emotionally scarred the people. In fact‚ it has created many child soldiers‚ such as Ishmael Beah. Ishmael had to go through many awful things that he would never imagine going through. For example‚ he “stole people’s food while they slept” because “it was the only way to get through the night” and did other violent things that would not have happened if there was not a civil war (Beah 29). In addition‚ Ishmael lost many of his family and friends and went through many struggles. He felt that he
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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last they are finally reintegrated into society. In A Long Way Gone‚ Ishmael suffered from these things‚ himself explaining that at some point in his life‚ he just went numb to everything (Beah 121). Throughout Africa‚ rebel groups‚ and the army itself‚ have been recruiting children who are between the ages of 11-16‚ to fight. These children get to see and do traumatic things that can harm any young child. For example‚ when Ishmael gets found by the rebels‚ he first gets chosen along a few of his friends
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In A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah‚ many events change his life and he has to choose to live with them or die. Ishmael has changed because of several major events that he lived through and has adapted and that has helped him survive in his war ravaged country. He has changed from young‚ innocent boy to mindless child solider to a proper adult but he still survives and that makes him very resilient. Though it was hard he found himself amongst war. One of the first major
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