Reflection On A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah

Ishmael Beah was a child of war in Sierra Leone. His memoir retells his experiences being in the Sierra Leone army. At just twelve years old, Ishmael Beah’s homeland was infested with Foday Sankoh’s brutal army, who would stop at nothing to take control of Sierra Leone’s diamond mines. Beah then comes to explain his experience as a soldier and his killing spree. Although some may argue that his experiences are too graphic, William Boyd hints that readers should read Beah’s memoir.

Ishmael Beah's 2007 memoir, A Long Way Gone, tells the story of a boy who's not so lucky. The book records his real-life experiences as a 12-year-old caught up in a bloody civil war in his home country of Sierra Leone. When his village is attacked by rebel fighters, Ishmael loses his home and family. He's forced to wander around looking for food, hiding in the woods and trying to avoid getting gunned down by soldiers.

A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah.This book is nothing more then about a destiny, a journey that we don’t see everyday, readers could call Ishmael's life a miracle.this book was published in 2007, New York by Sarah Crichton Books.

Stories have been passed down for generations worldwide. Some make it to become well-known and some stay between families. There are many types of stories such as, non-fiction, historical fiction, etc.. A lot of stories, called myths, starts off with a protagonist who has an Achilles Heel or some flaw. The story continues until finally the protagonist ends with a lesson learnt or a cruel downfall. In “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah, the author incorporates many stories, legends, or myths that are told within the villages in Africa. These stories tell us a lot about the village’s culture and beliefs.

Johana Vargas Vargas 1 Chestnut/Honors English IV Thematic Statement Essay 29 February 2024 Thematic Statement Essay There is no doubt that relationships play an important part in human life, there are several types of relationships: romantic, platonic, and familial, although we wish that these were always perfect, that is simply not the case, and sometimes sacrifices must be made within them. The book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and the movie Mean Girls written by Tina Fey, show us examples of this. Relationships have a significant role in human life, although sometimes these relationships lead to sacrifices.

War has scared people all over the world, including the people outside it, and has made changed people to do things they did not know they were capable of. A Long Way Gone is a book that features Ishmael Beah who is both the author and the narrator in this novel. Beah was born in 1980 and was only around 11 years old when a civil war in Sierra Leone broke out in 1991. The civil war had many problems that took place, but this novel aims its focus on the fact that both sides of the war used child soldiers and he was one of the victims to become one. Beah had become a child soldier when all his friends started to die off and were forced to become a soldier and survive the war he had desperately tried to escape from. Ishmael Beah can be seen

A Long Way Gone shows the struggles Ishmael Beah faces as a young soldier. A Long Way Gone has many turning points throughout the story. In Chapter 12, Ishmael and his companions are forced to become child warriors. The horror of war is a common theme all through this section as Ishmael and the rest of his friends confront an unimaginable decision, fighting in the army. If they decide to escape the village's protection, they are taking a huge risk of being attacked and killed by the rebels. This demonstrates that in times of war, individuals are compelled to pick among terrible choices that are frequently adverse to another person. Before joining the army, Ishmael was very innocent and could not even stand looking at any dead bodies. Due to

A Long Way Gone is the true story, about a young boy who becomes an unwilling child soldier during a civil war in Sierra Leone. When he is twelve years old, His village is attacked by the Rebels the R.U.F. while he is away performing in a rap group with friends. Among the confusion, violence, and the war, Ishmael, his brother, and his friends wander from village to village in search of food and shelter. Their day-to-day existence is a struggle of survival, and the boys find themselves committing acts they would never have believed themselves capable

As war overcrowds your environment, how much freedom would you have left? The Sierra Leonean author, Ishmael Beah lost his freedom while fighting in the civil war in Sierra Leone during the 1990s. As a 13-year-old boy living in the small West African country, Ishmeal Beah’s childhood was terminated before he realized it. War assembled, and Ishmael Beah left his village, searching for safety. Ishmael Beah’s freedom was removed as he was separated from his friends and family during many rebel attacks.

A long way gone, memoirs of a boy soldier, by Ishmael Beah is a story of about a boy named Ishmael and how his ordinary life was suddenly changed by a civil war in his home country (Sierra Leone). He is separated for his family when the war starts and he is determined to find them. Ishmael is resorted to moving from place to place with different groups of boys/friends along the way. He faces challenges and life threatening situations everyday and does everything he can to stay alive. He has many close calls that almost result in death, but he is saved many times, usually due to the music tape that he carries in his jacket. Eventually ishmael is recruited to the army. The army changed Ishmael is a negative way. He is like a killing machine and uses drugs and eventually gets to a point where is addicted to them...From this point on Ishmael learns many lessons and goes through

Every person in the world goes through some life changing events, whether they are small or big. These changes shape a person's personality. Many life changing events are explained in Ishmael Beah’s book, A Long Way Gone. In the book he goes through many changes throughout his childhood. The story starts during a time in Sierra Leone where rebels are causing terror supposedly trying to make the government “better”. When really they seem to be causing more chaos than help. Ishmael Beah goes through some very life changing events throughout his journey, he manages to get out of these changes but they only seem to make his life worse. Losing the people that mattered most in his life, getting enlisted into the army, and becoming a part of a new

I do believe pure evil exists, some people were born to be evil. Most times it isn’t the evil persons fault, it is what they are used to and what they have been taught their whole life. In the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah pure evil does exist. The infamous rebels murder little kids and rape women and they don’t see anything wrong with it. It is their job. The rebels are taught to be evil people. “The rebels were still in my village, angrily cursing and shooting their guns. At some point they pretended to be gone, and someone escaped and went back to the village. They captured him and I could hear them beating him. A few minutes later, gunshots were heard, followed by thick smoke that rose toward the sky. The forest was lit up by the fire that was set in the village” (Beah 35).

At 12 years old imagine knowing that everyone you know is gone and your home is torn up. Imagine wandering in the wilderness and being alone. Imagine becoming recruited as a child solider, and being brain washed and drugged to kill people of the same culture. Imagine the innocence being corrupted and the pain being brought on. This is no life for anyone to live, but in the story A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier written by Ishamael Beah that has became his life. The story take places in Sierra Leone when his life is take over by soldiers who have killed his family and destroyed his home. Ishmael is forced to flee his home and finds himself becoming a child a solider. Sierra Leone has been filled with war and poverty, but within this story it shows Ishmaels strength, but it also shows the pain of his innocence being robbed from him at such a young age.

Children exposed to violence within their communities are left with emotions of hopelessness, insecurity, and doubt. Historical events such as the war on terrorism, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the tragic events of September 11th have had a detrimental effect on the entire nation, including the children. Although every child is not directly affected by the aspects of war, it somehow has an emotional effect on all. The involvement of a nation with war affects every individual differently, whether it is out of fear, anger, doubt, hope, or love. In the short novel A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, he narrates the story by telling his own involvement in the Civil War in Sierra Leone as young boy and the many issues he faces while living in

“Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill or to killed child soldiers are forced to give violent expressions to the hatreds of adults” (Olara otunnu). “A Long Way Gone” was written by Ishmael Beah and published 2007.A boy who runs away from Sierra Leone after losing his family. He is captured by the army. He was forced to do drugs, kill innocent people etc. He was sent to rehab to get him away from war.