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In the book, A Long Way Gone, there is an array of different tones. The author uses them to shine light on the central theme and main idea of the story. The tone is important because it emphasizes the emotion of the text and the story being told. The author, Ishmael Beah, who is also the main character in the book has had a rough life. He grew up in the city of Mattru Jong, which is in the country of Sierra Leone. War had swept over the land changing everything and everyone. Beah was forced into

Ishmael Beah, the author of the memoir A Long Way Gone, is a twelve-year old boy who is trapped inside a war zone in Sierra Leone, Africa. When his home town, Mattru Jong is attacked by “the rebels,” he is separated from his family and is forced to run from everything he once loved. Ishmael flees from town to town with other teenagers who face the same problems, trying to survive and escaping attacks from villagers. Beah writes, “People were terrified of boys our age. Some had heard rumors about

Brief Summary and “Arrangement of Book:-The book is divided into 21 chapters. They are primarily organized chronologically, detailing the eventsin the order they were experienced, with occasional flashbacks or forward flashes. Summary:-Chapters 1-4:Ishmael Beah is introduced as a young boy who knows war is around him, but has yet to be“touched” (6) by war. His world is completely changed when war reaches his hometown in Mogbwemo.During the attack, he is on a journey to perform at a talent show with

In the memoir A long Way Gone Ishmael Beah states “When I was young, my father used to say, “If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die” (Beah 54). Throughout the war Ismael Beah survives many difficult situations, that make him think is it worth it to keep running. Ishmael Beah, always remembers what his dad said to motivate him to try and keep surviving the war. Ishmael Beah used adaptability

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, published by Sarah Crichton Books in New York in 2007, tells the haunting story of Ishmael Beah, a child soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War. The book begins in January of 1993 in Ishmael’s small village called Mogbwemo, located near Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone. A Long Way Gone addresses a plethora of geographical issues such as refugees and population movements, child exploitation, and most of all: war. Each of these issues directly affects Ishmael, the autobiographer

Could it be possible for a child soldier to survive an impossible face of war, thus become a worldwide known memoir writer about this experience, without any luck in his life? Ishmael Beah, the author and main character of A Long Way Gone, encou. ntered luck throughout his life due to the circumstances, opportunities, and timing from beginning to end of his journey. Since the strating point, he miraculously received help from “destiny”, plus managed to get saved every time life flashed through his

The tale of the “wild pigs” is about why pigs hate humans so much. In the book, A Long Way Gone, the protagonist, Ishmael, was being chased by wild pigs, recalling the tale his grandmother told him when he was younger. This tale provides Ishmael with some insight about his situation. It tells about a hunter who used magic to transform himself into a wild pig. He would lead the herd of pigs into an open area then transform himself into a human by eating a special plant and shoot the pigs. One day

were 13 districts. These districts provided everything the nation needed. In return for their support, the Capitol protected its districts. This year, everything seemed to be perfect. Unemployment was low, income was up, crime was at an all time low, and the Capitol and the districts seemed to be entering a golden age of peace and prosperity. Not everyone was so easy to trust the Capitol though. Some believed that the Capitol was filled with tyrants who only saw the people of the districts as cattle

Operation of local government transparency in South Sulawesi province A. Jamaluddin STISIP Muhammadiyah Sinjai Abstract Transparency in South Sulawesi Provincial Government has been applied in efforts to achieve good governance. The problems of this research are; (1) how to transparency in local governance, (2) what factors inhibiting transparency in local governance, and (3) what is the right strategy is used in implementing the transparency of the regional administration. This study aims to:

assessment survey (Appendix C), a District Plan is drafted which serves as a business plan for the BID and is submitted the City Planning Commission for an approval. The District Plan is the most important document in the process as it includes the services and improvements the BID plans to provide, as well as the first year’s budget, and the assessment formula used to compute the amount each property owner is to pay. SBS recommends that a “BID should revisit their district plan approximately every five