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I know in the book, it told that Laura and Ishmael got close with each other during the conference. It kills lives, destroys homes, wipes out the glows in the eyes of the surviving people. War, is a horrendous thing. Was he able to get a good night sleep. How did he get to US. Was he still being haunted by nightmares.
It was painful to read the book, it was painful to even imagine what he has gone through in the war. I had tears in my eyes reading it. I'm glad he survived the war and has a better life now. There are still many, too many people suffering in wars all over the world. A very disturbing true story that I feel everyone, every kids should read. I just do. A link to Ishmael's words on the doubts of his experience in the war.[.].I gave the book a 4 star because it ended a little too abruptly.
Did the people in the Embassy helped him. How did Laura become his mum. It's up to people who and what to believe, even with evidence, just like Michael Jackson's trial. Ishmael's words are calm, quiet, almost nonchalant yet extremely powerful. But I would have like to know a little more detail after he got to US and stay with Laura.
But one got out is better than none got out.I read about the controversy surrounding this book (on the internet) half way reading it. And I believe Ishmael Beah. And perhaps a little about his life then when he was writing the book. I'm just wondering.
Wow, words can not describe this memoir. Really was eye opening to read, makes you re-evaluate all the things that we tend to take for granted.
A very interesting book full of true horrors, with the senseless destruction of entire villages at the hands of children who have been brainwashed and trained to kill.
He's an introspective and gifted writer, particularly for someone whose first language isn't English. A Long Way Gone should be required reading for anyone who lives in a country, such as ours, in which war tends to be romanticized and Hollywoodized. Beah had me at the first page of this book, which is incredibly poignant. (I kept searching for the "as told to.") Heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time. Beah offers a rare glimpse into the life and mind of a child soldier. He gives an up-close view of the wartime horrors and suffering in Sierra Leone, as well as his own motives for taking up arms and the inevitable process of desensitization. My only criticism is his somewhat abrupt change of heart toward the end of the book. He might have delved into that psychological transition a bit more, but in any case, a wonderful book.
First off, this is fact, not fiction. This is a worldwide problem that Ishmael Beah has thankfully shed light upon. This book just opens so many questions for policy-makers and the individual to answer.
It follows him through his horrible journey of becoming a child soldier fighting against the RUF. How are you going to help stop this and prevent it from occurring again. This book follows Ishmael Beah's journey through war torn Sierra Leone after his village is attacked by the RUF (Rebels).
Why buy rocks to sit on your nasty finger if it costs people their lives. The RUF is mainly after diamonds, specifically the money after selling the diamonds. Ishmael is forced to flee, fight, and witness horrific tragedies that no human should witness, let alone a child.
So far, not much has been done about child soldiers throughout the world, with many now in Sudan and spread across many parts of Africa, as well as South America. Now, what are you willing to do to stop this.
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