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Chinese Cinderella Hero's Journey Author's Background Adeline Yen Mah is a Chinese-American author who was born into a wealthy family in Tianjin, China. When her father marries a seemingly charming Eurasian woman a year after Adeline's birth, the family faced dramatic changes By 14 Adeline won first place in an international playwright competition, and convinced her father to send her to medical school in England.

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A hero's Journey

The story of Ishmael Beah
The child soldier
A long Way Gone
1#.Ordinary world
Ishmael is a 12 year old Sierra leonian boy living with his father and older brother Junior in their hometown of "Mogwebo". He has never experienced war of any kind. He and his brother are on their way to the nearby town of Mattru Jong for a talent show
"The only wars I knew of were thosse that I read about in books or seen in movies"
2#. The call to adventure
While in Mattru jong. they are told that their hometown has been attacked by rebels. they wait at the warf for news of survivors and their father. After some time of waiting, they decide that they must take action.
"We must go back and see if we can find our famillies before it is too late."
3#. Refusal of the call
Ismael see's the atrocities and greusome scenes of refugees running away and people mourning, comming from the direction of his hometown. He is afraid of what lies ahead, so he decides to not pursue his father and returns to Mattru Jong with his brother.
"I didin't want to go back to where that woman was from"
4#. Meeting with the mentor
Ishmael is trying to remove the negative and graphic thoughts from his mind but is unsuccsessful. Since he does not know of any living familily members aside from Junior, he reminisces about words of wisdom and comfort that his grandmother once spoke. They help him press on.
"It pleases me to know that, that part of my childhood is still embeded in me"
5#. Crossing the threshhold
The rebels finally arrive at Mattru Jong, frocing Ishmael, his brother, and their friends to flee their homes and leave their famillies at one time, making them all homeless refugees. Being homeless prooves to be difficult for the boys.
"That night we were so hungry that we stole people's food while they slept. It was the only way to get through the night."
6#.Tests, Allies, Enemies
Ishmael has been separated from his brother and his friends. The greatest test for Ishmael would now be surviving alone. Aside from the scattered rebels, his greatest foe becomes himself, as he has difficulties dealing with the loneliness.

Through all the difficulties, he does meet new allies to help him survive. they are also a group of boys named Kanei, Alhaji, Musa, Jumah, Saidu, and Moriba.
" there were seven of them, I remember afew of them from the secondary school in Mattru Jong."
7#. Approach
Ismael and his group of 5 other boys are held at gunpoint by the supposed sierra leone army and brought to yele. Once there, they live in peace for some time but are then told that the rebels are surroundignt he village and they mist fight or leave and be killed. Ishmael is now faced with a change he cannot avoid. the commander informs them and the villagers of the situation.
" In the forest are men waiting to destroy all of your lives. We have fought them as best as we can, but there are too many of them."
8#.Ordeal,Death,
and Rebrith
Ishmael joins the army and is separated from most of his conpanions except Alhaji and Musa. They begin their trainning and eventually are sent to the front lines in a swap ambush. Ishmael survives the death occuring all around him and watches two of his friends die.
"why am I still alive when everyone else I know dies?"
9#. Reward
After becoming convinient with being a soldier and surviving the front lines of war on multiple occasions, Un troops arrive at his camp and luckily end up taking him out of the war to be rehabilitated.
"You have been great soldiers and you all knew that you are a part of this brotherhood. I am very proud to have served my country with you boys. But your work here is done, and I must send you off. Thesse men will put you in school and find you another life."
10#. The Road Back
Ishmael and Alhaji begin their rehabilitation at the center in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. He and Alhaji become less violent and more peaceful, he even meets a nurse named Esther who teaches him to begin to feel afection and care for someone.
" Okay, you can be my sister - Temporarily."
11#.Ressurection
Hero
Ishmael has been rehabilitated and is living in peace once more and going back to school to regain his lost childhood. Unfortunetly, war is not far. The rebels and the army have made an alliance to overthrow the current government and the capital in plunged into complete chaos. As a final effort, Ishmael attempts to escape Freetown alone, leaving Alhaji behind.
"I'll let you know where I end up"
12#. Return With Elixir
Ishmael manages to barely suirvive and has left the country illegaly. He has finally escaped the madness of war. He begins reminiscing about his early childhood before the war. He remembers a very important story he was told as a child about a hunter and a monkey.
" I would shoot the monkey, so that no other hunter would have to make that descision ever again."
Special World
Ordinary World
Concluding thoughts on Heroism and Ishmael:
I liked "A long way gone" very much, I don't feel that Ishmael is a conventional hero obviously, I don't beleive that many people would agree with me. But I do feel that he is a hero nonetheless.

He committed many inhumane acts, but they were all in the name of survival. I beleive that audiences would want Ishamel to survive and continue his journey to find his familly. regardless of the price.

The rule is killed or be killed in war, Ishmael is a hero of his own kind for having the strenght to have fought for as long as he did then have the skill and will to escape the things he didin't like, regardless of what lay ahead of him, for that he is a hero.

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A hero's Journey The story of Ishmael BeahThe child soldier A long Way Gone 1#.Ordinary worldIshmael is a 12 year old Sierra leonian boy living with his father and older brother Junior in their hometown of "Mogwebo". He has never experienced war of any kind.

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