Analysis Of A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah

In "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah the author describes his experiences in the Sierra Leone civil war. He faced many challenges, and this affected him in many ways. The Sierra Leone war brought Beah into conflict with his own humanity, specifically his will to live, his empathy, and his trust. To begin with, Beah lost many parts of his life. In the book, he says, "The war that forces us to run away from our homes, lose our families, and aimlessly roam the forests" (Beah, 199). When the war reached his home village, his life dramatically shifted. This shift forced Beah to find a new way to survive. When the author hid alone in a forest, he said "I didn't know what to do with my life, I felt that I was starting over and over