In A Torn Sierra Leone Ishmael Beah

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In a war torn sierra leone Ishmael Beah tries desperately to survive and find a safe place and a family where he can belong. Throughout his search Beah had 3 families that had a huge effect on him. The hunt for a family to belong in is one of the biggest forces driving Beah to do the many things he has done, good and bad. Much of what drives Ishmael to make the choices he makes when fleeing the RUF is the search for his biological family. After Ishmael discovers that this family is gone he seems lost and unsure where to go or what to do next until he finds a family in his fellow soldiers after joining the government, this “family” controls Ishmael changing him as a person and forcing him to do many horrible things. The final family is his
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