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ALWG Annotation Discussion by https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3 Section 3: Chapters 13-17 en-us 2018-09-25 17:34:13 UTC 2018-10-09 16:49:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Nature is usually something that comforted Ishmael. What is it doing for him now? What can we take from this shift? What does this mean in terms of Beah's loss of innocence? kgrabner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286625304 2018-09-27 16:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286625304 What can we insinuate from this back and forth battle? kgrabner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286628175 2018-09-27 16:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286628175 What does this initial fight in the first holding area tell us about the depth of the brainwashing? What does this tell us about war? Think about how it impacts both kids and adults. kgrabner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286634036 2018-09-27 16:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286634036 What does this show about the search for hope or the importance of family? kgrabner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286637633 2018-09-27 16:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/286637633 Cerina W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287539057 Ishmael describes the forest and trees as and almost sorrowful. It reflects the slowly disappearing part of Ishmael that is compassionate and empathetic. However, after this ambush, that small part of Ishmael, his dwindling innocence, is nearly gone. The violence of war and the brutal nature of fighting overtakes him. What will it take to regain Ishmael's child-like innocence?]]> 2018-10-01 11:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287539057 Ezekiel D. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287540419 what does jovial mean?

]]> 2018-10-01 11:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287540419 ishmael describes the trees being sad and saying prayers, its like the trees knew what was about to happen. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287540950 Tyler Merlina]]> 2018-10-01 11:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287540950 Cerina W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541136 This is Ishmael's wartime coping mechanism. Whatever annoys him--reminds him of good and his past life--he uses violence against it in order to put it out of his sight and out of his mind. How long will these inherent, violent tendencies last?

]]> 2018-10-01 11:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541136 Michael S. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541249 Ishmael is saying that even the trees are sorrowful now. This is showing how much of an affect the war is having on every aspect of life there, not just the people. When will life return to normal in Sierra Leone?]]> 2018-10-01 12:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541249 Brooke Colicchie https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541336 What effect does this quote have by saying that the memories created a barrier?]]> 2018-10-01 12:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541336 https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541338 Ishmael always enjoyed nature and found it peaceful and relaxing, now he sees it as being very sorrowful. this shows how the war has changed his usually happy personality and made him more upset. Will he ever be able to go back to his normal self, or will the war completely change his outlook on everything?- jamie collins ]]> 2018-10-01 12:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541338 Ezekiel D https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541612 It shows that nature is "praying" for ishmael. we can take from this shift that he was scared for his life. Beah losses his innocence by having to fight in the war and watch his friends die]]> 2018-10-01 12:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541612 Heather R. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541767 The effects of the war left Ishmael unable to remember the happiness of his past. His family was very important to him, and the fact that he cant remember them is very depressing to him. The war caused all of the happiness in his life to be taken away from him, and while he is trying to get it back, he cannot. ]]> 2018-10-01 12:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541767 Cerina W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541903 For these boys, violence has become their norm and, at this point, they cannot function with out killing or injuring another human being. The staff at the center are constantly beaten and harassed, yet they are resilient to these boys' brutalities. How does the boys' opinion of the center staff change? Even after rehabilitation, will there be instances of regression to this violent nature? Or will it be gone completely?

]]> 2018-10-01 12:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287541903 Maggie R https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542022 This gives nature a living trait through personification to exaggerate the image going through the reader's mind.]]> 2018-10-01 12:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542022 Tyler Merlina https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542066 Ishmael is having memories of Lansana who had recently died and ishmael remebered the music played by Lansana at night and when thought about him he had faintly heard his music ]]> 2018-10-01 12:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542066 Brooke Colicchie https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542147 Even when the boys were safe from the war, they continued to fight because that is what they learned to do to survive for the past couple years.]]> 2018-10-01 12:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542147 Sarah Pentrack https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542152 Ishmael is traumatized from the violence and horrible conditions. The events that are happening such as murdering people and witnessing other murders will forever have an impact on Beah. His mind was plagued by these terrible experiences.

]]> 2018-10-01 12:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542152 Rylie Wauthier https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542232 By giving nature a calm and peaceful meaning this could refer to nature being the only thing left that is really unaffected by the war.]]> 2018-10-01 12:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542232 Lindsay Thomas https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542561 After all that Ishmael was witnessed being through the war he is too traumatized even to sleep. This quote from the novel shows how he is unable to remember any happy memorizes with his family because the memorizes of war were the only ones he knew.]]> 2018-10-01 12:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542561 Brooke Colicchie https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542637 It has an ominous mood.]]> 2018-10-01 12:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542637 Maggie R https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542722 "...brought to my ears the humming of Lansana"?]]> 2018-10-01 12:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542722 ishmael cant stop thinking about the war because he feels guilt of what he has done in it and he memories are so bad from the war he cant even think about the times before it to make him feel better like what he has done in the past. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542806 Isabella Richards]]> 2018-10-01 12:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542806 Anastasia Schang https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542812 This symbolizes just sad and upset the atmosphere was. It seemed to the boys that even nature was overwhelmed by the violence that the boys and rebels were inflicting on each other and citizens of Sierra Lione. ]]> 2018-10-01 12:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542812 https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542864 This highlights how the war has destroyed Ishmaels innocence. He is so damaged by the war its impossible for him to remember times before it started. This is very frustrating for Ishmael because he knows he had a good childhood but he is trapped in his own mind and cant even remember any detail of it. - jamie collins]]> 2018-10-01 12:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542864 Ezekiel D. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542912 we can insinuate that ishmael rarely slept because he was so full of drugs that gave him a lot of energy]]> 2018-10-01 12:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287542912 Cerina W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543116 The memories that Ishmael once frequently recalled are now barred by his trauma and ferocious nature that he had adopted. He realizes his war nature now, and will do anything to get his childhood memories back. Is this what leads him to oblige Esther's questions about his war life? This is an instance for Ishmael's search for hope, so what is another example?]]> 2018-10-01 12:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543116 Brooke Colicchie https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543126 What is he probably thinking when he listens to the humming? Is he sad or upset or scared or does he feel nothing?]]> 2018-10-01 12:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543126 Sophia Weber https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543127 The trees symbolized that everything and everyone was in need of help and gives off a depressing mood]]> 2018-10-01 12:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543127 Maggie R https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543152 Will the boys ever come to know if their 'superiors' let them go? Or were they chosen to be sent out into the world and be set free?]]> 2018-10-01 12:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543152 Tristen Lucas https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543244 Many horrible things have happened ever since this war started. The branches could symbolize the families of a lost one who are praying for a good outcome.]]> 2018-10-01 12:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543244 Collin Sorba https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543329 Ishmael's innocence has been affected from the war and he can no longer sleep without thoughts of the violence or death being in his dreams. The war has traumatized him and the memories of it make him feel desperate/scared.]]> 2018-10-01 12:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543329 Tyler Merlina https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543527 Why did Mambu pluck the boys eyes out who was the boy?]]> 2018-10-01 12:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543527 Brooke Colicchie https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543697 The damage of war left them able to enjoy violence and it has become a normal everyday thing for them to witness or inflict on others.]]> 2018-10-01 12:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543697 Maggie R https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543701 By using the words "The war memories had formed a barrier..." It gives the reader a better understanding of the feeling that Ishmael is having. We all can possibly relate to having this blockage that becomes an everyday struggle in our minds and in our hearts.]]> 2018-10-01 12:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543701 Michael S. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543768 Ishmael doesnt want to think of his life before the war anymore. He doesnt want to remember all the good things he lost, so he blocks out everything that will remind him of his past.]]> 2018-10-01 12:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543768 https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543850 Fighting has become such a normal thing for the boys they aren't phased by it, even when it is taking place in inappropriate settings. The boys are so used to it that even when there is no need for fighting, they still find ways to cause it because thats what theyre used to. It is going to be very difficult for Ishmael and the others to readjust back into civilian life. I also think part of the reason the boys are starting trouble is because they feel betrayed by there superiors ,because they let them go, and they need a way to take out that anger and frustration they feel. - jamie collins]]> 2018-10-01 12:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287543850 Tyler Merlina https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544014 In order for Ishmael to stay calm and not emotional and keep fighting he built a barrier like thing in his mind around his memories from before the war so he could fight in the war and survive.]]> 2018-10-01 12:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544014 Ezekiel D. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544025 this fight showed us that the army brainwashed the kids to fight the rebels no matter who they were or where you were at. this tells us that the war was a very dangerous time for everyone. this impacts both kids and adults because the adults get harrassed by the kid from the war.]]> 2018-10-01 12:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544025 Sophia weber https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544173 Ishmael doesn't like the atmosphere he is surrounded in.]]> 2018-10-01 12:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544173 Lindsay Thomas https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544182 In this quote, Ishmael sees the trees and they appear to be praying. This symbolizes how everyone involved in the war knows it is bad, but everyone is still hoping for a good outcome. The praying trees shows the hope for the battle]]> 2018-10-01 12:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544182 Rylie Wauthier https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544301 Ishmael used to enjoy music, but now he is probably so used to hearing constant gunshots and violence he felt he had stop the humming/music.]]> 2018-10-01 12:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544301 Michael S. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544319 The mental damage the war caused left the boys unable to live without violence. They were so used to killing that a day didnt seem normal without violence, it was like a drug to them.]]> 2018-10-01 12:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544319 Cerina W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544396 On page 166, Ishamel states,"[Esther and I] looked at the moon and described the shapes we saw to each other. I saw the woman cradling her baby in her arms just as I used to." Out of all the shapes that Ishmael remembers, this image of a woman and her child is the first thing he sees. Could it be a symbol for his innocence once again resufacing?

]]> 2018-10-01 12:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544396 CHAPTER 15 https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544528 2018-10-01 12:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544528 Isabella Richards https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544542 the quote shows that the kids are so damaged from the war that they cheered when they got to show violence and aggression toward the other kids]]> 2018-10-01 12:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544542 Sarah Pentrack https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544559 Ishmael uses figurative language through out to express his feelings and what's going on around him. In this case, he can relate to the trees because he is also praying and wishing for better days.]]> 2018-10-01 12:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544559 Anastasia Schang https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544586 We can insinuate that the things that annoy him now are pieces of his other life before the war. Now he finds comfort in the silence and his gun. He has lost most of his childlike innocence. ]]> 2018-10-01 12:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544586 Drew Smida https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544621 The branches symbolizes how depressing and lost of hope around ishmael is that it is like nature itself is praying for a good thing to come.]]> 2018-10-01 12:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544621 Heather R. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544726 The boys were so brainwashed that they didn't even think twice about the violence they were causing. They were so used to it that they started fighting randomly or when people didn't act the way they wanted. The boys were told that they had to kill the rebels, and even though they were in a rehabilitation center, still tried to fight and kill them anyway. ]]> 2018-10-01 12:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544726 Sophia Weber https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544759 This quote shows that the boys feel no sympathy or guilt for anyone anymore and use their violence to make themselves feel better and happier]]> 2018-10-01 12:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544759 Michael S. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544987 The war had taken away so much of Ishmaels childhood that it was all he could think about now. He couldnt get past the memories of death and violence to remember the life he used to have.]]> 2018-10-01 12:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287544987 Megan Pollinger https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545022 The use of this figurative language symbolizes how everyone and everything seems to be in despair from the war. Ishmael gives the trees human-like meaning so the reader can understand how the atmosphere is going down hill. ]]> 2018-10-01 12:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545022 Tyler Merlina https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545052 what does jovial mean.]]> 2018-10-01 12:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545052 Maggie R https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545108 Does Ishamel ever think of his family often anymore? Does anyone know their condition or where they may be?]]> 2018-10-01 12:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545108 Sophia Weber https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545211 2018-10-01 12:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545211 Tristen Lucas https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545274 The fact that they were laughing at such an awful thing that occurred to someone shows just how much the war has affected Ismael and the rest of the boys.]]> 2018-10-01 12:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545274 Ezekiel D. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545413 this shows that Ishmael searches for hope by ending the war. It shows the importance of family by him saying he tried to think about a moment before the war, but he couldnt because all he knew was the war.]]> 2018-10-01 12:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545413 Maggie R https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545471 Around this point in the novel, Ishmael is 15, Leslie had discussed with Beah about finding him a home to live in once he gets better. Will Ishmael later be put up for adoption or will he need years of rehabilitation that by the time he is out he'll live on his own?]]> 2018-10-01 12:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545471 Sarah Pentrack https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545501 Ishmael is restless and all he can do is glance around, focusing on his surroundings.]]> 2018-10-01 12:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545501 Rylie Wauthier https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545583 The boys now feed off of violence and need it to feel better about themselves because they have been exposed to so much violence throughout the war.]]> 2018-10-01 12:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545583 Sophia Weber https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545622 The memories that Ishmael gained from war were so strong and traumatizing, they took over every other memory he had shared with his family or childhood.]]> 2018-10-01 12:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545622 Drew Smida https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545695 This shows how much of ishmael's innocence was lost throughout all of this because he went from getting scarred by an the image of the mother with her dead baby to him laughing at this.]]> 2018-10-01 12:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545695 Michael S. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545985 When the boys were fighting the rebel group, even when they started shooting, the officers still tried to break them up by shooting into the air. Why did they wait so long to use force?]]> 2018-10-01 12:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287545985 Anastasia Schang https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287546239 This quote further proves how far the brainwashing has gone. Ishmael went from a family oriented boy to someone who finds humor and comfort in death. His and his companion's innocence is gone and it is going to take a long time for it to come back.]]> 2018-10-01 12:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287546239 Lindsay Thomas https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287546564 Ishmael is unable to rest and the humming noises and calming. To Ishmael this noise makes him restless]]> 2018-10-01 12:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287546564 Kendall Kutzavitch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287723682 The figurative language describing the atmosphere in the book usually reflects the feelings of the characters and the state of the war. At this moment in time, the characters are going through a depressing time which is depicted by the somber trees with low hanging limbs. Besides the emotions of the characters and what’s going on around them, what else can be derived by the authors use of figurative language?]]> 2018-10-01 16:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287723682 Kendall Kutzavitch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287728153 Ishmael's inability to be at peace represents his loss of innocence. He no longer wants to keep that younger, naive part of himself so, when any past memories come into mind, he drives them out the only way he knows how.]]> 2018-10-01 16:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287728153 Kendall Kutzavitch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287730359 He is no longer the same kid he was when the war began. The boy he was used to question as to how the child soldiers saw murder as humorous event and now, after being brainwashed, he too joins in the despicable laughter.]]> 2018-10-01 16:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287730359 Jimmy Richard https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287732566 This is showing how everywhere you looked you saw something begging.]]> 2018-10-01 16:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287732566 Kendall Kutzavitch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733065 This emphasizes the significance of his brainwashing. His current memories of traumatic and brutal war are all he has now because he has been manipulated into thinking that is all that matters. ]]> 2018-10-01 16:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733065 jessica smith https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733158 Ishmael's memories of happiness and family is fading away as more of the war trauma is settling inside of him as new memories.]]> 2018-10-01 16:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733158 Michael McGivern https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733234 The trees “praying for him” symbolizes how even in the darkest of times he looks for hope in nature and the things around him to get him though his situations, even when he has no one he still tries to find hope ]]> 2018-10-01 16:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733234 Marissa Collins https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733315 By using a personification to describe the trees "praying," he shows that the fighting had stopped and the mourning began. To him, nature was also grieving the loss of his friends (Musa, Josiah, and other fellow soldiers.) Why did Ishamel de]]> 2018-10-01 16:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733315 Breana Gerst https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733531 This quote shows how scared the boys were in their first fight and that they were all hoping to survive this. Did the leaders know they were going to have to fight that day]]> 2018-10-01 16:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287733531 Tommy Ginocchi https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734237 The trees symbolize all of the people who are in despair because of the war and the trees that are “holding hands” symbolize the fact that everyone is in despair not just one single person or village]]> 2018-10-01 16:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734237 Liam Routch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734387
This quote shows how this war had broke Beah as a human and as a child. He can no longer think of happy thoughts all he can think of are murderous thoughts and lots of blood. He no longer thinks of himself as a human, he thinks of himself as a monster.]]> 2018-10-01 16:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734387 Keri Quasey https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734597 This section of the novel clearly represents how the war has altered Ismael's mindset. He is now, not only used to violence, but intrigued by it and views it as a daily part of his routine]]> 2018-10-01 16:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734597 Jimmy Richard https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734862 This shows something was always begging for life]]> 2018-10-01 16:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287734862 Jimmy Richard https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735274 This shows that war and desrtuction ruins beauty]]> 2018-10-01 16:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735274 Kendall Kutza https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735360 This is an example of his search for hope because he is desperately in need of a memory that doesn’t include hostility towards humanity and violence amongst others. No matter how hard he tries to search for memories of a time when he had hope or someone to turn to, he cannot and it terrifies him that this gruesome war is all he knows.]]> 2018-10-01 16:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735360 https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735800 This quote symbolizes the many people who are being affected by this war. The trees praying represents the many people who are keeping themselves going by standing together and hoping that life will return to how it was. ]]> 2018-10-01 16:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735800 Alyssa Conn https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735873 This personification makes it seem like everyone and everything is grieving. Even the trees seem to be sympathetic and well aware of what is going on and that it needs to end soon. Did they leaders plan to attack on that specific day and get the kids fighting, or had they been planning it for a while? ]]> 2018-10-01 16:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287735873 Keri Quasey https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287736086 This quote reveals the different parts of Ishmael's behavior. On one hand, he is able to recognize peace, but on the other hand he also continues to remember his new duties as a solider and does not allow for peace or beauty.]]> 2018-10-01 16:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287736086 Jimmy Richard https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287736156 All they knew was violence so this was their entertainment]]> 2018-10-01 16:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287736156 Breana Gerst https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287736270 This shows that Beah couldnt think clearly and was in process of not thinking or caring much about past people, but he still did and thought about them and things they would do. How did firing the rounds into the sky help?]]> 2018-10-01 16:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287736270 Jimmy Richard https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737017 The war ruined him so much thats its all he can think of and when he tries to think of childhood he never had one to think of]]> 2018-10-01 16:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737017 Tommy Ginocchi https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737018 This shows that because of the death of his friends Ishmael did not have a clear conscience, therefore making him sleep deprived ]]> 2018-10-01 16:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737018 Caleb Lee https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737243 Ishmael remembers when people used to bow their heads in prayer and could live together in harmony, but now all that has changed and the only thing he can think of that’s actually peacful is nature itself.]]> 2018-10-01 16:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737243 Luke Boni https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737327 When Ishmael visits the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, it seems very lively, and infact unaffected by the war. On page 161 Ishmael states, “The city always amazed me, with its busy people hurrying up and down and it’s traders noisily creating its unique sound,”. Was the fighting and violence not occurring in Freetown? How could people live their lives so freely here wholeness there was hundreds of people being killed in their own country every day? ]]> 2018-10-01 16:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737327 Liam Routch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737347 This shows how much his attitude has changed toward fighting from the beginning to now. He used to hate violence now he needs it in his life. This side of him is becoming permanent.]]> 2018-10-01 16:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737347 Kendall Kutzavitch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737436 This is an example of his search for hope because he is desperately in need of a memory that doesn’t include hostility towards humanity and violence amongst others. No matter how hard he tries to search for memories of a time when he had hope or someone to turn to, he cannot and it terrifies him that this gruesome war is all he knows.]]> 2018-10-01 16:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737436 Makenzi O'Toole https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737587 This shows how the war effected him and his memories from his childhood.]]> 2018-10-01 16:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737587 https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737806 This shows how the war has affected Ishmael. He is no longer able to sleep because of all of the horrors that he has seen, and he doesn’t feel comfortable with peace because he has gotten so used to being at war. ]]> 2018-10-01 16:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287737806 Keri Quasey https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738067 Ismael can still see signs of tranquility in nature even when the rest of his world seems to be falling apart.]]> 2018-10-01 16:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738067 Tommy Ginocchi https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738138 This shows how much being in Combat has changed ishmael and how he needs violence and drugs to be happy. ]]> 2018-10-01 16:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738138 ishmael is connecting the humming and sounds around him to lansana because he can hear the songs he had sung through the noises around him. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738496 2018-10-01 16:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738496 Jimmy Richard https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738515 Why didnt he want to be friends with the nurse?]]> 2018-10-01 16:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738515 Keri Quasey https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738706 Ishmael's life has changed so drastically that he can no longer remember his past life.]]> 2018-10-01 16:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287738706 Keri Quasey https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287739082 Were the helpers told to repeat the phrase " It is not your fault"?]]> 2018-10-01 16:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287739082 Alyssa Conn https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287739216 Ishmael has changed as a person. He has become violent and driven by war. He sleeps with his gun and shoots it for no reason. He doesn’t like when it isn’t quiet and is left with his thoughts. He likes the war and the chaos and the loudness that comes with it. ]]> 2018-10-01 16:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287739216 Sara Sawford https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287766068 How many times was Ishmael shot but didn't notice because of the drugs' effects?]]> 2018-10-01 17:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287766068 Andrea Russo https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767344 This quote highlights the change that war has brought on Ishmael and on many others involved in the fighting. Ishmael was a carefree, happy kid but is now violent and aggressive. He takes pride and enjoyment in death and inflicting harm on others. This change could only be caused by war and what the boys have seen and been through.]]> 2018-10-01 17:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767344 Hannah Wagner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767427 Normally, someone would find this relaxing but due to damages of the war, Ishmael is restless and finds comfort in his gun rather than the environment around him.]]> 2018-10-01 17:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767427 Sara Sawford https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767565 Ishmael is grieving the loss of his roommate, and the personification makes it seem as if the trees were grieving along with him. It is used to show that everything is upset over the loss of the soldiers.

]]> 2018-10-01 17:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767565 Kylie Cornell https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767885 Did everyone that was a solider do drugs? if so did they do it to make killing seem less immortal?]]> 2018-10-01 17:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287767885 Julia Stalling https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287768588 This shows how the theme memory, comes in to play where memories such as childhood come back during the hard times of the war]]> 2018-10-01 17:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287768588 Mya Clay https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769295 This is trying to make it seem like the trees are sad]]> 2018-10-01 17:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769295 Kevin Becker https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769425 Ishmael now finds comfort in the sound of his gun rather than the things he used to]]> 2018-10-01 17:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769425 Parker Cruise https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769593 Because of the war Ishmael has a severe reaction to the nightmares that he has. He also is unable to think of his time before the war because a barrier has prevented him form thinking about his past.]]> 2018-10-01 17:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769593 Tristan W https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769775 This quote in chapter 13 makes you visualize the trees as if they were mourning and grieving with the soldiers.]]> 2018-10-01 17:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769775 Andrea Russo https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769859 How many of these rehabilitation centers are there for kids involved in the war? Did situations similar to the fight in Ishmael's center occur between army and RUF fighters? ]]> 2018-10-01 17:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287769859 Alex Kot https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287770410 Ishmael no longer finds peace by these natural noises rather his weapon.

]]> 2018-10-01 17:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287770410 Hannah Wagner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287771369 Ishmael is so effected by the war that he cannot remeber anything before the war]]> 2018-10-01 17:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287771369 Sara Sawford https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287820700 Ishmael is damaged by the war because he no longer finds peace in normal sounds like humming but in the violent sound of a gunshot.]]> 2018-10-01 18:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287820700 Sara Sawford https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287822023 This quote summarizes the change Ishmael has gone through. Before the war, he was carefree and innocent. However, now he is taking interest in violence like plucking an eye out. This vast difference is a result from the war where violence is normalized.]]> 2018-10-01 18:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287822023 Sara Sawford https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287825309 Ishmael is trying to remeber a time where he was a carefree kid but he is unable to due to the gruesome war memories. Here, he is searching for hope- a time where he can finally put the war in the past.

]]> 2018-10-01 19:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287825309 Alyssa Conn https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287838156 Ishmael and the other boys all used to violence, and are actually comforted by it now. They all enjoy watching others get hurt, which is so far from what they we’re like before the war. It shows how the war has changed their personalities impacted their lives even after they have been removed from the war.]]> 2018-10-01 19:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287838156 Alyssa Conn https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287839273 Before the war, all of Ishmaels memories were about his childhood and family. As the war progresses and after the war, he can only remember his war experiences, not anything before. He’s going crazy because of it and wants his life to return to normal.]]> 2018-10-01 19:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287839273 Alyssa Conn https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287840336 How are the nurses and staff members at the rehabilitation center able to have so much patience with the kids, even when they hurt them? ]]> 2018-10-01 19:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287840336 Kevin Becker https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287842089 This quote shows that the boys have changed from their previous innocent lives and now crave the fighting and feel as though being removed from it is a punishment.]]> 2018-10-01 19:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287842089 Kevin Becker https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287842951 Ishmael's memories are now all of the war. He can't remember any childhood memories because the war has completely blocked off that side of himself.]]> 2018-10-01 19:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287842951 Kevin Becker https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287843747 Ishmael is still being rehabilitated, but he is getting farther into the process. How long did most of the boys take in rehabilitation?]]> 2018-10-01 19:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287843747 Kevin Becker https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287844275 Ishmael sees this peace in nature even though there isn't much for him to find in his life.]]> 2018-10-01 19:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287844275 Marissa Collins https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287857357 It seems that Ishmael is haunted by the deaths of his friends/fellow soldiers. He is using the gun as a distraction from the death around him to avoid grieving.]]> 2018-10-01 20:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287857357 Evabn https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287859928 2018-10-01 20:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287859928 Evan Bordo https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287859929 Ishmael is in his mind and it makes the reader visualize the trees through the use of figurative language.

]]> 2018-10-01 20:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287859929 Elyssia Leako https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287860108 Ishmael had been grieving the losses of his friends and family that it seemed everything around him had been grieving along with him. As if nature has witnessed what happened and prayed for him.]]> 2018-10-01 20:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287860108 Marissa Collins https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287860766 Ishmael and the other boys are so used to violence and the setting of war that they don't know how behave like the normal boys they used to be. ]]> 2018-10-01 20:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287860766 Elyssia Lesko https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287861858 Ishmael lays quietly at night but can never sleep showing that it’s almost as if he is frightened to go to sleep. He fires his weapon to drown out the noise.]]> 2018-10-01 20:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287861858 Elyssia Lesko https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287862606 It seems as if they had to use violence as an outlet to get out their anger and other emotions that had occurred with the changes of that day.]]> 2018-10-01 20:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287862606 Evan Bordo https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287862689 How many of these fights the boys have been having? How are the staff members handling these fights after so many?

]]> 2018-10-01 20:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287862689 Marissa Collins https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287863074 All memories Ishmael has with his friends and family are replaced by ones from the war. He has to deal with the trauma before he can go back to "normal" life. Although it won't be easy, it's clear that Ishmael can't ignore that the war happened.]]> 2018-10-01 20:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287863074 Elyssia Lesko https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287863325 At his stage of withdrawal from the drugs they took during the war, the reader can see how painful the process was for him, being a child of war, and having the mental state he had to break out of just to remember his childhood.]]> 2018-10-01 20:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287863325 Elyssia Lesko https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287863898 At the rehabilitation center, why didn’t the adults ever step in the break up the fights that occurred with the children? Why did they wait so long if they eventually hadn’t stepped in?]]> 2018-10-01 20:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287863898 Marissa Collins https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287865427 Why would the adults at the rehabilitation center put both groups of boys (the RUF and the army) together if they knew they had learned to hate each other during the war?]]> 2018-10-01 20:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287865427 Parker Cruise https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287866239 The branches appear that they are praying for the soldiers, as if they were able to witness the slaughter through the eyes of Ishmael.]]> 2018-10-01 20:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287866239 Parker Cruise https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287866922 Do to Ishmael always being prepare for war, he was unable to fall asleep and found it better to fill the silence with the sound of bullets being shot from his gun.]]> 2018-10-01 20:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287866922 Parker Cruise https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287867994 The boys are so used to being able to killing that they find it funny when Mambu cut out a kids eye and he ran into a wall, knocking himself out. Something like this could fall under the theme of "Damages of War."]]> 2018-10-01 20:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287867994 Parker Cruise https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287869223 Why hadn't the boys been told the real reason they were given to the rehabilitation center by someone else other than the Lieutenant, whom which they wouldn't believe, when they got to the rehabilitation center?]]> 2018-10-01 20:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287869223 Evan Bord https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287870663 The boys celebrate death and destruction besides mourning it, this shows how much the war has changed him. Also how killing is a standard for him now.]]> 2018-10-01 20:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287870663 Evan Bordo https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287872677 All the good memories with his family vanished and memories of killing and war have taken place. He struggles to be happy and is in a constant state of anger and stress.]]> 2018-10-01 21:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287872677 Katie Bleil https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287874391 As Ishmael mourns the death of his friends combined with shock from the death of many young boys around him, he feels as if the forest has taken on its own personally. As the trees "pray", they are mourning for the bloodshed humanity has brought to nature which reflects Ishmael's emotions from the traumatic event.]]> 2018-10-01 21:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287874391 Tristan W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287878691 Ishmael has a tent to himself, but he is very scared to go to sleep, and he drowns out the noise of humming and the wind by shooting his gun into the night.]]> 2018-10-01 21:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287878691 Tristan W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287879635 This quote shows that the boys praise violence and every time that something violent happenes they try to be like that person. They never mourn death. This shows how the war has changed the boys.]]> 2018-10-01 21:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287879635 Tristan W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287881054 This quote shows that Ishmael is dealing with PTSD because the only memories he is able to remember are the ones during war times. ]]> 2018-10-01 21:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287881054 Tristan W. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287881098 Why did the staff at the rehabillitation center not search the boys better. Some boys were able to sneak in knifes and Ishmael even snuck in a grenade. ]]> 2018-10-01 21:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287881098 Katie Bleil https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287885979 Ishmael cannot sleep as the drugs in his system keep him awake along with his fear of sleep. This forces him to think of those that have died such as Lansana who held on to hope in his music up till his death. In order to avoid these thoughts, he shoots into the night to clear his mind.]]> 2018-10-01 22:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287885979 Rebecca Miller https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287887755 At this point in the story, many people have been affected by or killed in the war. The trees praying makes it seem as though the trees are grieving just like Ishmael is at this point in time. ]]> 2018-10-01 22:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287887755 Rebecca Miller https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287888719 This quote demonstrates how deeply the war has affected Ishmael. He stays awake at night in fear because of all of the violence and brutality that he has been exposed to during the war. He is so used to the war that he can no longer feel safe even in the peace. ]]> 2018-10-01 22:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287888719 Rebecca Miller https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287889405 This quote shows how the boys have become accustomed to war. They have learned to enjoy violence, and not only is it natural to them, but they feel incomplete without it. ]]> 2018-10-01 22:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287889405 Rebecca Miller https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287890044 Horrible memories from the war have made it impossible for Ishmael to think of anything positive in his life from before the war. Right now, Ishmael is struggling to deal with the trauma of the war because he cannot think of anything happy to keep him going. ]]> 2018-10-01 22:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287890044 Rebecca Miller https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287891187 Why was there such a lack of supervision at the rehabilitation center? Fights occured periodically between the boys, and they often became quite violent before the staff either noticed or bothered to step in. In addition, the boys were able to leave the rehabilitation center to go to a nearby market and to Freetown. If they snuck out without permission, why was it so easy for them and why were they not caught? It was a time of war, and the boys were able to wander around the area alone. ]]> 2018-10-01 22:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287891187 Kaley Joseph https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287892788 It isn’t almost as if the trees are praying for them, as they have seen and experienced so much.]]> 2018-10-01 22:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287892788 Kaley Joseph https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287892964 This quote shows howe much music helps him. Ishmael finds peace within all of the war with the music of nature.]]> 2018-10-01 22:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287892964 Kaley Joseph https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287893151 This quote demonstrates how deeply affected the boys are as a result so of the war. They laugh at violence like it is nothing.]]> 2018-10-01 22:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287893151 Kaley Joseph https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287894019 The war has deeply impacted Ishmael’s every waking moment.]]> 2018-10-01 23:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287894019 Kaley Joseph https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287894290 How many soldiers did drugs? Were they all addicted?]]> 2018-10-01 23:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287894290 Luke Boni https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287894664 The trees are being used to represent the general mood of the civilians affected by the deaths the war has brought. As they bow down in prayer it is Ishmael’s way of showing how the entire civilization of Sierra Leone is praying for this all to stop.]]> 2018-10-01 23:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287894664 Luke Boni https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287895085 At this point in the novel Ishmael is completely consumed in the war. The noises that play throughout his head in the silence of the night are too much for him to take. He is so accustomed to not having sleep so at any time where his life is “normal” he let’s the war consume his thoughts again.]]> 2018-10-01 23:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287895085 Luke Boni https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287895435 This quote shows a theme of the damages of war that are shown in the boys. They once were all normal people and at one point hiding from the war. Now that war is their reality, they love to hear the stories of violence committed onto other people. This keeps the kids going and reveals how much the war hasn’t really affected them.]]> 2018-10-01 23:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287895435 Luke Boni https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287895773 This shows how much the war has taken over the life of Ishmael. Every living second of His life he is consumed by war, and this heavy topic is destroying any memories of home life that he once held so dear to his heart.]]> 2018-10-01 23:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287895773 Katie Bleil https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287898019 The boys are angry about being sent away and restless from not killing or taking drugs. Since they haven't been in the rehabilitation center for long, they are still desensitized towards violence and murder. In addition, they still see rebel boys as enemies rather than simply boys. They laugh upon hearing about a rebel boy getting blinded by a soldier boy to provide comfort in their unfamiliar surroundings.]]> 2018-10-01 23:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287898019 Katie Bleil https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287898926 Ishmael desperately wants to remember his childhood, but he is restricted by the horrific events from the war that left him traumatized. He is tired of feeling pain and anger and realizes that he must work hard to get past his trauma.

]]> 2018-10-01 23:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287898926 Tommy Ginocchi https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287899723 This shows how scarred Ishmael is from all the tragic events that have happened in the past like being separated from his friends and family and loosing the only people he had left ]]> 2018-10-01 23:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287899723 Tommy Ginocchi https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287899959 Why do they only take certain people to the centers and how do they choose who they will take?]]> 2018-10-01 23:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287899959 Katie Bleil https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903024 Were the workers at the rehabilitation center trained to specifically manage the rebel and soldier boys? Were they prepared when the boys arrived or did the meet unexpected challenges? Page 135 states, "No, one screamed or cried during the fight. After all, we had been doing such things for years and were all still on drugs". Was this type of silent, violent fighting expected from war trained boys?]]> 2018-10-02 00:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903024 Angela Costa https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903227 This image gives Ishmael a glimpse of hope because nature is still peaceful even when the world is filled with hate. ]]> 2018-10-02 00:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903227 Angela Costa https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903573 This also shows the peace that nature still has. Since ismael is so used to war he cannot sleep anymore because he has bad nightmares so he has to pass the time of the night. He listens to the trees then he shoots into the sky because his whole life is war now. ]]> 2018-10-02 00:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903573 Angela Costa https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903990 This quote shows how war changes you as a person. Before the war the boys were not proud of hurting and killing people but once they realized that is what their life consisted of, they knew they had to get used to it so now they use it to cheer them up and makes them proud.]]> 2018-10-02 00:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287903990 Angela Costa https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287904307 Since the war, he has changed so much as a person. It is truly hard to believe that he lived a normal life before all of this and now he cannot even recall it. The war has put so much into his life that a normal person cannot even comprehend happening. The fact that this is a true story is so hard to think about. ]]> 2018-10-02 00:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287904307 Rylie Wauthier https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287904339 Do the drugs the boys take affect their emotions on violence?]]> 2018-10-02 00:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287904339 Rylie Wauthier https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287904628 This quote shows how much Ishmael is affected bynot seeing his family and the violence and other terrible aspects of the war.]]> 2018-10-02 00:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287904628 Lindsay Thomas https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287905075 After experiencing the war first hand, Ishmael and the other boys had become used to the feeling of when they kill a person. Before, the boys would have felt terrible for what had happened, but the war had changed their views.]]> 2018-10-02 00:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287905075 Angela Costa https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287905307 I understand that therapy does help, but is there a point where a person who goes through war cannot be helped anymore? Do they just have to go though their lives thinking about that?]]> 2018-10-02 00:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287905307 Lindsay Thomas https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287905795 Why weren't the boys under more supervision, especially after what happened on the first day? The boys seemed like they could just do whatever they wanted. The workers at the rehabilitation facility seemed to have a lot of patience towards these boys despite the trouble they caused.]]> 2018-10-02 00:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287905795 Emma main https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287914705 This quote shows the hope and peace that Ishmael is striving to have even though all of his country is ]]> 2018-10-02 01:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287914705 Liam Routch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287914725 Throughout this figurative language we can see that even though he has very little hope he shows that he just wants to be free from this torture by saying they were praying. He just said wants to pray like the trees to escape this war.]]> 2018-10-02 01:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287914725 Emma Main https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287915167 This quote also represents the point Ismael is at in his life and how badly its effecting him mentally.]]> 2018-10-02 01:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287915167 Emma Main https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287915377 Since the boys were forced to grow up at a very young age, and preform evil actions, this shows how damaged they all really are.]]> 2018-10-02 01:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287915377 Emma Main https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287915657 Since the war stripped Ishmael's childhood from him so young, he struggles to find/remember the peaceful childhood memories he once had.]]> 2018-10-02 01:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287915657 Catherine Martsolf https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287917209 Ishmael believes that people and nature are closely connected in a way. He killed many people and he thinks that the trees seem sad because of all the blood and they are peacefully mourning. ]]> 2018-10-02 01:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287917209 Catherine Martsolf https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287918376 The war has had a large impact on Ishmael. He has trouble sleeping at night, but the nature that surrounds him brings peace to him. The sounds of nature reminded him of the songs he would sing. ]]> 2018-10-02 02:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287918376 Catherine Martsolf https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287919147 Did they think that if they got addicted to the drugs then they would forget what they were doing?]]> 2018-10-02 02:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287919147 Catherine Martsolf https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287920198 How could they do such a violent thing? That sounds awful for someone's eye to get plucked out. I don't understand how someone can be so cruel enough to do that and to watch them hit their head off the wall is very sickening. ]]> 2018-10-02 02:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287920198 Liam Routch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287920310 This shows that nature still has a big impact impact on beah. He still finds peace listening to nature but because he is still a boy but he is so used to gunfire because this war changed his attitude during everything even nature and the noises around him.]]> 2018-10-02 02:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287920310 Liam Routch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287921156 This war has broke beah as a person and a child. He can no longer think of childhood memeories that bring him joy. The only things that bring joy to him is drugs and killing and he knows that this is not a good way to live. ]]> 2018-10-02 02:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287921156 Liam Routch https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287921611 When the boys were in The capital why weren’t they under more supervision. They started fights and beat up nurses regularly and were hardly punished. Also how does beah sneak a grenade into the capital without being confiscated.]]> 2018-10-02 02:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287921611 Catherine Martsolf https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287922728 The war has traumatized Ishmael. He is often scared and tries to remember memories from his past but he struggles to do so. In order for him to remember things from his childhood, he has to try to break the barrier that was caused by the war.]]> 2018-10-02 02:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287922728 Alex Kot https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924022 The trees are a symbolic piece of personification that shows how gruesome the war efforts have gotten.

]]> 2018-10-02 02:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924022 Gabby Martellli https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924433 The trees symbolize the fallen soldiers and the hope for the end of war. ]]> 2018-10-02 02:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924433 Alex Kot https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924446 This shows how twisted the boys sense of humor is after so much fighting.

]]> 2018-10-02 02:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924446 Alex Kot https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924700 This is a very troubling time for Ishmael because he feels as if all the good memories are being flushed out by bad ones.]]> 2018-10-02 02:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924700 Gabby Martelli https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924914 After everything he has been through, Ishmael finds it difficult to be at peace . He is so on edge about the war that he had to focus on the small detailed in nature to become more relaxed.]]> 2018-10-02 02:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287924914 Alex Kot https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925081 Were the boys upset after being transported out of fighting environment? Were they that blood hungry?]]> 2018-10-02 02:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925081 Heather R. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925582 Why would the adults keep repeating the phrase "its not your fault" if it keeps making the boys angry?]]> 2018-10-02 02:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925582 Heather R. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925869 Ishmael was greatly affected by the war and all the people he knew who had died. He used to listen to the humming of Lansana during, however, now it is too painful for him to listen to the memory of it.]]> 2018-10-02 02:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925869 Gabby Martelli https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925977 This shows the boys' loss of innocence and how violent the war made them. They had to become ruthless to stay sane during these times. ]]> 2018-10-02 02:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287925977 Gabby Martelli https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287926477 This shows how much the war has damaged his mental state, and how he will always be affected by this. Memories like this cant just disappear. ]]> 2018-10-02 03:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287926477 Heather R. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287926618 The trees are symbolizing Ishmael's sorrow for the loss of his friends and the fact that he had also killed people himself.]]> 2018-10-02 03:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287926618 Gabby Martelli https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287927160 How could the boys just kill so man people without being affected by the trauma?]]> 2018-10-02 03:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287927160 Karley Dunhoff https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287941531 Ishmael seems to have grown up with the belief that people and nature are closely intertwined. The trees symbolize sadness and that is what Ishmael feels after killing a bunch of people and losing his friends. ]]> 2018-10-02 05:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/287941531 Karley Dunhoff https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288000456 His friend's ghost whispered through tree branches, and was driven off by AK47 rounds. The gun shots tore him from his nightmare and kept him sane. ]]> 2018-10-02 09:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288000456 Karley Dunhoff https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288003822 This shows how violent the war made the boys. They relied on violence to stay sane. ]]> 2018-10-02 09:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288003822 Karley Dunhoff https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288007307 This shows the damages of war, and how Ishmael was affected. He wanted to think of his childhood but couldn't because war had played such a big role in his life. ]]> 2018-10-02 09:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288007307 Karley Dunhoff https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288013633 When the boys were at the rehabilitation center, why didn't the adults step in and break up the fighting that occurred?]]> 2018-10-02 09:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288013633 Megan Pollinger https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288031006 Ishmael would listen to the humming but couldn’t bare to hear it because it was so painful.]]> 2018-10-02 10:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288031006 Megan Pollinger https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288031387 This shows that the boys are oblivious to how violent the war is and takes everything as a joke]]> 2018-10-02 10:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288031387 Megan Pollinger https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288031781 The young’s boys killed I miss many people and loss their innocence so quick. Now they’re barely affected by the violently acts they do. Why don’t they feel guilt when the they do this?]]> 2018-10-02 10:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288031781 Megan Pollinger https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288032304 This shows how these young’s boys aren’t having their lives are being taken over by the war. They can rarely remember anything from their past and if they do it hurts. It’s almost a shower though the war had brainwashed them.]]> 2018-10-02 10:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288032304 Lexi Cheyne Arp https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288033471 Why did the lieutenant give them up? They were able body boys yet he let them go, which made the reader question as to why along with Ishmael.]]> 2018-10-02 10:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288033471 Gracie Campbell https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288034543 This quote could be taken another way. The trees could be grieving and in sorrow but they could also be praying for the boys. Praying that these boys don’t completely become terrible people. They are bowing their heads in sorrow. This sorrow could be for the boys in the war.]]> 2018-10-02 10:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288034543 Lexi Cheyne Arp https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288034723 This resembles the time of grief they are currently in, as if something is pitying their struggles and mourning the blood shed, comforting each other with their 'branches']]> 2018-10-02 10:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288034723 Gracie Campbell https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288035224 This shows where Ishmael finds his peace. First it comes from listening to someone sing and watching the sky and environment around him. Then, because he has been so brainwashed, he fires rounds into the sky to disturb the piece. This could also relate to the fact of the war. There could be a moment of peace but it’s soon overridden by war and anger again.]]> 2018-10-02 10:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288035224 Lexi Cheyne Arp https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288035440 Show how far he has gone into the war by comparison of the boy who ran away from it. The songs brought him no joy and the humming he used to find peace in started to drive him mad.]]> 2018-10-02 11:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288035440 Lexi Cheyne Arp https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288035987 The violence in these young boys is almost incomprehensible, in someways it's worse than in Lord of the Flies. Torturing many just the same as them without a care of their actions! Drugs and the loss of those dear to them have drove them to a violent point.]]> 2018-10-02 11:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288035987 Gracie Campbell https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288040192 This shows how the botanical have changed since being in the war. Before Ishmael wasn’t cringe at the sight of someone dying or even someone killed. Now because he’s completely brainwashed, Ishmael laugh someone dying and doesn’t feels anything when killing someone.]]> 2018-10-02 11:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288040192 Nic Obringer https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288040454 It seems as though the trees are in mourning and praying for safe passage of the country as it isn’t torn apart by war and fighting. ]]> 2018-10-02 11:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288040454 Ethan Cooper https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288042150 Nature is reminding Ishmael that what he is doing is wrong in his mind, and what we can take from this is that Ishmael has given up resisting the loss of his own innocence. ]]> 2018-10-02 11:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288042150 Ethan https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288043264 This shows that Ishmael desperately wants to remember his family and his childhood because those are his only good memories]]> 2018-10-02 11:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288043264 Ethan Cooper https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288043265 2018-10-02 11:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288043265 Ethan Cooper https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288044210 The fight in the first holding area tells us how deep the brainwashing is within the children. It also tells us how war has a strong effect on people emotionally and physically]]> 2018-10-02 11:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288044210 Ethan https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045254 2018-10-02 11:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045254 Ethan Cooper https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045255 2018-10-02 11:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045255 Ethan Cooper https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045319 We can insinuate that ishmael is struggling internally to maintain his innocence but can’t with everything around him causing him to remember all the things he has done.]]> 2018-10-02 11:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045319 Nic Obringer https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045839 Ishmael’s memories aren’t haunting him as he remembers his past life and mourn so the loss of his family and innocence of husband childhood. He has to drive them away to avoid becoming too emotional

]]> 2018-10-02 11:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288045839 Nic Obringer https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288046502 The boys have become so desensitized to violence and and don’t have entertainment of any form so they must resort to all that they aren’t used to, which at this point in time is pain, suffering, and violence. ]]> 2018-10-02 11:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288046502 Nic Obringer https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288047624 The soldiers have succeeded in their goal of destroying the past lives of the boys. They have built an army of unloving, memory-less, killing machines. ]]> 2018-10-02 11:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288047624 Breana Gerst https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288047658 The boys were taught about violence and was taught that’s it was good. They needed to violence to make them feel like they’re we’re still at war and happy since they were trained to be happy for violence.]]> 2018-10-02 11:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288047658 Breana Gerst https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288051691 The war have destroyed the boys memories of their childhood and replaced them with war memories instead. The children have horrible memories for the war and scarred by the war]]> 2018-10-02 11:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288051691 Audra Cook https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288073027 Ishmael is still able to look for the beauty, for the bright side, even when everything else seems to be falling apart]]> 2018-10-02 12:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288073027 Gracie Campbell https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288109277 This shows what Ishamael is really experiencing. He tries so hard to forget about the war and all the pain it caused him. He tries so hard and isn’t so determined that he is up at night and doesn’t sleep. The war damaged him so much that he can’t even think or remember about his family without going back to the horrors of the war.]]> 2018-10-02 13:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288109277 Gracie Campbell. https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288111231 I think an important moment during this section would have to be when the boys went to the city for the first time. The way Ishmael described the city was as if he was a kid in a candy store. Everything was new to him and he enjoyed every moment there.]]> 2018-10-02 13:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288111231 Hannah Wagner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288120792 The trees represet the sadness of the war and that Ishmael can still feel some emotion even though he is trained to kill with no emotion]]> 2018-10-02 13:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288120792 Sarah Sabo https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288121127

The trees symbolize the mourning throughout the country. Ishmael sees this in the trees because it is also what he sees all around him and how he feels after what he’s done.

]]> 2018-10-02 13:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288121127 Hannah Wagner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288122540 The trees represent sadness in the war and show that’s nature is no longer a comfort for Ishmael.]]> 2018-10-02 13:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288122540 Hannah Wagner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288123456 It shows that the boys have lost their innocence and are so effected and brainwashed by the war that they find death and pain of other and funny.]]> 2018-10-02 13:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288123456 Hannah Wagner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288127191 This shows that he’s been affected so much that he can’t remember his life before the war. It also shows his agony and despair as he tries to recover.]]> 2018-10-02 14:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288127191 Hannah Wagner https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288129058 Why don’t the official tell the boys where they’re going and what the future holds?]]> 2018-10-02 14:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288129058 Sarah S https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288150167 Ishmael’s memories were once something he could rely on for comfort. Now peace, quite and some memories drive him mad. This shows how much of himself he has lost through the war. ]]> 2018-10-02 14:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288150167 OLIVIA BAER https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288152376 The personification used to describe the trees (this mobile version is so hard to navigate), creates a melancholy tone. ]]> 2018-10-02 14:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288152376 SarahSabo https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288152740 Ishmael used to hate the though of violence and now all the boys are laughing like it doesn’t matter. They’re being brainwashed to think it’s okay and that that’s the only thing that can bring them entertainment and happiness.]]> 2018-10-02 14:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288152740 Sarah Sab https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288155449 This quote shows how greatly the war has affected Ishmael. He cannot even rely on good memories to feel better. He’s trapped in a war and violence mind set from being brainwashed. ]]> 2018-10-02 14:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288155449 Sarah Sa https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288157572 This quote shows how greatly the war has affected Ishmael. He cannot even rely on good memories to feel better. He’s trapped in a war and violence mind set from being brainwashed. ]]> 2018-10-02 14:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288157572 Caleb Lee https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288161851 Ishmael now only knows war and violence so the peace that he once knew is now a mere dream, that terrifies him ]]> 2018-10-02 14:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288161851 Caleb lee https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288168380 2018-10-02 14:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288168380 Caleb lee https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288168494 The ]]> 2018-10-02 14:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288168494 Caleb lee https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288168829 The war has changed everything these boys knew, they are desensitized to the world they live in today they have grown comfortable with it, and it’s the terrible that’s rhis even come to the them.]]> 2018-10-02 14:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288168829 https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288173146 this example represents personification and the sadness of the trees.
delanie malatak]]> 2018-10-02 14:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288173146 Caleb lee https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288173524 This shows just how much the war has truly taken from his soul, pieces he will be never get back no matter how much counseling he goes through life goes om]]> 2018-10-02 14:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288173524 Caleb Lee https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288177920 Why is it that there is no one coming to the aid of Sierra LEOne]]> 2018-10-02 15:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288177920 Emma main https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288213328 Why hasn’t any other countries helped out]]> 2018-10-02 15:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288213328 delanie malatak https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288219652 why did the boys start taking the drugs?]]> 2018-10-02 16:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288219652 delanie malatak mal https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288220377 the war had effected ishmael and the boys so much that their past life was lost in the chaos and their life they’re living in now ]]> 2018-10-02 16:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288220377 delanie malatak https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288222737 the boys had been changed from the war and now the only excitement in their life was violence. ]]> 2018-10-02 16:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288222737 Meadow Robertson https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288245326 The trees represent the sadness of the war and the way that nature no longer comforts Ishmael the way it used to before the damages of war. ]]> 2018-10-02 16:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288245326 Meadow Robertson https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288248218 The trees represent the sadness of the war and it symbolizes the way nature no longer comforts Ishmael the way it used to before the damages of war. ]]> 2018-10-02 16:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288248218 Meadow Robertson https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288251411 Ishmael has a hard time finding peace after all he has gone through. His memories that once made him happy are now haunting him in a way that he has to push them out and away. ]]> 2018-10-02 16:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288251411 Meadow Robertson https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288254546 The boys who once cringed at the thought and idea of much violence now find it entertaining and a way to distract themselves from boring and repetitive days in the war. ]]> 2018-10-02 16:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288254546 Meadow Robertson https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288257058 This quote shows how the war has effected Ishmael. His happy memories of his childhood are unable to be acknowledged because of the trauma he went through during the war. ]]> 2018-10-02 17:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288257058 Meadow Robertson https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288258483 how did the drugs the boys took effect the way they viewed the war after it was over? ]]> 2018-10-02 17:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/288258483 jessica sm https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/290867851 the boy is traumatized from his war expeirences. his memories of his child]]> 2018-10-09 16:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgrabner/AnnotationDiscussionSection3/wish/290867851