a long way gone
By: Ishmael Beah
Ishmael and his friends are getting very scared. I can see they don't like what they are doing, stealing food and water from people. But how else are they supposed to survive? If you were in this situation what would you do...
Personally I think I would do the same thing. If taking food from someone was the only way for me to survive I think I would have to. I would not give up till I find the rest of my family. And that is exactly what they are trying to do. Just find their way back home and find their families. I think that maybe if I knew my family was gone I wouldn't be performing these acts but if I knew there was a chance of seeing them again I would do it no doubt.
I don't think they should feel ashed for what they are doing. Everyone needs to survive and everyone has their own way of surviving. They keep having to run from village to village to keep away and stay hidden from the rebels so they have no where to settle down. No where to find their own food and shelter so they must take others. I think the boys will find their family soon but I don't think what awaits for them in the future after that is any good..
I agree with everything you said. I myself would do the same thing if I were put in those situations. I really enjoyed your in depth analysis on the book so far and am looking forward seeing to reading more of it. Great job so far!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything you said. I myself would do the same thing if I were put in those situations. I really enjoyed your in depth analysis on the book so far and am looking forward seeing to reading more of it. Great job so far!
ReplyDeleteHonestly if I were to be stuck in a worn torn country and I need to survive I would have to join a militia. I would have to do moraly correct things like when the RUF group were terrorizing the old man, I would be either the ones to kill him or i would be giving the group reality checks.
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