"A long way gone" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 6 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    A Long Way Gone Theme

    • 524 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In the book‚”A Long Way Gone‚” nature is the theme and it is personified in it. That is because Ishmael in this story went outside a lot of times because his village is burnt and his family is dead. First‚ the war started which Ishmael and his brother and friends were trying to escape together to avoid getting killed by the rebels. And also he gets food outside like fruits on the trees‚ or other plants that can eat. That represent some nature. Another instance is when his grandmother talks about

    Premium Family English-language films Short story

    • 524 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Analysis: A Long Way Gone

    • 1790 Words
    • 8 Pages

    been seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma.” (Shah) Even though many do not believe in luck‚ or consider it to be occasional‚ Ishmael Beah‚ author and main character of A Long Way Gone‚ demonstrates how luck can be a part of someone’s daily life. Life for a child soldier‚ can be overwhelming‚ full of risks and dangers‚ and even a living hell. In most cases‚ these children die‚ end up as orphans‚ or simply live the rest of their

    Premium Abuse Child abuse World War II

    • 1790 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Now I am Become Death‚ The Destroyer of Worlds Violence‚ witnessing‚ experiencing‚ or even causing it‚ can cause a person to become desensitized to it. The more violence a person experiences‚ the easier it becomes to handle. In his memoir A Long Way Gone‚ author Ishmael Beah draws parallels between witnessing violence and becoming desensitized to it. Graphic instances in Ishmael’s life such as witnessing his friends die causes him to become desensitized to violence‚ from just barely being able

    Premium Violence English-language films Aggression

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Diction In A Long Way Gone

    • 1358 Words
    • 6 Pages

    As Ishmael explained all that he had gone through in his journey of being a child soldier to being free‚ he uses diction in his writing to make the story easier to understand. A lot of times many writers use different types of diction so that the writing has a clearer meaning to the reader. In this memoir‚ Ishmael was able to use different types of diction for the reader to be able to understand the importance of scenes while in the war. “I stood there holding my gun and felt special because I was

    Premium Sierra Leone Civil War War English-language films

    • 1358 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    A Long Way Gone JOTS

    • 1333 Words
    • 5 Pages

    a long way gone JOTS (This text will make readers think‚ and may elicit uncomfortable emotions…feel free to jot your connections to Beah’s story.) Chapter One Jot Questions 1. Connect O’Brien’s analysis of a war story to Beah’s. You may jot a T chart. 2. Why did most of the refugees refuse to feel sorry for those affected by the war? 3. How does Beah explain his understanding of war in a way that American readers can understand? a. When was the narrator first touched by war? History of Sierra

    Premium Sierra Leone

    • 1333 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    A Long Way Gone: Summary

    • 1165 Words
    • 5 Pages

    8-6-10 AP Human Geography Summary The story begins in 1993. Ishmael‚ his brother‚ and some friends are heading down to the village Mattru Jong for a talent show. They plan on performing some rap songs and dance that they learned‚ but when they arrive at Mattru Jong they discover that rebel soldiers‚ part of RUF‚ have attacked their home village and are now heading in their direction. The boys flee into the forest‚ and as they run they encounter horrid scenes of brutality and violence

    Premium Sierra Leone

    • 1165 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Long Way Gone Monologue

    • 824 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Solitariness is an element that the war has shrouded me with. Furthermore‚ the same comrades the abominable bloodshed bestowed me‚ Chance’s kleptomaniac fingers heisted them away. Yet‚ I cannot bear to brood about them‚ considering that whenever I endeavor‚ an iota of me ruptures. Ultimately‚ the men were my all‚ even beyond my own blood. Of‚ course I treasure my family dearly‚ but it is too faint of a memory. And‚ without them‚ the days transpire inconsequentially. Moreover‚ day by day we are

    Premium English-language films War Psychology

    • 824 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    reading‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah‚ and various articles‚ serve to provide examples of such behavior. The ten quotes these works stem from the first paradox (defined above)‚ which regards the capabilities of sentient beings in taking action when presented as the Human Condition Project‚ and the ten quotes included in this essay define this capability. The first paradox radiates throughout many authors’ writings‚ including A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. Throughout his

    Premium

    • 627 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    A memoir vs a fictional film A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and The Inevitable defeat of Mister and Pete written by Michael Starrbury and directed by George Tillman Jr. show similarities in poverty and family but also differences. Poverty is represented by food‚ shelter and money. In the book and the movie‚ family is something that keeps the main characters going. A memoir and a fictional film are similar but different in certain ways. Poverty is shown in the memoir when the war starts. Ishmael

    Premium Family English-language films Sierra Leone Civil War

    • 565 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Ishmael Beah’s memoir A Long Way Gone is appropriate for the Sterling High School English IV curriculum because of the real life connections to world events and complexity of ideas. Important to realize‚ Beah’s memoir reflects many current world events. He shows us war and killing from a different viewpoint. Beah introduced to us that they were forced and drugged to join the war and had no choice: “ Of course taking more of the white capsules‚ as I became addicted to them”(121). In other words

    Premium Drug addiction Crime KILL

    • 561 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50