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    The most predominant symbol of the novel “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah is the triumph of the human spirit. The triumph of the human spirit is a very predominant oppression in the novel that relates to the survival of Ishmael. To begin‚ characters throughout the novel experienced many small wins; however‚ the circumstances they were in was life and death scenarios. “That night we were so hungry that we stole people’s food while they slept.” (Beah 29). The small triumph that leads to survival.

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    In the story “ A Long Way Gone” the main character Ishmael Beah demonstrates a lot of violent actions. His actions begin to change throughout the entire book. One of Ishmael’s violent changes that really taught and helped me understand the many consequences that will happen when you choose to act in a violent manner is when he was going back to his village and noticed that they were being invaded‚ and they were getting low on food he sacrifices his life to make sure his village is ok. It teaches

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    Long Way Gone Study Guide / Discussion Questions / Writing Assignment Suggestions  Please respond to these questions in RED font and put into your ALWG folder.     Chapter Questions:  Chapter One:  ● What did the old man in Kabati mean when he said‚ “We must strive to be like the  moon”? Is this advice that could apply to you? Why or why not? It means you must  always be good to others. Yes‚ it can apply to me because I wouldn’t want to be  treated bad‚     Chapter Two:  ● Beah moves around in time as he tells his story

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    Syerria Neuman Tillman Pre-Ap English 17 October 2012 1.What does Ishmael say the war is about? Ishmael says nothing about the causes of the war‚ or what each side was fighting for‚ or of the overall political and social conditions in Sierra Leone that caused the war. This was a deliberate strategy on the part of Beah‚ the author. He wanted to present the war through the eyes of a child. As a boy of twelve‚ when the war first affected him‚ he had no interest in politics. He had no reason

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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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    Chapter 1: January of 1993‚ the war hits home for him when he and his friends visit the village of Mattru Jong to see some old friends and practice their rap group performance for an upcoming talent show. Beah’s home has been attacked by rebels. Beah and his friends go to the nearby wharf to await the incoming people and look for their families among the refugees. When no one they know arrives after several hours‚ the boys decide to head back to Mogbwemo to find their families. The boys stop at

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    memoir A Long Way Gone‚ the author‚ Ishmael Beah‚ relates his story to the title. On page 65‚ the author says: “We were a long way from Mattru Jong. A long way gone.” The title‚ A Long Way Gone‚ gives the reader a glimpse of how far Ishmael is away from Mattru Jong‚ his life before being a soldier‚ and how distant he is with himself. Mattru Jong is a city in Sierra Leone‚ which Ishmael‚ his brother‚ Junior‚ and a few friends travel to in chapter 1 to attend a talent show. While on the way to Mattru

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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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    War Destroys Trust In the book Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah struggles between trust and survival in the midst of a gruesome war. He laments how‚ “the war had destroyed the enjoyment of the very experience of meeting people” throughout the book there are many examples of this upsetting truth. The consequences of this mistrust in people are clear as he travels through Sierra Leon while being incessantly threatened and assumed a member of the RUF. Most of this book is about the ongoing struggle within

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    Life isn’t perfect‚ you will go through many obstacles but as long as you have people who care and love for you by your side‚ everything will be alright. In the book “ A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah‚ he transforms his personal experience into a relatable story‚ he foreshadows the danger that will come in the future‚uses substantial details‚ and establishes a main conflict. In the novel Ishmael Beah states the setting of the story in paragraph one‚ “The children of those families couldn’t

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