Book Report On A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah

In the memoir, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael talk about his story of his childhood and when he was recruited as a child soldier during the war in Sierra Leone. In the book, it is his journey to escape the war and explains what he went through when the war first made an appearance in his life, to when he was actually a part of the war and fighting, killing, and harming other people, then later on when he was brought to a rehibition center to be established back into society and lastly how he finally escape Sierra Leone and began living in New York City and how he spoke and informed people about the children affected by war. He talks about the horrible things that happened to him and everyone that was affected by the war. On his journey

Ishamael Beah’s resilience allowed him to be adaptable to many different and difficult situations. In the beginning of the book Ishmael and his friends decide to go to Mattru Jong for a talent show. As they begin to go there they hear that the war has hit the mining areas. Ishmael and his friends knew that they may never be able to find their families again. Ishmael adapted very quickly and never gave up on trying to find them. “For more than three hours, we stayed at the Wharf, anxiously waiting and expecting to see our families or to talk to someone who had seen them.” (Beah 10) They never heard any news of them. Ishmael, Junior, Talloi begin to travel back saying goodbye to their friends. Ismael and they boys saw their first look, at what the war was about. They saw blood everywhere, parents carrying their dead children and people in pain. As Ismael, Junior and Talloi traveled

A long way gone by Ishmael Beah, attempts to evoke a powerful response from the leader, by using vivid descriptions to show how he has become emotionally traumatized by the acts of violence in the war. The reader then sympathizes with Ishmael and begins to understand the lasting and deep, emotional pain that Ishmael deals with on a daily basis.

In the introduction of A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, he writes, “There were all kinds of stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land. It wasn’t until refugees started passing through our town that we began to see that it was actually taking place in our country” (Beah 1). During this statement Beah says that he is completely oblivious to the war around him. These people living in Sierra Leone had adapted to the war to the point where their perception had been altered. With this memoir he shares his experiences and obstacles he faces throughout the war to become a beckon of hope in this despairing country. Ishmael uses his social skills, timely luck, and emotional strength, to find the courage to overcome these adversities and survive in and out of the war.

Ishmael Beah: The author and narrator of this novel shares his experience when he was a child soldier for Sierra Leone Armed Services during the civil war. Before the war, he spent most of his time with his friends, rapping along with his cassette tapes, enjoying

We know this when Beah says “It was clear from the tone of his voice that he didn’t want me around and didn’t trust me. I looked at the curious and skeptical faces of the children and the woman. I was glad to see other faces and at the same time disappointed that the war had destroyed the enjoyment of the very experience of meeting people. Even a twelve-year-old couldn 't be trusted anymore,” (48). Ishmael Beah’s goal it to reach a city named Bonthe, where safety awaits him. On his journey, he runs into non rebels. Because the country’s military is so small, they need help in eliminating the rebellion. They have no choice but to forcefully recruit children and minors for help. Unfortunately for Beah, he is picked up by these non rebels and is forced to fight against the rebellion. It is at this time that Beah realizes that he has the ability to carry out vicious and horrible acts. However, this was not his fate. Luckily, UNICEF was able to contact him and remove him from the violence. He eventually learns to forgive himself of what he has done and transforms into a caring, loving human being. Beah, now twenty-six years old, is happily married and living in the United States. Even with a hopeful future ahead of him, his past will stay with him forever. I believe that Ishmael Beah wrote A Long Way

In the memoir of Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Beah states that his life’s journey has been a huge obstacle, but has learned to overcome that struggle by venting while the two contradictory sides continue their battling. Beah accomplishes his goal of explaining to the reader his point of view through the use of rhetorical questions, scenic narration, and parallelism. Ishmael Beah’s apparent purpose is to share personal accounts of his life with his fellow country men, in a country where war affects people to a level beyond the imagination. He is able to apply his purpose using a grotesque and bitter tone. Beah approaches his audience of ordinary people in this manner in order to vent his feelings about war by

Ishmael Beah fought a war that was very tense against the rebels which made everyone depressed. Ishmael the author of the book A Long Way Gone was fighting a war against the devilish rebels who change everything in his life. Beah does justify his actions because he wants to get back at the rebels for killing his family. They are justified since his family and friends were killed by the rebels, he basically was forced into becoming a child soldier to fight the rebels from destroying and killing and he witnessed his own village being destroyed.

It explains what horrors he had to endure and how he as a child understood the war. Beah has seemingly lost his innocence, specifically when he became a soldier of the war and experienced the brutality of

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be in the center of a war as an adolescent or how the people who experienced war feel after it all ends? Well, Ishmael Beah is an activist and writer, but also was a child soldier in a war in Sierra Leone. He didn't have a choice other than to join the army if he wanted to survive. Due to the war in Sierra Leone, Beah faced many hardships that impacted his life in a negative way.

At the young age of thirteen Ishmael was forced into war by the rebels in the community where he was taught that killing people required no emotion at all. Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone:

Innocence is what makes a child a child. Innocence is the reason for a joyous childhood for children. However, Innocence can be seized away just instantaneously. Ishmael Beah's Innocence was snatched away when he became a child soldier in the Sierra Leone war. In A long way gone, Beah embodies the loss of Innocence by sharing his inhumane actions.

Ishmael Beah was born in the African Country Sierra Leone in 1980, because of the country he was born in, he was subject to lots of corruption. Unfortunately, during his lifetime there a civil war had broken out and the government of Sierra Leone was in shambles. When he was just 13 years old he was taken in by the army of Sierra Leone to fight the rebel group known as the RUF (Revolutionary United Front). During the time Beah was with the army he had seen and committed numerous atrocities all because of a groups belief of war.

I consider the way the army conditioned the author, by usage of drugs and civic duty the leading factors why he partook in the brutality of the war. The battles he remembers, the way he attacked rebels, is told in a polarizing manner; it is noted that some of the rebels are in fact forced in enlistment. Ishmael Beah takes on a distinct lifestyle that forces him to act as an adult would. The way he dehumanizes and acts superior to others, can also be seen during

He leaves the center permanently and says goodbye to Esther. After buildingrelationships in his new home, Leslie, one of the friendly faces at the center, visits Beah and informs himof an opportunity to travel to New York on behalf of his experiences as a child soldier. He is interviewedand chosen to be a representative. During his trip to New York, he sees snow for the very first time. Healso meets Laura Simms, a storyteller who reminds him of his past. Beah gives a truthful presentationand grows deep friendships with the people in New York. When Beah returns to his home, war againspreads to his own city. Beah and Mohammed, a childhood friend who was fortunate enough to reunitewith Beah, fear that everything they had just escaped from will happen once again. In the chaos, Beah’suncle dies of a sickness. After this, Beah begins another dangerous journey, this time to escape SierraLeon. He is faced with so many setbacks but still finds a way to exit the country. Beah ends his memoirby sharing a story often told in his hometown. From this story, it is implied that Beah is willing to gothrough this pain if it saves others the pain of suffering as he did. Extra Textual Elements:When the book is opened, the first pages seen are the praising reviews from honorable sources. Then, abrief history of the author’s accomplishments is included. After the title page, and page