entitled A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah , the protagonist finds himself having to become a child soldier taking adult actions in order for his survival. One may learn through A Long Way Gone that childhood is a treasure and when lost or taken away it's impossible to get back . One lesson that can be learned is emotions can take…

In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, the key motifs: survival, perseverance, and family support the theme, challenges can be faced by using perseverance and maintaining hope. Survival is one motif because Ishmael, the main character, is motivated to survive as he witnesses many horrific events. “All the captives stood at gunpoint watching as the rebels proceeded to interrogate the old man” (Beah, 2007, p.g. 32). Ishmael constantly ran away from the rebels to hide. He had to escape the rebels and…

Memorable book: A Long Way Gone In the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael is the most memorable character. He shows strength, courage, and fearlessness. Ishmael fought for his life, and almost lost it at times. He is strong for not giving up, he is fearless because he fought for what he thought was right, and he is courageous because he put his story into the world. Ishmael overcame the obstacles he faced in the end, but this does not mean what he face was easy. First he left his…

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…

to 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…

Ishmael Beah loses his mother, father, brother, grandparents, and dear childhood friends to Sierra Leonen rebels. In the process, Beah manages to lose himself-- his true character. In a country engulfed by war, he is left with no choice other than to be apart of it. As a soldier, Beah, receding his fear, taps into rage and vengeance in order to…

Imagine being a soldier in a war and you're being attacked. Finally, you find the shooter, capture him, and it turns out to be a nine-year-old boy. What do you do? This is a situation in many countries around the world, adolescents as young as nine fighting in wars. Their families have been killed and they’ve been drugged so they become the perfect soldiers; they are cheap, loyal, and expendable. Commanders of armies who have child soldiers drug them to get rid of their emotions and kill in…

“‘At our age, it’s more complicated for the rebels. So they use stronger stuff, like drugs or money, to bait us and to make us march…I remember the attack on Njola-Kombouya village, in the south of Sierra Leone. They made us wake up at 1 in the morning and we marched until 7. A doctor came. He had a small bowl of cold water, and, every two injections, he rinsed his needle in the water. It was always a small vial with red liquid. At first, I constantly felt weak and then after, I had a sense of…