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A long way gone is a story about a boy named Ismael whom becomes a child soldier.A civil war is striking in Sierra Leone.Sufferingt,depression and death become a way of life. His village was attacked when he went to a rapping concert. His friends and him are now on village to village on search for food.Ishmael becomes child soldier and does things he never thought he would do before.Kill people.

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Here is Ishmael as a child soldier

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Here is the flag of Sierra Leone

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Ishmael walked through a really big part of the whole country. It is located at West Africa and does borders with Guinea and Liberia.

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With this is they cooked almost everything. It's a type of oil that you get from palms. Since it's what it's cheaper and easier to cook.

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“This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stopped trusting each other, and every stranger became an enemy. Even people who knew you became extremely careful about how they related or spoke to you. (page 37)”

This shows that the war makes everyone not have confidence and they see each other as enemies.It is sad to live this in life.People need other people.Since Ishmael's family becomes smaller and smaller he needs other people too.

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This is what it looked like the logo of the Rebels

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"Things changed rapidly in a matter of seconds and no one had any control over anything. We had yet to learn these things and implement survival tactics, which was what it came down to."

This shows how the war changes everything in a matter of seconds and how everybody is thinking about safety.

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This is the food Ishmael and his friends ate all the time

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" we must all strive, to be like the moon"

The moon was a very symbolic thing of Ishmael's childhood.

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Here is the description of a long way gone from another perspective.

http://www.teenink.com/reviews/book_reviews/article/181716/A-Long-Way-Gone-by-Ishmael-Beah/

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A fan made trailer on the hit book "A Long Way Gone". Some scenes are from the movie Ezra.

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Here are quotes and other features of Ishmael Beah and his books.

http://www.ishmaelbeah.com

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When they were turned boy soldiers

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The CBS news decided to interview Ishmael Beah and in this video he explains his horrible experience and why he wrote the book.

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Child soldier and author of "A Long Way Gone" Ishmael Beah speaks with CBS News about his experiences in Sierra Leone and his hopes for the future of the country.

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"One of the unsettling things about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn't sure when or where it was going to end. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. I felt that I was starting over and over again".

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-"These days I live in three different  worlds: my dreams, and the experiences of my new life, which trigger memories from the past."(20)

This explains how this war or events are still making him suffer in the present.I would personally be destroyed...Most of his family has been destroyed.Ishmael is a person people should look up to.He never gave up and today in interviews he keeps a smile on his face.

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Ishmael beah

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Gone - Because the war took everyone in the book. Ishmael's family, friends, home and even his childhood and there is nothing left.

Sierra Leone - The place where the book is taken. A small country at West Africa. There is a big war in it between the RUF (Revolutionary United Force) who wants to take out Joseph Momoh's government.

Journey - How long did Ishmael walk. Maybe almost all Sierra Leone. He did a big Journey with his friends and family. Too with the army and stuff, but it wasn't a happy journey. Maybe one of the most horirible and scariest ones.

War - The main theme of all the book and the actual Sierra Leone. The thing that has created thousands of deaths and suffering to everyone. A word that everyone is scared of. War

Thoughts - Something special about this book was Ishmael's thoughts. He was always thinking, not sure if what he did was wrong or right. How he thought about his family and what could happen to them. Like he explained, one of his worlds was his mind. It had almost nothing to do with his actual reality.

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Ishmael beah was a boy soldier when he has young. He was unfortunately captured by the rebels, the enemy's in that war. We can infer, that experience realy left a scar in his life, and that was what made him write this book.