https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2 en-us 2019-10-10 11:39:10 UTC 2026-02-05 04:27:16 UTC hello@padlet.com jkeys6 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396081188 2019-10-10 11:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396081188 jkeys6 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396104425 "____________________________"

This reveals ]]> 2019-10-10 12:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396104425 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396105780
In Chapter 13, Ishmael is exposed to drug for the first time. He is given these drugs to numb the upcoming events. The boys are involved in their first gun fight with the rebels killing Musa and Josiah in the process. This triggers Ismael to go on a killing spree and he begins to transform him into a different person then who he was at the beginning of the book. - Riley G]]> 2019-10-10 12:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396105780 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396105836 "The explosion was followed by an exchange of fire from both sides." 

They are fighting in the war and explosions are happening. -piper]]> 2019-10-10 12:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396105836 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106353 "A baby cried uncontrollably.... as if he knew what was coming"
This would later on reveal that Ishmael is about to enter his first attack and will be eventually used to death and killing."
-Parker Brown]]> 2019-10-10 12:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106353 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106460 "...killing had become a daily activity. I felt no pity for anyone. My childhood had gone without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had froze."
This is important because it reveals the impact war had on Ishmael and how much it changed him.
Emma ]]> 2019-10-10 12:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106460 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106502
Ishmael and his fellow soldiers went to ambush a rebel group and got into a bloody battle with them that they endeed up winning. 

J.T. Hollyfield ]]> 2019-10-10 12:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106502 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106777 Ismael and Alhaji realize and are terrified by the fact that they are not gearing up for drills but for an actual battle.-Tyler R.]]> 2019-10-10 12:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106777 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106874
"If you are religious I mean a Christian worship your lord today, because you might have another chance.Dismissed." The Corporal gives his soldiers the chance to honor their religion before they die possibly meaning he has some respect for his allies. Connor Schacht.]]> 2019-10-10 12:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396106874 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107234 '' We stood in line for inspection.. All of the boys wore army shorts or green tshirts .. the corporal handed us green head ties and said ,'' If you see anyone without a head tie of this color or a helmet like mine , shoot him.'' (Markia)]]> 2019-10-10 12:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107234 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107452 "when one of the soldiers came search me, I pushed him and said if he  touched me i would kill him."
This reveals that the war has changed Ishmael in many ways.
Nick Faulk]]> 2019-10-10 12:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107452 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107657 ishmael kills someone for the first time. connor c]]> 2019-10-10 12:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107657 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107825 Ishmael and his friends fight for the first time. Christian Moore]]> 2019-10-10 12:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396107825 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108015 "We made a pact that no matter what, we would try to stay together." 

This reveals that the boys are important to each other and want to stay together through the fighting

Kate]]> 2019-10-10 12:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108015 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108098 "A splash of blood hit my face. In my reverire I had opened my mouth a bit, so I tasted some of the blood." 

This quote shows Ishmael's first time fighting in the war and how violent the war was. Also how hard it was for Ishmael to watch this happen right in front of his eyes.
Sara M]]> 2019-10-10 12:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108098 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108517 "we made a pact that no matter what, we would try and stay together". (Markia.H)]]> 2019-10-10 12:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108517 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108687 "Tears had begun to form in my eyes, but I struggled to hide them and gripped my gun for comfort."

Ishmael was scared of the war and doesn't know how to control his emotions when things start to happen. -piper]]> 2019-10-10 12:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108687 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108765 -Parker B]]> 2019-10-10 12:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396108765 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109034 "as if someone was shooting them inside my brain, all the masacres i had seen since the day i was touched by are began flashing in my head"
this reveals all the memories of death and crying and torture were now coming into his head and bothering him
potts]]> 2019-10-10 12:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109034 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109233 2019-10-10 12:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109233 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109407 "My hand began to shake and my heart beat faster. All the other boys, except for Alhaji, were having fun, because they thought they were gearing up for drills but I knew we weren't going for training, and Alhaji leaned on the wall of a building clutching his gun like a mother would hold her baby. He knew it,too."-Tyler R.
This reveals that not all the boys realized they were actually going into the war, which would prove to be a pivotal moment in their lives.

]]> 2019-10-10 12:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109407 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109654 "We were approaching the village were feay our families was actually 
a possibility." 

They might find their parents and siblings.

-Ryan Beck

]]> 2019-10-10 12:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109654 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109868 " After all , we had been doing such things for years and were all still on drugs.'' (Markia.H)]]> 2019-10-10 12:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109868 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109956 " I rasied my gun and pulled the trigger, and i killed a man." this is important because this is the first time ishmael has ever killed someone. connor c]]> 2019-10-10 12:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396109956 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110024
This is important because it shows that during war you cant have emotions toward the people that die arounbd you even if they are your family. you just have to move on.

J.T.]]> 2019-10-10 12:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110024 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110078 "My eyes were fixed on him when i heard josiah scream. He cried for his mother"

This revealed how Josiah just wanted to see his mother and not fight. Christian Moore]]> 2019-10-10 12:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110078 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110728 "But your work here is done and i must send you off. These men will put you in school and find you a new life" 
This is a Main Event because Ishmael is leaving the village and he's traveling to find a new life.  Luke M ]]> 2019-10-10 12:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110728 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110936 Ishmael tortures a rebel.]]> 2019-10-10 12:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110936 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110943 "...and killing became as easy as drinking water."
This shows how Ishmael no longer has any remorse to his actions and how he no longer fears any part of death.
-Parker B]]> 2019-10-10 12:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396110943 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111079 when ishmael has to kill people and he sees all the dead from before with his lifeless friends and breaks down 
potts]]> 2019-10-10 12:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111079 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111134 "I was not afraid of these lifeless bodies.I despised them and kicced them to flip them." (octavian) this shows that he wasnt inoccent any more]]> 2019-10-10 12:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111134 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111184 "Suddenly Lansana, one of the boys, was shot in the chest and head by a rebel hiding in the bushes."

One of the boys was killed -piper]]> 2019-10-10 12:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111184 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111206 "The idea of death didn't cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water. My mind had not only snapped during the first killing, It had also stopped making remorseful records, or so it seemed."
This reveals how much Ishmael has changed since he became a solider and how at this point hes numb to everything.
Emma ]]> 2019-10-10 12:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111206 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111530 "The branches of the trees looked as if they were holding hands and bowing their heads in prayer."

This quote reveals how after their first time fighting a lot of people on their side of the war had died and how the trees are "praying" for the people who have passed.
Sara M]]> 2019-10-10 12:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111530 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111820 Luke Potts]]> 2019-10-10 12:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111820 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111823 "The combination of these drugs gave us a lot of energy and made us fierce''. (Markia) ]]> 2019-10-10 12:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111823 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111936 Ishmael does drugs. Christian Moore]]> 2019-10-10 12:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111936 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111949 "The branches of the trees looked as if they were holding hands."

-Ryan Beck]]> 2019-10-10 12:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111949 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111988  Ishmael and his army go and attack rebel army outposts when they run out of food, ammunition and other supplies.

J.T.]]> 2019-10-10 12:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396111988 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112109 "I have never been so afraid to go anywhere in my life as I was that day. Even the scuttle of a lizard frightened my entire being. A slight breeze blew and it went through my brain with a sharp swoop that made me grit my teeth in pain. Tears had begun to form in my eyes, but I struggled to hide them and gripped my gun in comfort."

This reveals that Ishmael was really scared to go out into the war and fight against the rebels.- Sammi]]> 2019-10-10 12:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112109 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112186 "The corporal walked away. We sat down on the ground, and everyone seemed to have wandered into their own thoughts."
This reveals that the war has taken an impact on Ishmael's friends, family, and others members of the war. People are acting completely different than they once where.
Nick Faulk


]]> 2019-10-10 12:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112186 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112223 2019-10-10 12:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112223 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112248 "Whenever I looked at rebels during raids, I got angrier, because they looked like the rebels who played cards in the ruins of the village where I had lost my family."

Ishmael is always thinking of his family and hates seeing things that remind him of them. -piper]]> 2019-10-10 12:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112248 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112249 "we made a pact that no matter what,we would try and stay together." they are getting ready to go fight and are try to get with there friend and make a pact.

Mario A, J, Weikel]]> 2019-10-10 12:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112249 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112305 "A young soldier came by with a plastic bag full of some kind of tablets. They looked like capsules, but they were plain white. He handed them to each of us with a cup of water. 'The corporal said it will boost your energy,' the soldier announced with a secretive smile on his face."
This is a turning point in the book cause we see the first time Ishmael is exposed to drugs. This begins to change his actions and how he thinks about them.  -Riley G]]> 2019-10-10 12:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112305 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112472 "I took turns at the guarding posts around the village, smoking marijuana and sniffing brown brown, cocaine mixed with gunpowder"

This revealed how Ishmael got addicted to drugs, cocaine and marijuana. Christian Moore]]> 2019-10-10 12:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112472 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112483 Ishmael has been taken by 2 men in trucks and are very confused and still have murder on their mind. They arrive at some gated facility with nice stuff.]]> 2019-10-10 12:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112483 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112695 Connor Schacht]]> 2019-10-10 12:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112695 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112731 "we undressed the prisoners and tied them until their chests were tight as drums.  "were did you get all this ammunition from".
this reveals ]]> 2019-10-10 12:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112731 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112740 '' and the corporal immediately shot him in the head...'' (Markia)]]> 2019-10-10 12:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112740 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112818 Ishamael does cocaine mixed with gun powered

-Ryan Beck

]]> 2019-10-10 12:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396112818 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113027 ishmael tries drugs for the first time in his life. connor c]]> 2019-10-10 12:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113027 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113190 "Do you want this to be your last meal, or do you want to answer his question? I threatened the other boys."
This shows how Ishmael really is no longer scared of anything and still will kill if he has to as we just saw, he threatened to kill all including himself with a grenade.   -Parker Brown]]> 2019-10-10 12:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113190 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113669 ''We were on the road for hours''. (Markia)]]> 2019-10-10 12:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113669 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113714 This reveals the drugs have caused Ismael to become savage and no longer feel the pain and remorse of the horrible terrors he has been through in this war.]]> 2019-10-10 12:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113714 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113945 "He pulled the knife out, and we continued kicking the boy until he stopped moving."

Violence takes part of Ishmael and its a part of his daily life. -piper]]> 2019-10-10 12:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113945 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113984
" We have good news from our informants. We are moving out in five minutes to kill some rebels and take their supplies, which really belong to us."


This is important because it shows the general giving them a reason to move on and to give them a goal for going and not just to kill out of straight enthusiasm.

J.T.]]> 2019-10-10 12:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396113984 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114258 '' The blood of our victims and enemies was fresh on our arms and clothes''. (Markia)]]> 2019-10-10 12:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114258 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114296 Ishmael is taken away from the army at a random selection. Christian Moore]]> 2019-10-10 12:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114296 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114439 "Killing became as easy as drinking water." This is important because it shows he does not care about human life when it comes to the rebels. connor c]]> 2019-10-10 12:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114439 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114445
"We rounded up the civilians, men , women, boys, and young girls- hiding in the huts and houses, and made them carry our loot back to base" Ishmael has begun to act like how the rebels acted when they come to his village, killing people and looting.]]> 2019-10-10 12:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114445 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114681 Ishmael kills a man.

Kate]]> 2019-10-10 12:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114681 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114776 " We had fought for almost 20 minutes, stabbing and slicing each other and the men who tried to part us"

This revealed how Ishamel was able to keep fighting without getting tired probably from the drugs he had done. Christian Moore]]> 2019-10-10 12:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396114776 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115084 "We had fought for almost twelve minutes, stabbing and slicing each other.."

All young boys participate in actions like these which has become a normal thing for them to do ever since the war. -piper]]> 2019-10-10 12:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115084 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115173 Ishmael and the army he was apart of started to become more okay with killing people and being more violent. They also felt that it was becoming more of a normal thing for them to be doing these actions.
Sara M]]> 2019-10-10 12:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115173 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115177 "we undressed the prisoners and tied them until their chest were tight as drums. "where did you get all this ammunition from ? " the corporal asked."
this revealed that he went from being the one being chased and around the war to being directly in the war killing civilians and rebels day to day.
potts]]> 2019-10-10 12:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115177 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115567 "If you are religious, I mean Christian, worship your lord today, because you might not have another chance."
This is telling the readers that this is the start of their long years of killing and shows the difference from first war Ishmael, to last war Ishmael and its a huge difference Parker Brown]]> 2019-10-10 12:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115567 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115804 ishmael starts abusing various drugs. 
Kate]]> 2019-10-10 12:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115804 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115810 In this chapter the lieutenant picked five boys to try and kill a participant of their own by slicing his throat. It was a game to see who could kill the man the fastest with one slice and Ishmael won.- Sammi]]> 2019-10-10 12:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115810 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115868 In Chapter 14, we see what the drugs are doing to Ishmael. He thinks they are doing him good when his migraines begin to go away. Little does he know, his actions and emotions are being numbed by these drugs. He no longer thinks twice before killing people and begins to enjoy it. -Riley G]]> 2019-10-10 12:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396115868 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116410 2019-10-10 12:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116410 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116601 ''I felt as if the ground had turned upside down and i was going to fall off.'' 
This is comparing the ground and Ishmaul to being upside down. Luke M ]]> 2019-10-10 12:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116601 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116634 they go out for what they thought was , 'training' but now know what it really is and whats happening.
drake]]> 2019-10-10 12:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116634 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116653 This is important because they're there to protect them.
/Savannah ]]> 2019-10-10 12:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116653 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116655 "The first time I took all of these drugs at the same time, I began to perspire so much that i took off ll my clothes. My body shook, my sight became blurred, and i lost hearing for several minutes."

This reveals some of the affects the drugs are having on him. 
Kate ]]> 2019-10-10 12:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116655 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116779 Ishmael and some of his army friends get taken away to some camp where they get new clothes, a new bed, and some other new things but they have to leave the army.

J.T.]]> 2019-10-10 12:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116779 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116867 ishmael is taken away from the army. connor c]]> 2019-10-10 12:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396116867 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396117080 Ishmael has been pulled out of the army.

]]> 2019-10-10 12:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396117080 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396117256 "When we conversed with each other, we talked only about the war movies... It was as if nothing else existed outside our reality." 

This reveals that all these boys being part of the war is becoming more of a normal everyday thing for them and it now is part of their reality.
Sara M]]> 2019-10-10 13:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396117256 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396117328 he captain in charge of them send some buys to school andto give better oppertunities and when tried to search ishmeal says he will kill.
potts]]> 2019-10-10 13:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396117328 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118126 "we prasied mambu for his leathel bravery." this is important because this shows that the only thing he cares about is killing. connor c]]> 2019-10-10 13:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118126 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118464
" We entered a fenced compound that had several rows of houses."

This reveals that ishmael life has to start over because hes somewhere new and trying to get accustomed to the life and just observing the camp that they were beig thrown into.

J.T. still working]]> 2019-10-10 13:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118464 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118521 "i hid my bayonet in my pants and a gernade in my pocket.when a soldier tried to search me i pushed him away and told him i would kill him".
this reveals the change in ishmaels mood as in the beginning he was the one being attacked and running from death but now is the attacker being the one to kill others before they kill him throughout the story
potts]]> 2019-10-10 13:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118521 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118522 " We walked for long hours and stopped only to eat sarddines and corn beef with Garri, sniff cocaine, brown brown, and take some white capsules."
This is a important because this shows how the war has made it so ishmael doesn't feel unsecure about the drugs.

Nick Faulk ]]> 2019-10-10 13:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118522 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118554 "I didn't feel a thing for him, didn't think much about what i was doing. I just waited for the corporal's order."
This reveals that Ismael no longer feels pain when killing people and that the drugs that they give them kind of help with that but he still is not a normal 12 year old that should feel pain or sorrow when killing someone especially with his own two hands.- Sammi]]> 2019-10-10 13:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118554 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118564 "...I grabbed the mans head and slit his throat in one fluid motion. His Adam's apple made way for the sharp knife..."

This reveals Ismael's changes (Still typing)
Riley G]]> 2019-10-10 13:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118564 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118734 2019-10-10 13:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396118734 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396119123 Ishmael is becoming 

Ryan Beck still typing..

]]> 2019-10-10 13:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396119123 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396636950 The boys are being forced to take drugs to keep their energy high for war.
Hailee]]> 2019-10-11 12:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396636950 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637405 2019-10-11 12:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637405 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637650 He's young doing drugs.
- Savannah ]]> 2019-10-11 12:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637650 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637757 Ishmael and some of the boys that were part of the army he was in were taken to a different town, and there were rebels there and they were sent there to be apart of the RPG.
Sara M]]> 2019-10-11 12:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637757 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637945 In Chapter 15, Ishmael is offered a place to live and stay but because of this he is forced to leave the war. He is taken to a gated facility with a nice living space, but now that he is off the drugs he is starting to feel true emotions about what he was doing.]]> 2019-10-11 12:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637945 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637953 "Whenever I looked at rebels during raids, I got angrier, because they looked like the rebels who played cards in the ruins of the village where I had lost my family."

Ishmael furious with the rebels for destroying his life and the rest of the villages and he is upset because he had a memory of his family. -Ryan Beck]]> 2019-10-11 12:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396637953 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396638079 "I raised my gun and pulled the trigger, and I killed a man." 
Ishmael went from being terrified of all the killing, to be the one that does the killing.
Hailee]]> 2019-10-11 12:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396638079 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396638427 Ishmael is forced to leave the war. 

Kate]]> 2019-10-11 12:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396638427 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396638809 In Chapter 15, Ishmael is offered a place to live and stay but because of this he is forced to leave the war. (forgot to write my name) Ryan Beck]]> 2019-10-11 12:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396638809 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639143 ''...and saw my two young lifeless friends , I angrily pointed my gun into the swamp and killed more people.''  
Ishmael is angry and traumatized by seeing his friends dead during the war and he goes on a rage .
(Markia)]]> 2019-10-11 12:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639143 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639322 "suddenly, as if someone was shooting them inside my brain, all the massacres i had seen since the day i was touched by war began flashing in my head.

this reveals that he is thing of what had happend  and is getting payback.
Mario A. J. Weikel]]> 2019-10-11 12:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639322 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639483 "They placed some of us at gunpoint and kicked others apart. Six people were killed: two on our side and four on the rebel side; and several were wounded, including two of the men who had brought us."

Ishmael is now in combat and at risk of losing his life because the rebels are forcing him to fight. 

-Ryan Beck

]]> 2019-10-11 12:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639483 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639520 ''Mambu had the gun and before the rebel boy who had the other gun could switch the safety off, Mambu shot him. He fell, droping the gun. Other rebel boys who tried to grab it, but Mambu shot each one that attempted to.'' 
This quote is Loss of Innocence because Mambu has gone crazy and its causing loads of problems. Luke M ]]> 2019-10-11 12:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639520 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639539 "We had been fighting for over 2 years and killing had become a daily activity. I felt no pity for anyone. My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed my heart had frozen."

This reveals the real affect the war has had on Ishmael's life/childhood. Here we discover his true emotions about what he has been doing over the past couple years and how ashamed of it he was. ]]> 2019-10-11 12:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639539 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639556 "We thought that we were part of the war until the end.The squad had been our family." 
This quote reveals how impacted and sad Ishmael was when he was taken from the army because they were like his second family and he didn't understand why they were sending him away.
Sara M]]> 2019-10-11 12:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639556 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639557 Ishmael no longer played soccer during the day on his freetime, instead he did drugs.
Hailee]]> 2019-10-11 12:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639557 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639714  " my hand began to shake and my heart beat faster.all the other boys, except alhaji, were having fun, because they though they were gearing up for more drills, but i knew we werent going for training."                                                                                                                            
 they go out for what they thought was , 'training' but now know what it really is and whats happening.
drake

]]> 2019-10-11 12:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639714 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639841 In this chapter the lieutenant chose Ishmael and Alhaji to go with the civilians to get schooling and have a better life, to get out of this war and get the right education to move on in the world.- Sammi]]> 2019-10-11 12:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396639841 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396640270 In this chapter ishmael kills a rebel for the first time. He is over come by vengeance for the friends killed by rebels during this war. - Alyssa ]]> 2019-10-11 12:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396640270 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396640339 i have never been so afraid to go anywhere in my life as i was that day. Even the scuttle of a lizard frightened my entire being. That is a Loss of Innocence.]]> 2019-10-11 12:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396640339 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641053 This is important because they never know what could possibly happen.
- Savannah]]> 2019-10-11 12:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641053 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641308 "Perhaps the naive foreigners thought that removing us from the war would lessen are hatred for the RUF. It hadn't crossed their minds that a change of environment wouldn't immediately make us normal boys; we were dangerous, and brainwashed to kill." -Tyler R. This reveals that Ishmael and his group of boys have had their mindsets changed from constantly living eith fear of death and deep sorrow to feeling no emotion and thinking that their sole task is to kill]]> 2019-10-11 12:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641308 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641485 ''I simultaneously felt a tremendous rush of energy and numbness.''

This shows a loss of innocence because ishmael is a different person now and these drugs are changing him. (Markia)]]> 2019-10-11 12:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641485 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641711 "On one of these raids, we had captured a few rebel after a long gunfight and a lot of civilian casualties."
Ishmael is getting revenge on the rebels for killing his family and other innocent civilians.
Hailee]]> 2019-10-11 12:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641711 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641745 this reveals I had dream that i was picking up josiah from the tree stump.
-Jamarion]]> 2019-10-11 12:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641745 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641758 "But your work here is done, and i must send you off.  These men will put you in school and find you another life."

This quote reveals that the boys are being released and sent to start a new life
Kate]]> 2019-10-11 12:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641758 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641963 "I felt no pity for anyone. My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and  it seemed as if my heart had frozen." 

I picked this quote because it shows that Ishmael himself knows that he loss his innocence and the war and fighting in it has changed him so much. It made him lose the feeling of pain for people and it made him realize he was no normal 12 year old boy.- Sammi]]> 2019-10-11 12:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396641963 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396643853 2019-10-11 12:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396643853 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396643966 - Savannah]]> 2019-10-11 12:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396643966 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396644396 Ishmael and the other soldiers arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Hailee]]> 2019-10-11 12:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396644396 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396644524 "And Josiah if only i had let him continue sleeping on the first day training, perhaps he wouldn't have gone to the front of the line int the first place."

This reveals that Ishmael feels guilt for Josiah's death - Alyssa]]> 2019-10-11 12:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396644524 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396645397 - Savannah ]]> 2019-10-11 12:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396645397 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396645565 "We took a bowl each and started eating."
They finally had shelter and were being provided with food.
Hailee]]> 2019-10-11 12:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396645565 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396645958 "Suddenly Lansana, one of the boys, was shot in the chest and head by a rebel hiding in the bushes.]]> 2019-10-11 12:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396645958 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396646153 ishmael started doing drugs and got addicted to the white capsules]]> 2019-10-11 12:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396646153 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396646580 "The idea of death didn't cross my mind at all and the killing had become easy as drinking water."
This chapter shows how much ishmael has changed and how he no longer is afraid of the war.
 -Alyssa ]]> 2019-10-11 12:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396646580 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396647421 in the day time, instead of playing soccer in the village, smoking marijuana and sniffing brown brown, cocaine mixed wit gunpowder.

he started abusing drugs instead of the kid things he used to do. (octavian)]]> 2019-10-11 12:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396647421 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396647439 ''I felt no pity for anyone. My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen''. 

Ishamel is realizing his whole life has been changed around and he's angry that all this happend and he realized his childhood is ruined and he feels numb to pain and he feels like he doesnt have a heart anymore because of all the things he has done . (Markia)]]> 2019-10-11 12:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396647439 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396647947 They placed some of us at gunpoint and kicked others apart. Six people were killed 2 on our side and 4 on the rebel side.]]> 2019-10-11 12:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396647947 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396648143 This reveals why he's gonna do this and chose to.
- Savannah]]> 2019-10-11 12:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396648143 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396649426 2019-10-11 12:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396649426 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396649429 "I stood there holding my gun and felt special because i was apart of something that took me seriously and i was not running from anyone anymore." 
He no longer is treated like a kid so he doesn't feel like one -Alyssa

]]> 2019-10-11 12:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396649429 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396649636 The idea of death death did not cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water.
-Jamarion]]> 2019-10-11 12:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396649636 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396651525 Some of the army boys including ishmael are taken and put in a fenced in compound with other soldier and rebel boys like them. They dont get along very well with them and end up kill four rebel boys. -Alyssa ]]> 2019-10-11 12:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396651525 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396651536 ''We walked into the arms of the forest, holding our guns as if they were the only thing that gave us strength.'' 
This is a simile comparing guns to strength.- Luke M ]]> 2019-10-11 12:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396651536 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396651611 I hadn't parted with my gun since the day I became a soldier.

]]> 2019-10-11 12:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396651611 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396652926 " He pulled the knife out, and we continued kicking the boy until he stopped moving."
This shows the carelessness of ishmael and his group of friends.

Nick Faulk]]> 2019-10-11 12:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396652926 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396653870 "They had their guns pointed at us, but we laughed at them..."
Ishmael is not intimated by adults or boys anymore. He feels powerful and seems arrogant from the killing hes done. -Alyssa]]> 2019-10-11 12:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396653870 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396654556 Mario A. J. Weikel]]> 2019-10-11 13:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396654556 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396655338 bodies had begun to pile on top of each other near a short palm tree, where fronds dripped blood.

it show that he has no feel for people
Mario A. J. Weikel]]> 2019-10-11 13:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396655338 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396773943 " We have good news from our informants. We are moving out in five minutes to kill some rebels and take there supplies, which really belong to us."
This shows how ishmael will do anything when i comes to war.

Nick Faulk]]> 2019-10-11 16:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396773943 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396779365 " If you are religious, I mean a christian, worship your lord today, because you might not have another chance. dismissed."
This shows that war can be very dangerous.

Nick Faulk]]> 2019-10-11 16:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396779365 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396781624 ishmael is introduced to the drug.

Nick Faulk]]> 2019-10-11 16:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396781624 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396802250 i amvery proud to have served my country with you boys.but your work here is, done and i must send you off.
they are going to school.

Mario A. J. Weikel]]> 2019-10-11 17:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396802250 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396809207 they have to go to school and get along with the enemy there age

Mario A. J. Weikel]]> 2019-10-11 17:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD2/wish/396809207