Ishmael Beah

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4. Ishmael Beah is a young teen boy living during the time of war in Sierra Leone. He travels from village to village after he is separated from his family when the rebels attack. He is a strong soldier and is given more opportunities than he had before when he is asked to be a speaker to represent the country in a national meeting in New York. He experiences new things everyday and is given help by many in his village. He went through traumatic experiences which caused him to become depressed at a time and caused him to question everything in life. When Ishmael was fighting as a soldier, he took drugs to alleviate pain. This caused him to get shot many times and not feel it.
Esther is a nurse at the UNICEF. She helps Ishmael by trying to give him a safe place to live. She offers him time to listen to his rap cassettes and also takes him into the city. She soon gets attached to Ishmael and feels as if she loves him. …show more content…
He protects and looks after his younger brother until they are separated during an attack by the rebels. Junior enjoyed rapping with Ishmael and their other friends.
Mohamed was Ishmael’s best friend before the attack their homes. They were separated but later reunited at the UNICEF camp. They spent a lot of time there together to help each other through it.
Uncle Tommy is the foster father of Ishmael when he leaves the UNICEF camp. Uncle Tommy takes in Ishmael and cares for him. He gives him memories of his family and is supportive of him. Uncle Tommy dies after their home city is attacked and no doctor is willing to leave the safety of their own family to help.
5. Leslie is a worker for the Benin house. He travels to the UNICEF camp that Ishmael is at and gives him updates about his new foster family. He helps Ishmael get connected with his

Ishmael Beah

center of the book you read. The book I chose to read is titled A long way gone and was written by Ishmael Beah. Ishmael Beah was a child soldier for the Sierra Leone Armed Services during the civil war with the RUF (Revolutionary United Front), known as the rebels. Ishmael blamed the rebels for the death of his family, his soldiering was motivated by his desire for revenge. The character of Ishmael Beah is really complex. His story is one of personal transformation and survival. Before the war, he…

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Ishmael Beah Analysis

“My squad was my family. My gun was my provider and protector and my rule was to kill or be killed.” In this passage the author, Ishmael Beah, he uses language that implies that the situation, though brutal was unavoidable which made it simple. All the children knew that they could die if they were not on offense. The children were always focused on the present and the future, rarely the past. The author often implied a tone that everything was going to be alright sooner or later. He says “My squad…

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Ishmael Beah Analysis

Ishmael Beah conveys the theme of power which often creates a hierarchy changing one’s relationship with others. In the memoir of Beah, he and his other friends has been transferred to a rehabilitation center after being children soldiers for two years in a war in Sierra Leone consisting of the Sierra Leone Army and RUF, the Revolutionary United Front, other known as rebels. The boy’s recovery took some time with incidences “where we began to fight” and terrorized the staff by chasing “them out of…

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Ishmael Beah Reflection

This is probably one of the few books that have had much of an inspirational/ emotional impact on me in a long time. Just to hear that Ishmael Beah had to endure such horrors and inexplicable things at such a young age really had a big impact on me. I haven’t done much research or been informed on the matters that took place but I have a general understanding of what was going on over there. No 13 year old or any child for that matter should have to stand up for their country and bear arms in order…

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Ishmael Beah Character Analysis

them for other countries that have a much stable and stronger government. This can affect the outcome and opportunities in a person's life depending on what happens when they are invaded or attacked. A person might not have many opportunities like Ishmael Beah, whom had the option to fight and kill or to flee. This affects the outcome of someone's life tremendously. They could have mutilation, be addicted to drugs or even have ptsd. A less developed location with good resources is more open to stronger…

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Ishmael Beah Case Study

violence is justified in order to combat depression is justified where Ishmael Beah was taken against his own will to become a soldier and he had protection within providing food and shelter and as well as drugs in order to keep himself stable; although violence is involved, it's immoral and not justifiable. Ishmael was held in the position where he had to run away in search of safety and furtherly see his family and friends die. Ishmael was also united to a group of young kids in which he served all of…

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The War's Effect On Ishmael Beah

The War’s Effect on Ishmael Beah In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, the dream is a symbol for his life because it displays his peaceful childhood, the violence in the war, and the confusion he’s left with after the war. In the beginning of his dream Ishmael and Junior went swimming in the river, “We were competing with each other. In the end Junior got more oysters than I did”(Beah, 164). This competition shows the reader the innocence of childhood. This type of competition resembles a normal…

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Ishmael Beah Research Paper

Paisley Skeith English September 6, 2014 1st hour Ishmael Beah Prosecution On March 23, 1991 a devastating civil war broke out in the country of Sierra Leone located in Western Africa. Thousands of innocent and not so innocent people were taken hostage and/or killed. When the war broke out the innocent residents’ lives were forever changed for the worse. The once peaceful city of Sierra Leone, quickly became a horrific war zone (Sierra Leone). Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we are gathered…

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Ishmael Beah: The Retelling Of The Bra Spider

The retelling of the Bra Spider story had great significance to the culture and to Beah. This story is important to Ishmael Beah because it has been told throughout generations of his tribe, and retold in many different ways. Beah writes that he was “in shock” about an “extra detail [Musa] had added to the story” (page 74). We can infer from this that Beah had most likely previously heard the story in a different way, since he challenged the credibility of the version that Musa was telling. This…

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How Ishmael Beah Lose Innocence

The memoir, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is about a young boy, Ishmael Beah, who’s innocent childhood is robbed by a civil war taking place in Sierra Leone at the time. Ishmael Beah encounters new life events and experiences. Throughout the novel, he is constantly facing the denouements of the war. The main new event in his life is the civil war, because of the war he feels confused and overwhelmed. Upon encountering the civil war, Ishmael begins to lose his humanity and therefore he amounts…

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