Sierra Nevada

Sierra leone is a very poor country but it has a large amount of diamonds and these diamond should have brought wealth to the country and its people. Instead these diamond were used to fuel a war starting in 1991 to 2001.The people during the blood diamond civil war in sierra leone were used as slave by the R.U.F to mine diamonds and were put through very poor living conditions. This is similar to Wiesel 's experiences in the holocaust in night because he was put into a work camp and was also…

Rwanda had not only spread the murderous act across the country but also with its neighboring countries. Today, children who have been denied education and are trained to fight in wars are manipulated by local political leaders. Wars have continued in Sierra Leone following a coup, with many of them being under 18 years of age. A current situation of this occurring is the civil war in South Sudan that has been an ongoing conflict since 2013, in which the country has been gathering as many…

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…

I feel that the theme of the book is survival. At first Beah didn’t even believe that the war would reach Mattru Jong which was where he was staying. Once the war hit where he was, his life changed completely. He knows that if the rebels catch him it will not be a good outcome so he runs and hides for his life. A young, innocent boys life is completely turned around due to this tragic war. He becomes used to seeing blood and death every day of his life and at one point is seconds away from…

nonfiction novel talking about his life as a boy soldier. Before Ishmael’s transformation into a boy soldier, he was just like any other child. He was young and inexperienced. Nothing yet had prepared him for the troubles he would face in times of Sierra Leone Civil War. He attempted to maintain innocence through his childhood memories and also his sense of wonder, soon to realize the anxiety of war haunts his mind. The violence, drugs, and terror are stick in his head like a broken record. It…

In chapters 12-15, Ishmael stops fighting for his life and starts fighting for his country. At the age of 12, he was trained to kill everyone and spare no one. Sierra Leone’s army focused on brainwashing kids to have lethal minds so they could expand their army and win the war. This caused so many children’s lives to be ruined by seeing things that cannot be unseen. They also became addicted to many different drugs/substances. Ishmael is once again is provided with new clothes at his army base.…

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…