A Long Way Gone Analysis

“I joined the army to avenge the death of my family and to survive, but i’ve come to that if I am going to take revenge, in that process i will kill another person whose family will want revenge want revenge; than revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end…” “A long Way Gone” written by Ishmael Beah and published on February 13, 2007. Its based on a true story of Ishmael Beah who became a boy soldier during a civil war in sierra leone. He was taught how to kill and move around in the forest. The army became his family basically because he spent most of his life in the army and fighting. The three most important scenes in this story include when ishmael joined the army, The lieutenant, and Uncle Tommy. The first important scene in “A long Way Gone” is how it all started. How Ishmael became a boy soldier and got brought into the civil war. This is important moment in the memoir because ishmael is a good kid, he suffered through a lot, he know killing was bad i guess killing was the only …show more content…
Lieutenant was the father in Sierra Leone Armed Services. This is an important moment in the memoir because He is the on who trained the boy soldiers and lead them to battle against RUF. Ishmael looked up to Lieutenant. When the UNICEF came to come rescue the boy soldier, lieutenant hands them over so ishmael felted betrayed and mad. One quotes that exemplifies this aspect of the book is “I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge, then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end” This quotes is important because its show the reader how ishmael wanted revenge. I also got this quote from goodreads.com. In conclusion the Lieutenant was a important part of ishmael family because ishmael claimed declares loyalty throughout the

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