Notes On ' The Dream '

are only four different scenes in the entire novel. Chapter one is set at the

The second part of the book takes an uncompromising look at the difficulties this entailed for the boy soldier and his peers, who for a long time resist the most determined efforts to restore their humanity, their anger at having been taken from their family. Children are meant to be protected from violence and war. They are extremely vulnerable both physically and psychologically, to abuse and misguidance. They are easily influenced by those around them because they are young and incapable of forming independent opinions. Adult soldiers at Ishmael’s base were snorting brown brown and smoking marijuana, Ishmael, as naive as any child would be, was influenced by these people and looked up to the adults as role model and leader and so he began to do it as well. “I took turns at the guarding posts around the village, smoking marijuana and sniffing brown brown” The job of a soldier is to fight wars, to take lives, to kill if not be killed. If these children are taught hatred

Ishmael`s hope for a better life portrays one example of the theme “Always have hope”. The war was very traumatic for everyone in the country. In fact, Ishmael joined the army at only 12 years old. While fighting in the war, Ishmael recalled his family and the wisdom they left with him. For example, Ishmael`s father said, “If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person he or she will die” (Beah54). Ishmael holds on to his father`s words as they comfort him and divert his attention away from the war around him. He could`ve given up many times during the journey. Instead, Ishmael does not lose hope and continues to move on because he knows that life will get better.

In chapter 1 it introduces the reader to Penrod and Sam's life. They are 2 boys who get into trouble and cause problems without knowing it. Penrod and Sam hate school and try to cause trouble in school. They once locked a boy in a closet for a very long time. By the end of the book the reader knows that sometimes Penrod dosent always cause all the problems.

For a boy who often has a great deal of misfortune in his life, he also seems to have an endless amount of luck. Though fate may have played a big role in starting Ishmael’s war life, his luck always helps him overcome the obstacles the war throws at him. Before the war, Ishmael spends more than a month in the forest alone before he finally runs into people again. Ishmael consciously joins the new group of six boys. With over miles and miles of empty forest and rebel territory, Ishmael was lucky to find a group of boys who have the same motives as him. As the boys continue on their journey, they’ve been captured and are brought to a nearby village; they wait

A final theme tells us when everything else disappears, there is always love. Ishmael learns this the hard way. He has a kind of family unit with the soldiers that actually carries over into the love and friendship between him and Alhaji. Then, there is the love of Uncle Tommy and his family and their willingness to make Ishmael a son and a brother. Finally, there is the love of people like Esther and Laura who accept him unconditionally and welcome him into their homes when he most needed help and love.

Ishmael is a 12 year olds old from Sierra Leone who once wanted to be a rapper. He have divorced parents, brothers and grandparents.They are in a poor family and the mother have to decide which of her sons can go to school. He and his friends Junior, Talloi, and Mohamed have been rapping and dancing when they are young. They decide to form a group and go visit Mobimbi where their fathers works for American company. One day when the boys come back from school they was reported that the village is under attack by the rebel. This is when Ishmael start his new life and violent experiences kicks in. He lose all his family and now he have to survive alone through the war. He sees dead body laying around his and surrounding him “My squad was my family,

“ the skin that hung down from their bodies still contained fresh blood.” He was a very young man in this time of war age 12. Away from home without any of his family. This book is a genre of a memoir of the life he lived for several years. The type of people who can read this book is everyone but it more for students and people who want to learn about the history of Sierra Leone.

Hejazi and Grace give in to their attraction and work together to find the brother of young Jonah. The brother was taken by

In the fourth chapter, the group spends their second night in Hell. A snake goes into Homer’s sleeping bag which causes a complication for the group. Robyn and Kevin try to tip it out but they drop the bag. The group runs in different directions whilst the snake leaves the campsite.

The Next day at church, all of the moms and Aunt Polly realize that their children are gone. They think they must still be in the cave and soon everyone starts searching for them. Chapter 31 is Tom and Becky’s point of view. They get into the cave and play hide-and-seek for a while and eventually end up in a huge room with tons of bats. The bats start attacking them and Tom and Becky run for their life. But, they were too busy running and now don’t know the way back to the others. They keep on wandering through random passages and eventually Tom runs into Injun Joe. He doesn’t tell Becky about what he saw.

Chapter 5 starts with Robin Hood wishing for the sheriff to have dinner with him, so he can get back at him again. At this time, this Robin second year living in the forest, since he became an outlaw. While Walking in the woods, Robin meets a butcher with meat, a cart, and a horse. Robin Hood Pays

5. How does the author compare the situation for Jews that night with times in the

At the beginning of the novel, the characters Ishmael and Queequeg are introduced. Ishmael is the narrator of the story. He is also a merchant seaman who signs up for a whaling voyage to see the

What would it be like to be completely surrounded by war in one’s own home? For two children in The Bite of the Mango and A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, this was their everyday reality. The Bite of the Mango follows the life of a twelve year old girl named Mariatu Kamara. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier follows the life of a fourteen year old boy named Ishmael Beah. Both books are true stories that personally recount the events of how the civil war of Sierra Leone affected not only their towns, but their own lives as children. In both stories, the families must face unimaginable hardships and obstacles. They must make decisions and navigate through life to determine how to survive and make it through. Despite the fact that Mariatu and Ishmael both have an association with the war in Sierra Leone, they differ in the aspect of the way they portray their stories.