In my book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, A boy named Ishmael Beah, at the age of twelve, becomes and unwilling boy soldier, after his village in Sierra Leone is attacked, Ishmael and his brothers go wandering from village to village in search of food and shelter. And eventually become soldiers in the child army. They become killing machines, and become addicted to various drugs. Eventually Ishmael's Lieutenant in the army turns them over to Unicef, and they go to America for rehabilitation.
Ishmael's story of perserverance reminds me of the story of Registre, a Haitian immigrant whom, through perserverance, was able to live his dream and get into medical school.
Ishmael's story of perserverance reminds me of the story of Registre, a Haitian immigrant whom, through perserverance, was able to live his dream and get into medical school.
I admire your use of textual evidence to support your claims regarding the centralized idea, and how you utilized this evidence to make connections with outside research
ReplyDeleteGreat text to society connection! I am reading the same book and I saw this theme appear in my readings also. You did a good job providing background knowledge on the book and then also providing a real life example that could be connected to the theme.
ReplyDeleteGood job. I have read a lot of other blogs about A Long Way Gone recently, and your views seem to line up with a lot of other people. However, you did not talk what happened in the book. Can you elaborate?
ReplyDeleteI liked the visual aid you provided, it helped me imagine the book. Also, nice
ReplyDeleteconnection, that's really unique, I have to try to use one myself.
This is a pretty cool blog. I like how you kept short and to the point with giving us visual aid to enhance the blog experience. I also like the use of the word "perserverance" it helped the diction of the blog
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