https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86 Made with a strike of originality en-us 2018-07-12 09:47:06 UTC 2026-01-16 23:15:05 UTC hello@padlet.com smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/270041204 It's 1993, Ishmael is twelve, and is leaving his hometown, Mogbwemo, in south-east Sierra Leone, for the day. 

Meanwhile, a bloody and violent revolution was undergoing in Sierra Leone. This war was between the government and the rebels. It is during this time that we see how nature is brought into the story. Beah cannot understand how the sun is shining and the birds are singing during a time like this. 

Beah and his friends decide to head back to Mogbwemo despite the tragedy that has struck in order to find their missing parents. ]]> 2018-07-12 10:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/270041204 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/270132628 Making his way back toward his town, Beah and his friends are exposed to some horrific sights which include: A bloodied man laying in a car, parents carrying their dead children to hospitals in the hopes that they will still be alive and others who did not seem to realise that they were wounded. These images show how traumatising the war can be and Beah has only just become acquainted with it. ]]> 2018-07-13 09:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/270132628 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/270134267 The narrator is Paul Bäumer, a nineteen-year-old boy who is already battle-hardened in this first chapter. As they rest, Paul describes the group of German schoolboys who enlisted with him at the prodding of their schoolmaster, Kantorek, Müller, and Leer. These young men were in Paul's school class, and the novel follows their lives. Along with these comrades, Paul describes several others who will become part of his wartime company: Tjaden, a nineteen-year-old locksmith,Haie Westhus, and Detering, a peace-loving peasant with his wife and farm always on his mind. In contrast to these youngsters is a forty-year-old veteran named Stanislaus Katczinsky. He is "shrewd, cunning, and hard-bitten" with "a remarkable nose for dirty weather, good food, and soft jobs." A cobbler in civilian life, he is older than the boys and assumes the role of leader and he seems to have a special bond of friendship with Paul ]]> 2018-07-13 09:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/270134267 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374094 2018-07-29 16:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374094 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374101 2018-07-29 16:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374101 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374114 2018-07-29 16:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374114 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374126 2018-07-29 16:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374126 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374140 2018-07-29 16:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374140 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374156 2018-07-29 16:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374156 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374162 2018-07-29 16:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374162 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374182 2018-07-29 16:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374182 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374194 2018-07-29 16:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374194 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374319 2018-07-29 16:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374319 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374328 2018-07-29 16:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374328 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374354 2018-07-29 16:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374354 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374479 2018-07-29 16:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374479 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374528 2018-07-29 16:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374528 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374554 2018-07-29 16:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374554 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374596 2018-07-29 16:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374596 smith_jenna https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374612 2018-07-29 16:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_jenna/fxhwbv43kb86/wish/271374612