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Rap music helped Ishmael and his group get out of trouble and into safety on multiple occasions. The rap music might have even saved their lives because many civilians were interested in this new type of music and it showed how they were "just children passing through". The rap music also contributes to Ishmael's rehabilitation in chapter 17. In this chapter Ishmael's nurse bought him a Walkman and it played music and calmed ishmael down. The music let him open up and talk about his war days. The rap music also showed a side of Ishmael that was sensitive.

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The moon is meant to symbolize Ishmael's hope for the future. In the early chapters of the book Ishmael mentions how the moon is important to him. The moon also acts as Ishmael's light and spirit during the war in his country.

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The corn symbolizes the conflict of the story when the boys steal the corn from the little boy and feel bad about doing it. They were starving so they ended up taking it from the little boy.

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this shows how Ishmael was beginning to understand the concept of survival of the fittest. He explains how he felt guilty but only for a few minutes.
This shows the conflict within him between his good and bad morals.

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The moon signifies two things when the moon is not their its as if he is losing himself almost as if some of his sanity has been lost. When the moon is their he feels he has some of his sanity because he thinks back to when his life was bliss.

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the moon is significant to the book because it gives the author emotion and hope to be like the moon and be good. He got it from his grandmother telling him. Even though he did alot of bad things he still has hope to be good and to do the right things in life

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Coconut tree, it shows the conflict of hunger and how he has to struggle just to meet his needs. Hes gotta learn how to fend for himself and do things he could never have  done.

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Coconut tree, it shows the conflict of hunger and how he has to struggle just to meet his needs. Hes gotta learn how to fend for himself and do things he could never have  done.

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The ear of corn is significant to the book because it shows the struggles Ishmael is facing. He faces hunger each day and is starving because he is constantly on the move and there is very little food if any to find.

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the corn symbolizes the way the boys are forced to grow up extremely fast and how their primal instincts take over when they are forced to survive.

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Rap music is an important term in the book because it references to his childhood before the war. Rap music also taught him how to speak english when his parents could not afford his education.

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The food that was available in most villages was coconut. There were a lot of coconut trees.
He didn't like coconut but because of hunger are thirsty it was the only food that was available to him.

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The rebels are causing an indirect domino effect on the villages. By them occupying the villages, kids are forced to go to other villages and steal from them. The kids are starting to show signs of savagery and it just shows that even the smallest things can hurt a village.

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Throughout the book, rap music has played a vital role in Ishmael's journey. Whenever he and his friends were in a near-death situation, the rap music always found a way to save their lives. An example of this is in chapter 9. Ishmael and his friends were caught by villagers. They were forced to undress and when Ishmael was undressing, his cassettes fell out of his pocket. The village leader asked what they were and Ishmael explained that him, his brother, and friends would rap and dance to the music in talent shows. To show the village leader that he was telling the truth, Ishmael performed OPP for the village. This persuaded the village that him and his friends were not a threat and let them go.

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The term, "two ears of corn," relates to the book because it was when Ishmael and the other boys chased down a boy who was eating 2 ears of corn all by himself, and the boys were starving so they chased him. During this time of hunger, the boys stole food and tried whatever they could to get food, so stealing from the little boy didn't seem to bad to them since they were desperate, and watched the little boy enjoy himself to the 2 ears of corn. Ishmael felt bad for chasing this boy and stealing his food, but he couldn't do much since he was desperate and hungry. Even when the little boys mother gave them some corn, the six boys just devoured the food without having any remorse to what they had done.

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The significance of the moon is that it symbolizes happiness. That even in the darkest times of his life, he will continue to strive to be like the moon. That this part of his childhood will be embedded within him for the rest of his life.

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The two ears of corn is important to the story because it shows how the rebels are truly affecting people. That something so small and simple such as corn is controlling people because they are so blinded by hunger. It's causing them to steal and harm people for their own survival. It's turning people people against each other when they should be against the rebels.

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The significance about the moon was how he loved remembering the moon because that what watch the moon and how that was his only happiness the war. The moon would help him remember the happiness of his past with his family. I think that the moon is the only that kept himself calm through the horrendous war and witness the death so many .

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Every single time the book references the moon it foreshawdows how the day is going to be. The moon brings him back to his childhood as it also brings him back to humanity. Like when he cant see see the moon his day is terrible. On page 22 he referenced the moon and it wasnt in the sky the rebels came.

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At this point in the book the boys are in survival mode. It seems as if they would do almost anything to stay alive. The hunger drive was so strong for them that at first they didn't even feel bad, until the mother came and gave them food.

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The moon is most closely related to a theme. I feel the theme is to never loose hope. This is because the moon is out when Ishmael feels there is hope and it is away when he feels there is no hope. And if Ishmael ever lost hope completely he probably wouldn't be here today.

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The theme shows that the people are afraid of the rebels. Even though Iman wouldn't tell the rebels where everyone was to save them, nobody helped him. Nobody even took him down off the stake because they were afraid of losing their own life. Leaving his burnt body on behind. They left him for the dogs to fest on.

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This signifies how bad the war really was, that children were stealing even the smallest amounts of food from one another to survive. Before the war happened the struggle to find or get food would not have been an issue.

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Rap music helped Ishmel in a rough time. He saw Rappers Delight on MTV and fell in love with it. HE would listen to tapes and rap with his friends and have talent shows. later in the books his tapes get burned. that symbolizes his childhood and his personality getting taken away.

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Rap music saved this kids life in the beginning. Because of his passion he survived the attack on his town since he was away at a talent show.

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The significance of this event shows the extreme affects the war had on the people. Before the war the children had played peacefully and all felt safe. The war had driven them to do things they'd never imagine doing before.

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This shows a lot about the story as a whole. The war completely changed the way everything was. It was so bad and horrific and caused young boys to chase down a five year old just to steal food to survive. Prior to the war something like that would never have happened.