Midnight's Children

Ishmael Beah and Grace Akallo Like hundreds if not thousands of other child soldiers, Ishmael Beah suffered the devastation of war and conflict in an African country. This country in particular is Sierra Leone, a former British colony that was left with no concrete government. The history of Sierra Leone and how the 10 year war in the country started is rarely mentioned in A Long Way Gone. Whether the historical and political aspect of the war is purposely omitted from the memoir or never explored

“Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.” -Patricia Cornwell. A Long Way Gone is a memoir of a child soldier named Ishmael Beah. Throughout the story, it talks about overcoming different obstacles about life as a child soldier. Throughout the story, Ismael conquers his problems but also shows signs of wanting revenge. The most powerful motif in A Long Way Gone is revenge because of his will to kill the rebels for killing his friends families and being bloodthirsty to kill any rebel in

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act is a type of act which was created in 2006. This act aims to protect vulnerable adults aged 18 and over in health and social care settings in England and Wales. In a health and social are setting, members of staff which are also known as professionals must make sure that they check that there members of staff are not abusing any vulnerable adults. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 The Rehabilitation of Offenders

Ishmael Beah: A Survivor of War Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be in the center of a war as an adolescent or how the people who experienced war feel after it all ends? Well, Ishmael Beah is an activist and writer, but also was a child soldier in a war in Sierra Leone. He didn't have a choice other than to join the army if he wanted to survive. Due to the war in Sierra Leone, Beah faced many hardships that impacted his life in a negative way. Beah, at age twelve, was in constant

How does Caryl Churchill affect the acting and production process through her script writing Caryl Churchill has furthered feminist performance theory, in the last twenty years, and broadened traditional views of gender roles through her script writing. For example, her plays Cloud Nine and Top Girls defy traditional convention, with Cloud Nine’s cross-gender casting and Top Girl’s pro-Thatcherite ethos as its foundation. Churchill has affected the acting and production process in

achieve excellence in care of children and young people. Ofsted assess children services in local areas and inspect services for looked after children , safeguarding and child protection. Ofsted's job is to check places that young people and children are looked after and the people who look after children and young people. They check to see if people are doing a good job in looking after children, if they are not they try to help them get better. Ofsted inspect children services e.g. childminders,

ASM 34 Administer medication to individuals, and monitor the effects There are several legislations relevant to the administration of medication in the care home. Although not expected that care staffs have detailed knowledge of the legislations, they do need to be aware of the legal difference between drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle medicines on behalf of the service user. The Medicines Act 1968 being the umbrella and from this several amendments and legislations have

The book I read was called “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah. It was a non-fiction book. “A Long Way Gone” is about Ishmael Beah, who is 12 years old when he's villages gets attacked and he has to go to village to village finally getting to one were he thinks is safe. But when news about the village needed soldiers Ishmael has to become one to get resources to survive. When he is excused from war he goes to rehabilitation in a city called freecity. Once he gets rehabilitated he goes to new york to

terrorist attacks for ISIS. Beah’s portrayal of how he is manipulated into war by the Lieutenant helps shed light on what the school children, Umar Haque attempts to radicalize, are enduring because both Beah and the schoolboys are manipulated into becoming child soldiers. Umar Haque is a teacher at Essex Islamic Academy where he is trusted to teach young children. He teaches “ religious classes and physical education” (“Isis Extremist”). While he was teaching at his old school between July 2015

Does Ishmael Beah justify his actions with the story he tells in the novel A Long Way Gone? Ishmael Beah does not attempt to show that the stories he tells us in the novel are either the right thing or wrong thing to do. Instead, he shows us both side of his life. He doesn't tell us a single story, he shows all aspects of his life. One example of this is how he tells us about being brainwashed by the rebels and believing that his actions were the right thing to do during that time. A second example