https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r A Long Way Gone Final Project by Kiara Collins en-us 2017-05-18 04:29:02 UTC 2024-04-15 05:12:16 UTC hello@padlet.com kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172485496 ", we raided rebel camps, in towns, villages, and forests. We also attacked civilians villages to capture recruits and whatever else we could find" (122). The dandelion is a type of weed that, when blown in the wind, will take control of any area that they land in, and they begin to sprout again wherever they land. This is similar to what the army does to the boys. The army travels to different villages to take over the village and plant their base in that area. ]]> 2017-05-18 04:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172485496 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172485712 Ishmael Beah's memoir, A Long Way Gone, showcases his experiences as a child soldier in Sierra Leone. In this book, he also talks about how he got out of his war life, started his new life in the United States. ]]> 2017-05-18 04:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172485712 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172488079 "I can't walk through the park 'cause it's crazy after dark
Keep my hand on my gun 'cause they got me on the run
I feel like a outlaw..."
Similar to the lyrics of the song, Ishmael did not feel like a normal boy when they handed him the gun to go into war for the first time. After a while, Ishmael started to notice that it was not safe to be out after night, and all of the boys would sleep with there guns clutched to them as they slept every night. ]]> 2017-05-18 05:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172488079 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172866610 2017-05-19 18:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172866610 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172867226 2017-05-19 18:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172867226 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172869000 2017-05-19 18:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172869000 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172870412 2017-05-19 18:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172870412 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172871096 "As we were ushered into the truck, I stared back at the verandah where the lieutenant now stood, looking in the other direction, toward the forest," (130).]]> 2017-05-19 18:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172871096 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172871305 “We stayed in a big unfinished cement brick house along with other boys...During the day they mingled with the civilians, and we helped in the kitchen” (101).]]> 2017-05-19 18:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172871305 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172871678 "He gave me the gun. I held it in my trembling hand." (109).]]> 2017-05-19 18:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172871678 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172872603 "As soon as we had crossed the clearing, the rebels sent some of their men to catch those who had made it to the bush"(25).]]> 2017-05-19 18:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172872603 kcollins034 https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172878442 "I become really upset and almost slapped the man, who insisted that I must present proof of birth in Sierra Leone even after I had told him no one had the chance to assemble documents of such nature when the war rerached them"(189).]]> 2017-05-19 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kcollins034/nhu5gc5y8a3r/wish/172878442