A Long Way Gone Analytical Paragraphs Paragraph #1: Thesis: Through the symbol of rap cassettes‚ the author shows that the child soldiers were what the name suggests‚ innocent children‚ despite the horrors of the war that they had to experience. During the rehabilitation process‚ the rap cassettes helped Ishmael integrate into society‚ while also allowing the reader to see the child soldiers weren’t the monsters they were portrayed as previously. After Esther brought Ismael the Bob Marley songs
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Brianna Selhorst Glenn Ames Contemporary World History 5 December 2007 A Long Way Gone vs. Blood Diamond A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and the recent 2006 film Blood Diamond both depict how it was living in Sierra Leone‚ Africa during the Civil War in the ‘90’s. While A Long Way Gone focuses on child soldiers and what they had to live and go through for many years‚ Blood Diamond focuses mainly on how the country is torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel
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throughout the story was immensely high considering the age he was during the war. One example‚ was when Ishmael first experiences the war and loses all of his family except his brother‚ Junior. Ishmael does not complain about walking miles and miles all day long in the scorching sun‚ when many kids his age would start complaining after fifteen minutes on a nice breezy day. As well as‚ when Ishmael was all alone in the forest he did not act crazy about the freedom he had‚ but instead was orderly and
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10th Grade Lit Watson/Lewis 25 February 2013 A long Way Gone Research Paper When people imagine soldiers they think of strong men. However‚ some soldiers today are child soldiers. At a young age child soldiers witnessing and committing horrible acts of violence‚ which makes them at a higher risk for mental health issues like Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Most child soldiers are between the ages of
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least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.”(Thoreau‚ 1) Ishmael Beah’s opinion of government is one in which the government should protect the people and keep peace among them. Beah experiences a form of government in A Long Way Gone that is very military based and that has been corrupted. While some similarities between “Civil Disobedience” and A Long Way Gone are evident‚ the differences are striking. Rebellion is a big difference between the two writings
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contemporary ongoing instance of war‚ having gone unimpeded for a substantial period of time resulting in the country unable to resolve the war. The United States of America as a global leader has the responsibility to utilize the resources available to stop the crisis in
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However‚ as I compare the movie to the book I understand the tragic scenarios Ishmael‚ Solomon‚ and Solomon’s son went through. Innocent children and people were killed each day for no logic reason. Survival was something near to impossible. The book concentrates on Ishmael from an individual point of view. He knew about war yet he knew it was far away. He was much more secure with the government. Prior to the Ishmael got caught by the government he was isolated in the wilderness. Nourishment and
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The author of this text wants the reader to see how the family felt after being robbed. They were in complete shock. The family’s house got robbed of all of their valuables. Now their trying to find a new place to live. The writing strategy I used was tone. The author uses tone to show how she felt towards the family when they got home and realized they were robbed. The author of this book used tone in this text to emphasize how the family was in complete shock when they came home and saw that
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In this chapter‚ Ishmael and his friends are walking along and start to hear a loud crashing noise. Upon hearing the noise they go to investigate and discover the noise came from the ocean waves crashing against the rocks. The boys continue walking‚ until they come to a village that looked deserted. when they arrive at the village‚ the boys are attacked by fishermen holding machetes and fishing nets. They were resettled to the ground‚ tied up and brought to the village chef. News had spread that
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When Everything Else is Gone‚ There is Always Love In Ishmael Bach’s autobiography‚ a long Way Gone‚ he portrays himself as a young witness of the civil war in his home country Sierra Leone. Beach starts his personal journey at age twelve in his small village where he grew up and ends four years later when he escapes to Guinea. At the beginning of the story Beah is a bright‚ cheerful‚ and untroubled‚ but as the book continues Young Beah takes much pleasure in learning the lyrics to American rap
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