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 childhood. Next, Ishmael realizes his brother disappears, “We ran home for dinner, racing each other. When we got there, the food was sitting in the pots, but no one was around. I turned to ask my brother what was happening, but he was gone”(Beah,

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