The Trial of Ishmael Beah by Mary Werly https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br With your group, find textual evidence that supports whether or not Ishmael should be found guilty of the crimes he commits as a boy soldier. en-us 2021-11-08 17:22:40 UTC 2021-11-08 20:26:44 UTC hello@padlet.com "I raised my gun and pulled the tigger, and I killed a man." pg119 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876238833 2021-11-08 20:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876238833 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876239289 "Think of destroying a great evil. It is the highest service you can perform for your country." pg 108]]> 2021-11-08 20:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876239289 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876241581 "the idea of death didn't cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water" pg. 122 ]]> 2021-11-08 20:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876241581 " We took the guns and ammunition off the bodies of my friends and left them there in the forest." pg119 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876242192 2021-11-08 20:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876242192 "So when the lieutenant gave orders, I shot as many as I could..." (p. 122) https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876242278 2021-11-08 20:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876242278 "I was not afraid of these lifeless bodies. I despised them and kick them to flip them." pg119 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876246580 2021-11-08 20:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876246580 Why he is innocent https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876248142 "Now, this will be an easy village for the rebels to capture."73

]]> 2021-11-08 20:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876248142 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876251799 "I raised my gun and pulled the trigger, and I killed a man." pg119]]> 2021-11-08 20:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876251799 "We all wanted to be Rambo; we couldn't wait to implement his techniques" pg 121 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876254351 2021-11-08 20:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876254351 "Formed another ambush a few meters away" pg119 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876255461 2021-11-08 20:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876255461 He is innocent https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876256070 "We kill them for the good and betterment of this country" pg 123]]> 2021-11-08 20:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876256070 Even though he is 12 he is still making the decision to pull the trigger and fight alongside the army. He has no sympathy for those he kills. He only cares about the benefit he gets. "The soldiers were already going from tent to tent dragging out those who were still asleep and splashing buckets of water on them... I got a black Reebok Pump and was happier about my new crapes than anything else that was going on." pg 110 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876257545 2021-11-08 20:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876257545 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876257917 "i look forward to getting to this village. ah, I will give my mother a very tight hug."89]]> 2021-11-08 20:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876257917 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876259470 "the idea of death didn't cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water" pg. 122]]> 2021-11-08 20:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876259470 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876263930 "With trembling hands I took the gun, saluted him, and ran to the back of the line, still holding the gun but afraid to look at it. I had never held a gun that long before and it frightened me." (pg 111)]]> 2021-11-08 20:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876263930 "I was not afraid of these lifeless bodies. I despised them and kicked them to flip them" pg. 119 https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876264220 2021-11-08 20:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/800021200/lj2zz2oow38gh1br/wish/1876264220