https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4 en-us 2019-10-10 12:04:34 UTC 2025-11-10 00:25:17 UTC hello@padlet.com jkeys6 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396086768 2019-10-10 12:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396086768 jkeys6 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396166444 In this chapter, _________________]]> 2019-10-10 14:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396166444 jkeys6 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396167261 "____________________________________________________________________" 
This reveals ]]> 2019-10-10 14:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396167261 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396168659 The UNICEF had come to recover Select Individuals from Ishmael's
Squad to be discharged and sent to Rehab in Sierra Leone.
Eric Hrelec

]]> 2019-10-10 14:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396168659 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396168919 In this chapter, They start giving the children stimulants and other drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, brown brown, and special white capsules containing a stimulant of sorts]]> 2019-10-10 14:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396168919 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396169561 in this chapter ishneal does some drugs 
NICK W

]]> 2019-10-10 14:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396169561 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396169750 Ishmael and his friends are drafted for the war and are training with the other troops.  Jack Foth]]> 2019-10-10 14:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396169750 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396169845 charlotte m.
Ishmael fights his first battle and kills his first rebel]]> 2019-10-10 14:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396169845 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170137 2 of Ishmaels friends die and it causes him to snap- Angela Chromack-Brown]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170137 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170139 they took the day off but then they went in to battle later that day]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170139 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170222 In this chapter, Ishmael goes on a killing rampage in battle after remembering what the rebels did to his family -Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170222 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170304 The boys encounter their first battle
Haley Holbrook]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170304 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170383 the UNICEF comes and 15 boys are selected including ishmael
-Richie]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170383 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170461 Ishamels friends die from explosions: Troy sellman]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170461 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170666 "I raised my gun and I pulled the trigger, and I killed a man."
Ishmael kills someone for the first time. -Nick Seemann]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170666 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170763 "we took the guns and ammunition off the bodies of my friends and left them there in the forest" -valerie

]]> 2019-10-10 14:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396170763 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171226 "Carrying on with the game. Right now i want to see my soldiers play soccer" trying to make them feel safe and like theyre all friends.-Brandon]]> 2019-10-10 14:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171226 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171274 Josiah shot in the air by RPG 
- screaming for family]]> 2019-10-10 14:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171274 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171782 ishmaels friends were killed in the fight and there bodies were looted for ammo and weapons and they were left in the woods. ]]> 2019-10-10 14:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171782 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171803 "We went out two more times that week and i had no problem shooting my gun." This reveals that Ishmael has become used to killing people.
Haley Holbrook]]> 2019-10-10 14:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171803 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171844 Ishmael is confused why he is being taken away from what he called a ''family'' Michael Antos]]> 2019-10-10 14:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171844 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171909 "We went out two more times that week and i had no problem shooting my gun."
This revels he has no problem with killing and he no longer has a problem with the war. - Angela Chromack-Brown]]> 2019-10-10 14:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396171909 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396172099 "It must have been a Sunday morning when the corporal told us to take the day off training" "lets go soldiers, the holiday is over ," it shows how it went form there day off to more training and fighting in the same day ]]> 2019-10-10 14:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396172099 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396172302 "'If you are religious, I mean a Christian, worship your Lord today, because you might not have another chance. Dismissed.'"
This is important because the corporal is telling people that some of them may die.-Nick Seemann]]> 2019-10-10 14:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396172302 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396172324 "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,"", they lied and still gave them most likely stimulants to children mostly all under the age of 18.]]> 2019-10-10 14:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396172324 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173071 "My face, my hands, my shirt and gun were covered in blood. I raised my gun and pulled the trigger, and i killed a man." 

This is important because Ishmael killed a man and he is traumatized.
Jack Foth]]> 2019-10-10 14:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173071 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173184 " we decided to go to the river for a swim" The boys still act like kids. -valerie]]> 2019-10-10 14:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173184 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173211 this is loss of innocence because Ishamel feels like he'd rather protect the village from battle instead of play soccor or any kid related things; Troy sellman]]> 2019-10-10 14:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173211 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173268 In this chapter, Ishmael began to kill people for revenge of his parents death
Lauren]]> 2019-10-10 14:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173268 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173339 ishmael got promoted jr lieutenant and celebrates with drugs and war movies
-Richie]]> 2019-10-10 14:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173339 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173582 " tears had begun to form in my eyes but i struggled to hide them and gripped my gun for comfort" this reveals that hes about to kill someone for the first time-lexi]]> 2019-10-10 14:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173582 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173767 This reveals that Ishmael truly indulged himself into the war, and that the war is the only thing that mattered to him.
Eric Hrelec]]> 2019-10-10 14:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396173767 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174122 Loss of innocence "I was not afraid of these lifeless bodies. I despised them and kicked them to flip them." This is important because a normal 12 year old wouldnt do this, this makes him not so innocent anymore. 
Gracie Timko]]> 2019-10-10 14:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174122 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174161 "A baby cried uncontrollably in his mothers arms, as if he knew what lay ahead for us." This is important because this was when the soilders were going to war and they all knew a lot of them were going to die. They also knew what trouble was going to come. 
Lauren]]> 2019-10-10 14:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174161 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174216 "Blood poured out of the bullet holes like water" this reveals the horrible memories that Ishmael still remembers decades later- Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-10 14:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174216 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174261 ,''We needed the violence to cheer us up after a whole day of traveling and contemplation about why our superiors had let us go.''  This is important because Ishmael and his buddy got happiness out of the violence and that is not normal for a 12 year old. Michael Antos ]]> 2019-10-10 14:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174261 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174387 charlotte m.]]> 2019-10-10 14:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174387 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174420 "they threw water on my face and gave me a few more white capsules. i stayed up all night and couldn't sleep for a week.
.~this shows ishmaels start on relying on drugs to keep him from thinking about the terrible thing that have happend to him .]]> 2019-10-10 14:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174420 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174822 Ishmaels group killed the prisoners by undressing them and tied them until their chests were as tight as drums -valerie

]]> 2019-10-10 14:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174822 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174933 "In the daytime, instead of playing soccer in the village square, I took turns at the guarding posts around the village, smoking marijuana and sniffing brown brown, cocaine mixed with gunpowder, which was always spread out on the table, and of course taking more of the white capsules, as I had become addicted to them."

Ishmael gets addicted to drugs and chooses to use them instead of doing something like playing soccer.-Nick Seemann]]> 2019-10-10 14:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396174933 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175055 hes become addicted to drugs and continues on his path of stimulant abuse and marijuana stuff, and feels less and less bad about taking prisoners and killing others, as well as being the winner of a contest that shows how fast you can kill someone by slashing their throat.]]> 2019-10-10 14:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175055 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175172 i would listen for a bit and then fire a few rounds into the night
shows how bored he is

]]> 2019-10-10 14:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175172 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175438 Ishmael was covered with blood and was killing people in this chapter. Gracie Timko ]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175438 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175554 ''I angrily pointed my gun  into the swamp and killed more people.'' This is important because it is showing how he was being forced to grow up. keylee ]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175554 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175607 "The corporal gave the signal with a pistol shot and I grabbed the man's head and slit his throat in one fluid motion." 
This reveals that Ishmael has gotten used to and enjoys killing rebel soldiers.
Haley Holbrook]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175607 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175718 "we took the guns and ammunition off the bodies of my friends and left them there in the forest."]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175718 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175731 "my mind had not only snapped during the first killing,it had also stopped making remorseful records" Airyonna K

]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175731 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175747 The boys cheer when the lieutenant killed the rebels.- angela ]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175747 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175826 "whenever i looked at rebels during raids,I got angrier,becuse they looked like rebels who played cards in the ruins of the village where i had lost my family." Tyler Wozniak]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396175826 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176132 he is killing people, watching war movies, taking drugs, and killing for fun and he becomes the rank of junior lieutenant. ]]> 2019-10-10 14:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176132 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176337 "This gun is your source of power in these times. it will protect you and provide you all need, if you know how to use it well." shows that they need to lear how to protect themselves.-Brandon]]> 2019-10-10 14:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176337 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176414 "killing had become a daily activity. i felt no pity for anyone." this shows how dramatically war can change a person. - Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-10 14:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176414 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176474 in these two pages the kids bonded through soccer ]]> 2019-10-10 14:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176474 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176839 ishmael is confused why hes being moved with 'sissy civillians" Troy sellman]]> 2019-10-10 14:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176839 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176897 Ishmael has now become addicted to drugs, which maniplutes him into doing terrible things,]]> 2019-10-10 14:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396176897 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177027 "killing had become a daily activity." This shows hoe much ishmael has changed and how killing a human is juts so simple in his mind now. Troy Sellman]]> 2019-10-10 14:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177027 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177340 Ishmael and some of his friends are taken to a new camp which consists of young rebel soldiers and young military soldiers.
Haley Holbrook]]> 2019-10-10 14:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177340 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177407 "i grabbed the man's head and slit his throat in one fluid motion. His Adams's apple made way for the sharp knife, and I turned the bayonet on its zigzag(serrated) edge as i brought it out."]]> 2019-10-10 14:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177407 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177527 -Richie]]> 2019-10-10 14:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177527 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177582 "His adam's apple made way for the sharp knife, and i turned the bayonet on its zigzag edge as i brought it out."
Ishmael is now apart of the war and is merciless in killing. - Angela Chromack-Brown]]> 2019-10-10 14:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177582 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177651 Ishmael's squad is stationed in a jungle waiting out the rebels to kill them. They are successful
Eric Hrelec.]]> 2019-10-10 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177651 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177730 ""I'd like to have some bazookas of my own, like the ones in Commando. That would be beautiful.'" This shows how Ishmael has lost his sense of innocence.
Lauren]]> 2019-10-10 14:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177730 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177844 Ishmael is taken away from his family by UNICEF- Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-10 14:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177844 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177978 ,'' The corporal gave the signal with a pistil shot and I grabbed the man's head and slit his throat in one fluid motion.'' This is a significant event because he is ok with killing in a morbid kind of way. Michael Antos ]]> 2019-10-10 14:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396177978 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396178464 Loss of innocence "We were supposed to slice their throats on the corporates command." This is important because this shows how much ishmael changed. Gracie Timko ]]> 2019-10-10 14:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396178464 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396178542 "...I grabbed the man's head and slit his throat in one fluid motion."

This is important because it shows how desensitized Ishmael has become to killing people and violence.]]> 2019-10-10 14:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396178542 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396178600 Ishmael is starting to like killing
Jack Foth]]> 2019-10-10 14:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396178600 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179007 "The rebel boys drew out the few bayonets they had and rushed toward us. It was war all over again."
This reveals that even though the boys are in a new camp, they have been trained to kill rebels no matter where they are.
Haley Holbrook]]> 2019-10-10 14:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179007 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179037 "we just stood there looking at the beds like we had never seen anything like them before" this reveals how badly the war effected the country in such a way that beds are foreign objects.- Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-10 14:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179037 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179304 he has absolutely no thoughts or regrets of killing anyone as it has become a daily activity for him]]> 2019-10-10 14:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179304 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179441 "Josiah and sheku dragged the tip of their gun, as they still weren't strong enough to carry them and the guns were taller than they were"
(emilee b)
this reveals that the younger boys aren't as strong and tall as Ishmael and the other older boys.]]> 2019-10-10 14:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179441 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179862 ishmael starts taking heavy drugs to numb his pain and to make him a "better solider" he has been corrupted and all of his old self is gone.]]> 2019-10-10 14:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179862 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179974 This reveals that Ishmael is no longer the same innocent boy, but now a soldier ready to kill to avenge his family and comrades.
Eric Hrelec.]]> 2019-10-10 14:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396179974 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180066 4 men show up to the village and say there going to find the boys another life Troy Sellman]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180066 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180229 ishmael began to kill...Airyonna K]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180229 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180252 "I'd like to have some bazookas of my own, like the ones in Comando."

This is important because Ishmael is slowly getting corupted by war.
Jack Foth]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180252 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180280 soilder select 15 to  stay then the rest start a new life

]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180280 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180338 Ishmael is all about killing but then gets confused on why he is separated by some of his family. Gracie Timko ]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180338 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180425 "he fell into the ground and blood slowly leaked outside his head" This reveals Ishmael doesnt care much anymore about people getting killed and has changed a lot. -valerie

]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180425 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180464 "We had been fighting for over 2 years, and killing had become a daily activity. I felt no pity for anyone"]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180464 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180495 2019-10-10 14:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180495 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180874 ''we raided rebel camps, in towns,villages,and forests.'' This is important and showing child involved impact because them doing this raiding all the time has been changing them. keylee

]]> 2019-10-10 14:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396180874 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181011 the boys start a huge fight that results in 6 kids dying.- Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-10 14:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181011 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181342 A fight breaks out between the old rebels and the old soldiers at Freetown.- Angela Chromack-Brown]]> 2019-10-10 14:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181342 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181483 "Where you boys from" learning who people are and figuring out what they're doing. - Brandon]]> 2019-10-10 14:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181483 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181645 I took turns at the guarding post around the village, smoking marijuana and sniffing brown brown... he is going crazy with drugs and killing people and watching movies like Rambo, first blood, rambo II, Commando. ]]> 2019-10-10 14:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181645 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181836 Ishmael is doing drugs at 12 years old and condoning violence.
Michael Antos]]> 2019-10-10 14:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396181836 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182119 "We took a bowl each and started eating. He went to his little room and by the time he returned to the table with his own bowl to eat wit us, we had already finished." This is important because this shows how hungry the boys were and how that could also affect their behavior.
Lauren]]> 2019-10-10 14:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182119 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182134 "'You have been great soldiers and you all know that you are part of this brotherhood. I am very proud to have served my country with you boys. But your work here is done, and I must send you off. These men will put you in a school and find you another life.'"

Ishmael is being saved from the war by UNICEF.
nick seemann]]> 2019-10-10 14:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182134 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182226 Dow "I killed the owner of this gun in our last raid" This is important because the war has done this to him, made him into a killer. Gracie Timko ]]> 2019-10-10 14:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182226 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182662 " i killed the owner of this gun in our last raid" -valerie]]> 2019-10-10 14:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182662 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182676 "he pulled a bayonet and jumped on a table toward Alhaji" this shows the extreme mental effect the war has had on the boys.- Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-10 14:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396182676 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396183340 "...he told his men,and the grenads blast got only a few men,]]> 2019-10-10 14:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396183340 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396183881 Ishmael's squad had captured Rebels, the Lieutenant proposed a contest. The soldier whose Rebel died the quickest would win a prize.
With Ishmael killing his Rebel with one fell swoop, he was promoted to Junior Lieutenant.
Eric Hrelec.]]> 2019-10-10 14:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396183881 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184227 this part of the book we see Ishmael is slowly becoming a soldier and hes losing his innocence by doing the training with killing people.]]> 2019-10-10 14:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184227 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184253 charlotte m.
on this page Ismael and two other boys were timed to see who could kill the rebel the fastest by slitting their throat, Ishmael wins and gets awarded to be Junior lieutenant]]> 2019-10-10 14:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184253 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184360 ,''I was not afraid of these lifeless bodies. I despised them and kicked them to flip them.'' This is important because he is not phased by dead bodies. Michael Antos ]]> 2019-10-10 14:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184360 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184409 One of the troops was a spy from the rebels.]]> 2019-10-10 14:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184409 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184493 "It was the war all over again."

This is important because even though Ishmael has been taken out of the war, it's effects have not left him. Nick Seemann]]> 2019-10-10 14:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184493 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184821 "The lieutenants words still echoed in my head, "From now on we kill any rebel we see..."
Ishmael is brainwashed by the war and his time fighting in it. -Angela Chromack-Brown]]> 2019-10-10 14:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396184821 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396186039 This reveals the progress of Ishmael's De-Sensitization, and his transformation to a Soldier.
Eric Hrelec.]]> 2019-10-10 14:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396186039 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396687409 "killed the owner of this gun" -Airyonna]]> 2019-10-11 13:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396687409 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396687558 Ishmael does hard core drugs such as sniffing cocaine.]]> 2019-10-11 13:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396687558 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396687744 On pg.115, one of the main events of this chapter is following basic instructions given by the corporal while Ishmael and his friends are at a village. ]]> 2019-10-11 13:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396687744 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688102 Ishmael is told to kill and kill with no hesitance. Michael Antos]]> 2019-10-11 13:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688102 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688318 "the idea of death didn't cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water."

this reveals that Ishmael had been completely desensitized to the war and has lost his child like innocence. 
charlotte m.]]> 2019-10-11 13:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688318 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688510 they  are raiding villages and taking things from them like food water, ammo, drugs, and guns and other things. he is still taking a lot of drugs.]]> 2019-10-11 13:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688510 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688521 "it must have been a sunday morning when the corporal told us to take the day off training."
this quote is important because it gives the kids a day to be kids and not army men. Troy Sellman]]> 2019-10-11 13:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688521 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688740 ishmael didnt care that he was killing people it didnt bother him anymore.
-valerie

]]> 2019-10-11 13:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688740 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688789 Ishmael mentions that he has turned 15 for a few weeks now. Also he was smoking marijuana because it helped him cope with his feelings]]> 2019-10-11 13:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396688789 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396689068 "I thought about hijacking the truck and driving it back to Bauya" Ishmael now has thoughts such as these because of his time as a child soldier, which changed him for the worse. - Ryan Davis]]> 2019-10-11 13:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396689068 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396689957 "Josiah and Sheku dragged the tip of their guns, as they still werent strong enough to carry them and the guns were taller than they were." 
It goes to show that even young kids who are super tiny are fighting in this war like a grown adult.]]> 2019-10-11 14:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396689957 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690226 "we fought for freedom and the army killed my family and destroyed my village." people were telling ishmael that they killed his family so ishmael could kill.... - Airyonna]]> 2019-10-11 14:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690226 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690238 "i was given the rank of Jr. Lieutenant..." "we celebrated that days achievement with more drugs and more war movies"  this reveals that ishmael is not a child any more bc he kills rebels and does drugs
Richie]]> 2019-10-11 14:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690238 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690362 "i killed the owner of the gun shop" Ishmael was really aganist the war spent months running away from it. Now, he is a part of the war and doesnt care about killing people -valerie ]]> 2019-10-11 14:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690362 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690372 "]]> 2019-10-11 14:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690372 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690562 "The corporal commanded us to take as much ammunition as we could carry. Not too much so we can run fast!" This is important because one of the main parts of being in an army is obeying and doing wha lieutenant or corporal tell you to do no matter what. ]]> 2019-10-11 14:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690562 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690653 ''I will kill any of those basterds every time i get a chance to do so.'' this is important becuase it is showing how violence. keylee]]> 2019-10-11 14:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690653 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690735 "i was given the rank of junior lieutenant and kanei was given junior sergeant." 

these two boys got the ranks lieutenant and sergeant because they were able to kill faster than any other soldier this shows us that the boys are becoming actual soldier.]]> 2019-10-11 14:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690735 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690785 Ishmael saw a soldier die right in front of him  
cross bates]]> 2019-10-11 14:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396690785 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396691582 ishmael and a few other people were forced to leave and were released from the war.
charlotte m.]]> 2019-10-11 14:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396691582 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396691588 "Our job is a serious one and we have the most capable soldiers who will do anything to defend this country"
This shows that they are fighting against the rebels for the sake of the people and making sure they are safe.]]> 2019-10-11 14:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396691588 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396691679 in this chapter it is showing that when they got drafted and the effects and causes of the war,The village they captured and turned into our bases,The extent of my thoughts didnt go much beyond that,We had been fighting for over two years and killing had gone by without my knowing Tyler Wozniak]]> 2019-10-11 14:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396691679 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396692498 "They are rebels, Mambu shouted, but before he could reach his bayonete the boy punched him in the face."
This reveals that there is a spy from the rebels among the troops.
Jack Foth]]> 2019-10-11 14:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396692498 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396693596 Sleeps with an AK-47 on his chest and a G3-Brandon]]> 2019-10-11 14:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396693596 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396694163 "all your work here is done and i must send you off. These men will put you in schools and find you another life." This is important because ishmael doesnt wanna leave because he wanted to serve for the rest of the war
Richie]]> 2019-10-11 14:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396694163 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396694569 Ishmael and fourteenth other boys gone taken to a different place. Ishmael a couple of other boys that came and two boys from the place started to fight because of something someone said.]]> 2019-10-11 14:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396694569 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396695396 "The drugs from the previous nights before we were brought to the city, we had begun to subside in my system." 
This shows that since they were doing drugs to help cope with what is going on and since he didnt have them in a day he was starting to go through withdrawl.]]> 2019-10-11 14:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396695396 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396696094 "you have been great soldiers and you all know your apart of this brotherhood. i am very proud to have served this country with you boys. but your work here is done, i must send you off.  these men will put you in school and find you a new life." 

this reveals of how much the lieutenant cares about ishmael and the other boys and choose for them to have normal lives.
charlotte m.]]> 2019-10-11 14:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396696094 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396696708 "i saw the soldier it had come from. blood poured out of the bullet in him ..."
cross bates]]> 2019-10-11 14:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396696708 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396696904 "The villages that we captured and turned in to our bases"     
"I killed the owner of this gun in our last raid." He is taking things from people and not caring about it.]]> 2019-10-11 14:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396696904 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697507 "More MPs were running through the gate ow, towards the fight." 

the MPs were trying to stop the boys from fighting which later fails as one of the boys lost an eye and others were injured.]]> 2019-10-11 14:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697507 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697616 they put the Goverment army boys with the rebels and they did not get along well]]> 2019-10-11 14:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697616 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697933 "instead of playing soccer in the village square i took turns at the guarding posts around the village smoking marijuana and sniffing brown brown cocaine mixed with gun powder."
.~this revels that ishmael is not the same as he used to be instead of playing like a boy his age should be doing hes taking drugs and is becoming a vialoance loving person.]]> 2019-10-11 14:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697933 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697996 Nobody knows that war is about to start but Ishmael does and he keeps it to himself. Then everyone finds out because the corporal started handing out weapons for war.]]> 2019-10-11 14:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396697996 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396698155 killing rebels to take there supplies
cross bates]]> 2019-10-11 14:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396698155 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396699518 they were mixing gunpowder with brown brown cocaine and marijuana]]> 2019-10-11 14:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396699518 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396700537 in this chapter it says that the soldier was dressed in a army untiform and carried a backpack with waist pack full of ammution and a G3-Tyler wozniak]]> 2019-10-11 14:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396700537 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396700727 one of the main events is when Ishmael is smoking marijuana to keep his energy up.]]> 2019-10-11 14:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396700727 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396701491 the boys that fought for the government army like Ismael met the boys who fought for the rebels army and they get in a big fight some boys die others badly wounded ]]> 2019-10-11 14:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396701491 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396701748 ishmael fights in his first battle and kills a rebel-lexi]]> 2019-10-11 14:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396701748 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396702559 we were getting prepared for the war we were carrying RPGs and AK-47 and a extra mag-Tyler Wozniak]]> 2019-10-11 14:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396702559 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396702598 "we are moving out in five minutes to kill some rebels and take their supplies"
cross bates ]]> 2019-10-11 14:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396702598 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396704053 MP'S (city soldiers) came by 
cross bates]]> 2019-10-11 14:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396704053 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396704630 "Mambu had blinded one boy by plucking out his eye with a bayonet."....."We praised Mambu for his lethal behavior."
.~ this reveals that even tho the boys are in a rehabilitation center thy are still craving that viloant behavior to the point ishmael is looking up to him for servery injuring another boy.]]> 2019-10-11 14:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396704630 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396705238 "the first time i took all these drugs at the same time" This is important because NO child should be taking a lot of drugs at the same time. It could get serious if they take too many drugs.]]> 2019-10-11 14:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396705238 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396706597 "In the truck were three MP'S"
cross bates]]> 2019-10-11 14:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396706597 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396708010 ishmael is slowly becoming like the rebels and doing drugs- lexi]]> 2019-10-11 14:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396708010 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396708776 "I took turns at the guarding posts around the village, smoking marijuana and sniffing brown brown, cocaine mixed with gunpowder" lexi]]> 2019-10-11 14:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/396708776 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/397706196 they got to a new camp and didn't exactly get along with the other boys quite well-lexi]]> 2019-10-15 02:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/397706196 https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/397706540 "'do you boys want this to be your last meal, or do you want to answer his question' I threatened the other boys" this shows even though that they are in a different place they still put people in their place when they are being threatened-lexi]]> 2019-10-15 02:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeys6/ACADEMICPERIOD4/wish/397706540