Ishmael Beah was born on November 23‚ 1980‚ in Mogbwemo‚ Sierra Leone. In his critically acclaimed memoir‚ “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”‚ Beah bases his survival from abduction and terrorism on his recollections as an unwilling child soldier for the Sierra Leone Armed Services during Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 civil war. They were fighting the Revolutionary United Front or RUF‚ also known as the rebels. Ishmael describes his circumstances in simple to understand language. He is also quite
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Nobody spoke a word. When the boys finally spoke to ask the man’s name he says “Its not necessary. This way we will all be safe.” Once the boys could walk again‚ they realized that they were only a half mile from the village they just ran from. The man told them that the hut was his fishing hut that he used to store fish and equipment. For the next 2 weeks
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Quote: “That night for the first time in my life I realized that it is the physical presence of people and their spirits that gives a town life” (40). Explanation: Ishmael has started to realize that he is alone. He can only depend on himself rather than depend on other people. As shown in the quote‚ the town has no life in it because there is no physical presence of people. That is what is making Ishmael feel alone and have to make decisions for the benefit of himself. With his life constantly
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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 still did
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Gender Inequality: United States vs. Asian Countries Sociology 341 Fall 2014 Gender Inequality in the United States vs. Asian Countries Men have always had dominance over women. In the last decade or so women have gone a long way to get to where they stand now in society. Over time‚ the social construct of gender inequality has been slowly changing towards finding a balance between genders‚ making the gap between men and women closer towards equality. Women and men are treated differently
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In the novel A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah describes to us what it was like to live in the terrifying times in Sierra Leone‚ South Africa. A civil war started from the want of mass diamond production‚ Streets were filled with chaos. Children traveling the streets from town to town were exposed to traumatizing and life changing events. In Beah’s novel the traumatic effects of war‚ drug addiction‚ and mass murder all lead to the experience of PTSD. A post traumatic stress disorder that not only affects
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notable increase in poverty and unemployment. Hunger and disease that arises from poverty that affect the numerous refugees of the war can be resolved given time and resources. The Syrian Civil War is the 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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Honors 27 September 2012 Society Is An Onion: A Narrative Reflection for A Long Way Gone Society can be represented by an onion. There are many layers to both. In society‚ the center is an individual. It then moves on to family‚ community‚ nation‚ and finally‚ humankind. Each layer cannot exist without the layers underneath it‚ just like how an onion cannot be an onion without its many supporting layers. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah shows the layers of society through memories. Beah has experienced
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awake also brought back painful memories… These days I live in three worlds: my dreams‚ and the experiences of my new life‚ which trigger memories from the past” (Beah 19). Quoted from Ishmael Beah’s memoir A Long Way Gone‚ is an example of post-traumatic stress disorder‚ one of the many themes and effect of war and violence present in this book. According to the Journal of Controversial Medical Claims‚ post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying
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Suicide and humor are two words not often associated with each other‚ but Nick Hornby takes the pair on in his novel A Long Way Down‚ a dark comedy about suicide and life after a failed attempt. The book is narrated by four characters taking turns telling the story in their voice. The resulting hodgepodge gang includes Martin‚ a quasi celebrity who loses everything after an affair with a fifteen-year old girl; Maureen‚ the middle-aged mother of a severely disabled son; Jess‚ an obnoxious teenager
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