Mattru Jong

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

The human behavior is one that will haunt humanity forever. A Long Way Gone, written by Ishmael Beah, is an original non-fiction story based on Ishmael’s personal experiences in warfare. But, shockingly, he witnessed warfare from the small eyes of his teenage years. Having to experience one of the worst things in history, at such a young age, is terrible. War, in this case or in any case, relates to both human condition and human nature. Human conditions, in short, are things that that defines the

disaster. A Long Way Gone started in Ishmael Beah's early youth in 1993 in Sierra Leone. A twist of fate leads Beah along with his older brother, Junior, and two other friends to leave their home village to practice for a talent competition in Mattru Jong on the eve of an attack by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) on his home village of Mogbwemo. From that moment, chaos envelops Beah's

A Long Way Gone: Ishmael’s Transformation Ishmael Beah is someone who has lived through a lot. As a child, he grew up in Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone. His life was changed when war came into his country. Here, we will be exploring the transition from being an innocent child to becoming a soldier, to being a scarred adult. Ishmael was first just a child who lived with his family. He had a mother, father, and brother. They operated just like a normal family as seen here, “One afternoon, Father came

Some people read books just for the fun of it, others place the books in their heart because it was so intense and special to them. A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah is a book that earns special places in readers’ heart when they read to the last page of the novel. The novel was one of a kind and achieve its great purpose of showing the problem that affecting children all around the world. The themes of war, love and hope contribute in this novel making A Long Way Gone comparable to other novels

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 being a child soldier at the age of twelve. By looking at the book, A Long Way Gone, one can see that Beah was put through

Ishmael Beah had a lot of important people in his life who each had distinguishing characteristics. He mentions them in the book A Long Way Gone in vivid details. In my life, I have four different people in my family, and they each have unique characteristics about their life. The four family members that are important to me are my Grandpa, Aunt Kathryn Price, my Mom, and my Uncle Bo. One of the most important people in my life is my grandpa. He has been very interested in my life that early on I

others and bravery to overcome the adversities of the war in Sierra Leone. Ishamael Beah’s resilience allowed him to be adaptable to many different and difficult situations. In the beginning of the book Ishmael and his friends decide to go to Mattru Jong for a talent show. As they begin to go there they hear that the war has hit the mining areas. Ishmael and his friends knew that they may never be able to find their families again. Ishmael adapted very quickly and never gave up on trying to find

Looking closer at the facts, his family did die in an unfortunate situation. Plus he didn’t even get to see them after leaving for Mattru Jong the first time around. As he traveled with a new group of friends, he receives encouraging news, which motivate him to keep going; his family could be alive and waiting in the next town. The thing is, as he reaches closer to Yele, he finds out they

In the memoir of Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Beah states that his life’s journey has been a huge obstacle, but has learned to overcome that struggle by venting while the two contradictory sides continue their battling. Beah accomplishes his goal of explaining to the reader his point of view through the use of rhetorical questions, scenic narration, and parallelism. Ishmael Beah’s apparent purpose is to share personal accounts of his life with his fellow country men, in