For summer reading prior to my start of tenth grade I had to read two books out of a section of memoirs. The two books I chose were Night by Elie Wiesel and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. These two books were very inspirational to me and made an impact on my life. After being a sophomore for four weeks the curriculum has already begun to make me more aware of myself and the world around me. When I first learned about the holocaust in the fifth of sixth grade‚ I became very interested in that point
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last night. The next day‚ my teacher had completed grading all the test and he had noticed that two of the papers had were the exact same‚ their names were Danny and Ishmael. But Danny was absent today so the teacher called Ishmael to the front of the classroom and asked him if he and Danny cheated off of each other’s test. Ishmael first lied and said‚ “I don’t know how we have the same answer it had to by coincidence.” The entire class knew they cheated off of each other but no one uttered a word
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easy thing to even think about doing. I believe that even though violence is an awful thing that no child should have to endure‚ I learned a lot through Beah’s awful experiences including war’s injustices and the importance of hope and courage. Ishmael Beah discovered that the only way he could continue on and stay remotely strong was through the use of drugs. I was able to understand that well not through my own experiences of course‚ but because I cannot imagine any other way of making it through
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surrounding coffins. Before Ishmael sails to Nantucket‚ he spends a few nights at the Spouter-Inn. Melville takes the opportunity to add a foreboding feeling to the book early on by giving the inn proprietor the name Peter Coffin. Choosing such a dark name brings death to the front of the mind at the very start of the book. This morbid theme is continued through the unusual story revolving around Queequeg’s coffin. Although it later represents life when saving Ishmael in the epilogue‚ the intricate
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Reconnecting with rap and reggae music during his rehabilitation at Benin Home is no small point Beah makes. Listening to Run-D.M.C.‚ one of the early pioneers of new school hip hop (It’s Like That‚ - {That’s Just the Way It Is} ) was a bridge to artists‚ beats and rhymes Beah’s childhood rap and dance group enjoyed and performed‚ such as Eric B and Rakim (I Know You Got Soul). This bridge became a link between fond memories of pre-war childhood and being able to increasingly live more fully in the
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these four religions have a different account or play a different part in the story. The Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Adha to honor Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his first born son Ishmael. To commemorate this near sacrifice‚ Muslims willingly sacrifice their best domestic animals as Ishmael was spared with a goat taking his place. The meat is split into three sections with the family keeping a third and the other two thirds going to friends and family and the less fortunate‚ respectively
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A Long Way Gone “I was not afraid of these lifeless bodies. I despised them and kicked them to flip them.” This is what Ishmael was saying at the end first war day they had. It had only been the first time when Ishmael and his friends went to war and by the end of it he had already shot someone. At the beginning when they started training he was afraid to hold the gun‚ and now that the day has come where he actually needed to shot‚ he had no problem with it. 2 of his friends died that day‚ Musa
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contrasting Western and Eastern philosophies through Ishmael and Hatsue’s past and values. Ishmael figuratively views life as “one whole ocean”‚ floating between his inability to “let go” his past “war veteran” and “unconditioned” love memories for Hatsue symbolised in his unwillingness to “denervate” his “amputated arm” to its “stump”. In juxtaposition‚ Hatsue represents an Eastern perspective considering life and the relationship with Ishmael as an “ocean [that] won’t mix”‚ separated by racial prejudices
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Outline one significant practice within Islam? The Hajj continually supports the concept of Islam and continues to validate the importance of the submission to Allah‚ acceptance of the Qur’an and respect to Muhammad to millions of Muslims worldwide. The word Hajj means to ’to set out for a definite purpose’. Taken place in the holiest city of Islam; Mecca - this was the death place of Muhammad and where he was approached by Allah many years ago. This pilgrimage is considered to be the most important
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2. Discuss the why American Born Chinese can be considered a coming of age novel. Provide textual support for your answer. You need to discuss at least four traits that are covered in the novel. The first reason this book is a coming of age novel is because the protagonist‚ Jin Wang‚ contently tests his boundaries and limits. He does this when he kisses Suzy and she punches him (Yang 188). This resulted in a loss of friendship with Wei-chen and a change in Jin. This is the point in the story where
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