Gone “A Long Way Gone”‚ a memoir about a Sierra Leonean young boy who is a “child of war” has many themes in the novel but what is the most important? Relationship‚ I believe that this is the most important theme because without relationship‚ Ishmeal Beah‚ the author of “A long Way Gone” and a human rights activist would not have survived nor would he have recuperated from the war in Sierra Leone. Relationship with the lieutenant‚ Ishmeal looked up to his lieutenant as a father figure. Ishmeal would
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hands.” Writing her stories does not have a big effect on the people in the western world they are too selfish to help the country out in their time of civil war. Another text I read is A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah in that text the main character of the non-fiction text is Ishmael who is in the civil war in Sierra Leone at the same time as Maddy. He is a forced child soldier and he values his freedom. Another key idea in Blood Diamond is the devastation of war. The film shows how war is
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Sierra Leone Background The Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF/SL) invaded Sierra Leone from Liberia in March 1991. Initially they claimed to be a political movement supporting ‘liberation’ and ‘democracy. Instead the RUF‚ in reality‚ was an insecurely combined organization of mainly rebellious young people that inflicted mortal disaster throughout the country of Sierra Leone. The political revolution message failed to attract popular support‚ the RUF board on a barbarian ten-year
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view situations in the world around me. I cannot pick a favorite text that I have read throughout my grades nine to twelve years‚ but I will review a few that made an impact on me. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. This is the memoir of Ishmael‚ who was once a child soldier‚ reflecting on his
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Bibliography: Beah‚ Ishmael. “The Making and Unmaking‚ of a Child Soldier” New York Times 14 Jan‚ 2007 Gold. Thomson Gale. Alameda Free Library. 19 April. 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/retrieve>
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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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For many years now‚ children have been fighting in wars. Scared‚ hurt‚ alone‚ and in hope of survival‚ these kids fearlessly fight. Imagine a 13-year-old boy in war. He has just been ripped out of his home and taken to battle the rebels. He is mistreated and has no way to escape this horror. After throwing a bomb‚ which killed many‚ he is taken to court‚ where they are asking if he should be given amnesty. If it was your decision‚ would you give this boy a second chance at living freely? Or would
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I cannot cut out a piece of my head and give it to you. Unfortunately‚ lobotomies performed by untrained individuals such as myself tend to end in death. Even if I did manage to harvest a little piece of my brain and live long enough to place it in your hand‚ you would only have a lifeless‚ squishy mass of tissue that used to be inside of my skull. There would be no memories or emotions; you would be no closer to understanding my experiences or me as a person. That’s the thing about the human mind:
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Imagine if you were forced to kill others for whole years of your life‚ seeing the people bleed out each and every time as they struggle to hold onto life.This is what child soldiers are put through almost every day. In some parts of the world‚ such as Sierra Leone. There is tremendous disputes over child soldiers. Everyday hundreds if not thousands of child soldiers are drugged‚ abused‚ and brainwashed to kill others in the battlefields of Sierra Leone and countries alike. Now after all this‚ these
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because they were forced to kill due to coercion‚ they were drugged and brainwashed‚ and had no access to a proper education. One reason why child soldiers should be granted amnesty is because the children were forced to become soldiers and kill. Ishmael Beah‚ a former child soldier says “You either kill‚ or be killed.” this kind of action is a form of coercion‚ which is “The practice of persuasion using force or threat.” Child soldiers usually don’t become soldiers or kill by their choice. Jeffrey
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