A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

predicament” (Beah 218). A Long Way Gone is a memoir of a child soldier who is the author himself Ishmael Beah. Beah around the ages of twelve to thirteen grew up in Sierra Leone during its civil war. During his story, Beah talks in a tone that is straight to the point, however many devices help the reader imagine his loss of innocence. Beah uses a series of flashbacks, symbols and motifs to illustrate his loss to his readers. Beah pieces his memories together in ways he can remember the past through

that "Child soldiers have been used since the middle ages beginning with the Ottoman empire." introduces quotes The website also states since; then, child soldiers have been used in almost every war including the major wars like world war one and world war two. This proves that this problem has been apart of humanity for a long time and that it might not go away anytime soon. Masses may argue that PTSD might not do anything to children since we have survived this long with child soldiers. But according

are affected in various ways: they are in trauma, they are disabled physically and mentally or they are injured badly, and killed or tortured to an extent. Nations like Burma/Myanmar and ISIS(which is known as a nation) use child soldiers. Burma has the largest amount of child soldiers. Also, they do not have any human rights records. Many children who have witnessed or were child soldiers are in trauma. 10 million kids are in trauma as of the early 2000’s. Child soldiers face live in horrifying

Brendan Taylor Chassey Honors English IV 8 March 2024 Exploring Trauma and Personal Growth in Persona 5 Royal and A Long Way Gone. Trauma is painful, being something that can inhibit our daily activities and affect us in many ways. Persona 5 Royal and A Long Way Gone have many examples of how taking your trauma and accepting it fully can lead you toward personal growth. Experiencing pain, trauma, and suffering are all inescapable parts of the human experience. It is not easy to confront those

Ishmael Beah’s memoir, A long Way Gone, is very descriptive and has a very effective way of painting a picture in the reader’s mind of what he went through as a boy soldier. Throughout the memoir, Beah used quite a few statements that impacted me emotionally, on a personal level. His vivid detail, word choice and how personal, yet professional he kept his writing led me to understand how exactly the war affected him, and everyone else who lived, and lives, in Sierra Leone. The first quote that stood

were the wars that lead to the demolition of their childhoods. But, both fortunate enough to survive their civil wars, Beah and Kamara have written memoirs of their experiences in the war, Beah, as a child soldier in the war, and Kamara, as a child victim of the war. This provides vastly different perspectives, however, due to Ismael Beah’s A Long Way Gone containing more psychological and physical aspects of the war, it

Manipulation is a key factor in the outbreak of a war. Ishmael Beah discusses the several instances of manipulation that occur in Sierra Leone. In his memoir, A Long Way Gone, Beah discuses his life during the civil war outbreak in Sierra Leone. He explains how the affects of war affected in both a positive and negative connotation. Several publishers seek a better understanding of the struggle that Beat faces during the time of the civil war. Throughout the novel, Beah discusses the damage Sierra

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah Ayanni Charles 1) "We must strive to be like the moon." pg16 •People complain when it's too hot and when it's too cold but no one complains when the moon is shining. The old man's quote was a maxim that served to remind people to be on their best behavior as they would when the moon shined. comment: Why does he say be like the moon if the adage is pertaining to the people's behavior when the moon is out? 2) "These days I live in three

Taryn Honors English IV 8 March 2024 The Losing Battle of Andy Beah Judgement causes people to make assumptions that can lead to the loss of the things we care about. How that connects to A Long Way Gone is about a young boy named Ishmael Beah, who is a child soldier who must fight in the Civil War in Sierra Leone in the early 90s. Beah explores the theme of discrimination, isolation, and judgement amongst civilians in the villages. My pop culture is about a movie called Philadelphia, which is

thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.” Many people do not know this but yes, children are being forced to become children soldiers to this day, in other parts of the world. These kids become brainwashed and mind warped from the gore and the fact that they are being forced to kill living people. The reader learned more about the situation from the book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. The book is written by Ishmael Beah