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Various Cities, Sierra Leone --West Africa-- (1993-1997)
"Our innocence had been replaced by fear and we had become monsters. (55)"
Ishmael's journey can be divided into four phases:
- Lost Child
- Child Solider
- Rehabilitation
- New Families
The first phase is the longest, covering half of the memoir, as it tells of Ishmael's wanderings after being separated from his family. For about a year, Ishmael travels alone or in a group with other lost boys. In addition to being hunted by the rebels and barel ...more
"Our innocence had been replaced by fear and we had become monsters. (55)"
Ishmael's journey can be divided into four phases:
- Lost Child
- Child Solider
- Rehabilitation
- New Families
The first phase is the longest, covering half of the memoir, as it tells of Ishmael's wanderings after being separated from his family. For about a year, Ishmael travels alone or in a group with other lost boys. In addition to being hunted by the rebels and barel ...more
1.5 STARS
"In A Long Way Gone , Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts." (From Amazon)
I had been looking forward to reading this biography since I first saw the movie Blood Diamonds. This of course was a heartbreaking story but I found ...more
"In A Long Way Gone , Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts." (From Amazon)
I had been looking forward to reading this biography since I first saw the movie Blood Diamonds. This of course was a heartbreaking story but I found ...more
