Ryan Gamel Period 2 10/19/11 A Long Way Gone From Innocent A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is a story of a boy soldier and his journey throughout his country’s civil war and his forced transition from childhood to adulthood. A long way gone is a perfect title for the book because throughout his struggles he travels farther and farther from his innocence. When a boy like Ishmael is exposed to the horrors and tragedy of war at such a young age it is only human nature to adjust to the environment
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Analysis of the "The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his." which is a speech made by Wes Moore in his autobiography . One Name‚ Two Fates tells the story of two black men with the same name. Both were born in Maryland. Both grew up with single mothers in fatherless homes. By the time they were 11 years old‚ both had been handcuffed by cops. But in result‚ One became a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Johns Hopkins‚ a Rhodes scholar
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related to this topic. There was a jungle-trekking activity being held by an Eco-friendly club. During the trip‚ they were seperated in to 4 groups. Since this activity is to train them well‚ the first 2 groups went in to the jungle separately and find a way out. They were given walkie-talkies to communicate but may only use it for 5 times. The first 2 groups are mostly the juniors and 2 seniors in each group t help them. The second 2 groups are all seniors so they went in t the jungle during the night
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Serious or Humorous? Uncovering The Way To Wealth’s Message Benjamin Franklin wrote The Way to Wealth because he was frustrated that people were evading taxes‚ especially because these taxes helped the people and the city. He explained that the real issue was not the government’s taxes. He declared that the lack of virtue taxed people much more. Throughout the rest of the book‚ he conveyed that morality and public service were most important‚ and that one can avoid poverty through hard work and frugality
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Sleeping Freshman Never Lie is about the freshman Scott. He is starting high school at Zengar High. About twenty pages into the story he learns that his mom is pregnant. At that point he realizes that he should write a book of advice for his new sibling. Throughout the story he learns many things. Things from losing best friends to what to sign and not sign up for. Everything is narrated in first person so you are in Scott’s shoes the whole time. This helps because you learn about his opinions and
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It may be surprising to learn that the first rap song to bring the genre to a wide mainstream audience wasn’t even originally a rap song. By every definition‚ “Walk This Way”‚ written in 1975 by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry‚ was your classic rock song. With air-guitar-worthy guitar riffs and cocky‚ brash vocal delivery of thinly veiled‚ extremely sexual lyrics‚ it was the track that set Aerosmith on the road to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame (Run-DMC and Aerosmith‚ 2007). A decade later
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it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament.” (Ishmael Beah 218). This quote can be seen as a message about the novel‚ as Beah is trying to spread awareness with this book‚ and not let anyone suffer the way he did. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is a true story about the author and his first hand experiences of the civil war in Sierra Leone. Theme is defined as the underlying idea or ideas projected throughout a novel. In this particular book the theme is the
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To Live a Lie or Die with Honor John Proctor is faced with an irreversible decision that ultimately determines his fate. Should he lie‚ living with the consequences of being named a witch or should he die‚ honoring himself and keep his soul free of the devil. The decision faced before him couldn’t have been an easy one. He had been faced with so many trials that his final choice determines if any one of them was in vain. Proctor had to make his own judgment and self-determine his fate. I believe
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been seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma.” (Shah) Even though many do not believe in luck‚ or consider it to be occasional‚ Ishmael Beah‚ author and main character of A Long Way Gone‚ demonstrates how luck can be a part of someone’s daily life. Life for a child soldier‚ can be overwhelming‚ full of risks and dangers‚ and even a living hell. In most cases‚ these children die‚ end up as orphans‚ or simply live the rest of their
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Ishmael Beah “ A long way gone” There are many problems in the world‚ children who suffer from any diseases and/ or are taken away from their families but there is so much more to it. Ishmael Beah was a young boy when captured to become a child soldier. His story is just one out of the million others out there; he became a voice to the ones unheard. Beah’s childhood was taken away‚ as well as his innocence. He would no longer do the things he enjoyed and spend his time playing with friends
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