Theme Of Personification In A Long Way Gone

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In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah uses personification to evoke more emotion of the setting. One example of this is when Beah and the others are training. The corporal said, "visualize the banana tree as the enemy, the rebels who killed your parents..." (Beah 112). This is personification because it is impossible for banana tree to actually be fighting with you. Also unless you are allergic to bananas, a banana tree would not be your enemy. This adds more detail to the story because it shows how Beah and the others were training their fighting on banana trees. Another example of personification is right after Gasemu died. Beah explains, “The sun was getting ready to leave the sky. It had come out to take Gasemu with it” (Beah 99). This is personification

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