A Long Way Gone: A True Narrative Story

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A Long Way Gone A Long Way Gone is a true narrative story that depicts a young boy named Ishmael Beah and how he was influenced as a boy soldier during a Civil War in Sierra Leone. All these he never wished for! Beah’s village was attacked by rebels when he was twelve years old. To escape from brutality, chaos/violence, him, his brother and friend wanders around from villages to villages stealing foods and committing crimes. Soon, they were forced to join the army as soldier boys. Ishmael became a killing machine committing horrible/terrible crimes. He was brainwashed by story’s that were not true. In essence, the army would lie to him that the people/villagers he was killing was the enemy that destroys and kills his entire family which was

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Wuthering Heights and Heathcliff Essay

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A Wagner Matinee Revolt Of Mother

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Into The Wild Passage Analysis

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