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I think these are important word because after the storm, always comes the calm. This happened to Ishmael because he suffered allot but right now he is living a verry happy life in new york and this represents calm after the storm.

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I think this is important because this is what made the book and has affected millions of people, for example in sierra leone

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I think this is an important word because if you dont do it, you will die, for example, when Ishmael lost his cassets in the fire, he adapted to his new life on the army

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I think this is a very important word because to keep living, you need to survive.

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Deth, I think that this is a very important word because in sierra leone it is happening everywhere and this is horrible, but it is the truth

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If you cower, you don't face something. And if you don't face it, it's the same as losing a life. Not taking a challenge means losing before you start.

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http://www.child-soldiers.org

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Calm after the storm

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War

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Adaptation

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Survival

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When you're in war, drugs help you calm down. That's why the soldiers smoke, even if it's bad.

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The rebels most powerfull weapon was fear, they relied on amputacion, death, torture, etc. The rebel in this photo is probably about to kill someone.

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Death

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http://www.beahfound.org

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It is the feeling of losing someone that makes it ok to spoil.

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If you live, you can do something with your life and strive to live another day. So if you think your life is hopeless, you will die

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Some soldiers like this one were the ones that took Ishmael from the army to the rhab center, he refers to them in the book as city soldiers.

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This is the style of roads Ishmael traveled runing away from the war.

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"Cowards die many times before their deaths" (129)

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This is the bayonet Ishmael used to murder people in cold blood.

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"The soldiers smoked cigarettes and marijuana" (128)

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This is an interview with the author of the book

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Ishmael Beah: Boy Soldier of Sierra Leone

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News account of a young soldier forced into a militia in Sierra Leone -- his journey, his nightmare, his escape. And his present as a best-selling author living in New York. CBS Sunday Morning

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"Radiance of Tomorrow", this is the name of the sequel, this sequel focuses more on the rehab.

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"People complain when there is too much sun, and it's hot, or when it rains and it's too cold, but no one complains when the moon is out. Everyone enjoys the moon in their own way. So, we should strive to be like the moon." (30)

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This explains what is happening in Sierra Leone

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Special Assignment - Sierra Leone: Children of War Part 01

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Special Assignment's Jacques Pauw and Adil Bradlow's Award Winning Documentary on Child Soldiers and the horrors of the Civil War in Sierra Leone. This Documentary won the CNN African Journalist of the Year Award in 2000.

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Cocaine with gunpowder, this was one of the drugs he had while he was in the army

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The country Ishmael lived

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"and that was the last time I saw my brother, Junior" (60).

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"If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die".

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Ishmael Bea lived a nice and relaxed life in a town of Sierra Leone. One day while going to a talent show to sing rap with his friends, Junior, Taloi, Mohamed, Gibrilla, Kaloko, and Khalilou, something horrible happened, the civil war began. While they saw the bloody people running in that direction the new there was something wrong, they wanted to go back to the village where they lived at but they new that was not a safe try.

Something precious was lost those days, trust. When Ishmael and his friends finally got to a town they where happy, but there was no time to celebrate yet, they had no food, no money, and scared of what happened. Since they had to buy food so they don't starve and they had no money they decided to go to one of the nearby towns to get money, after much risk taken and a possibility of dying they went back to the safe town, only to find out people sold food no more.

After all of the problems they faced Ishmael end up alone. Alone in a forest, with strange food he didn't knew of, wild animals. And fear fear of being found... and killed.

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The weapon Ishmael used during the war

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This is a photo of a child soldier defending a base with a russian machin gun

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author of the book

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This are some child soldiers smoking I dont know what with their AK-47s