Mattru Jong

answer these question we have to know how long you can survive without food and water? How long can you stay awake before you die? For months, Beah stays alive by overcoming hunger, violence and isolation.From the moment he fled the violence at Mattru Jong, the focus of Beah's life became surviving day to day. He learns quickly that in order to survive, he must find food and water. There is a famous rule called the “rule of three”. It says that you can survive without food for 3 weeks, without water

about the war that is taking place in his country and about his rap group he is participating in. He begins to explain to the reader how he learned about rap and why he loves it so much. Ishmael, his brother Junior, and Talloi take a road trip to Mattru Jong to participate in a talent show, but stop at there Grandmothers house on the way. In chapter two, Ishmael is having a nightmare, where he is pushing a wheelbarrow through a cemetery that is holding dead bodies. He wakes up from his dream and is

through the war in Sierra Leone. For example, he stated, “Tears formed in my eyes, but I was too hungry to cry.” This is significant because when Ishmael was struggling to find food and shelter he was depressed at the fact he left his family at Mattru Jong. Also, Ishmael was scared, and he had to man up to endure the pain that he was experiencing. Furthermore, Ishmael said, “We ran as fast as we could until we lost the revels.” Ishmael feared

life. In the A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah, a twelve-year-old explains how he used to go on a swim with his friends and his love for rap music and hip-hop dance. When Ishmael and his friends went to visit Mattru Jong, they visited Ishmael's grandparents in Kabati. While staying at the Mattru Jong, they

understanding of how the most innocent children can become the most outrageous killers. Survival plays a very huge theme in the book because of the situations Ishmael had to go through. . Ever since Ishmael escaped from the chaos that was happening in Mattru Jong, Beah mainly had to focus on his survival every single day. Such an incident happened in Chapter 4. “Things changed rapidly in a matter of seconds and no one had any control over anything. We had yet to learn these things and implement survival

story includes when he visits his friends, he meets his uncle and lives with him for a while and goes to the U.S. The first most important scene in “A Long Way Gone” is when his home village is attacked while he is away visiting friends in Mattru Jong which is also attacked. This is an important moment in the memoir because it's when all the bad things started to happen and he had to hide in the bush. One quote from the book that exemplifies this aspect of the book is “is there an end to this

Have you ever noticed the continuous recurring theme in your favorite movies and books? That is called the Hero’s Journey. Bilbo Baggins, a supposedly unadventurous hobbit is requested to accompany a group of dwarves on a difficult journey by none other than Gandalf, the well-known wizard himself. Ishmael Beah, a young, happy boy goes out with his friends without saying goodbye, not knowing it may be his last time to see them. While with his friends, his town gets attacked by the rebels and his

Introduction The author of this book, Ishmael Beah was forced to become a child soldier at 12 years old due to the civil war occurring in his home country of Sierra Leone which first began in 1991. After Ishmael’s home village of Mogbwemo was attacked by rebels he was separated from his family, forcing him to flee. Without a home or a family to take care of him, Ishmael then spent months wandering with a group of other boys who had been displaced by the war. While taking refuge in a village protected

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. In his book of memoirs

Innocence is often a word used to describe children, they are pure because they have not yet become exposed to corruption. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah illustrates what happens when innocence has been seized from a young child. When rebels attack Beah’s village, he is forced on a life altering journey. Beah involuntarily transformed from an innocent adolescent into a rebel soldier. He needed a lot of guidance and correction to reconstruct his virtue. The conflict of the Civil War shaped Beah’s