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In Chapter's 1-4, we were introduced to Ishmael's life and we found out that he was a regular that likes hip-hop songs but particularly rap. He and his friends were on their way to the talent show in Mattru Jong when they witnessed the cruel reality of war in their country. They were alone, hungry and trying to survive the war, but everyone was too afraid to help them because the rebels were recruiting kids now.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 of A Long Way Gone, Ishmael was a normal boy living in Sierra Leone. He would play with his siblings and also his friends. To pass by time they would listen to rap music and sing along to the music. One day when they were on their way to a rapping competition,their hometown got attacked by the RUF or also known as the rebels. The rebels killed many innocent people and the boys decided to stay at the city where they were currently at. It wasn't long until they rebels attacked again and they were forced to hide and and run for their lives.
ReplyDeleteIn the book so far, we see that at first, the author is living a comfortable life. We see that he gets into rapping with some friends and his brother and practices with them in his free time. One day, his rapping group went to a talent show and left home. When they arrived, they heard the news of their hometown being attacked by the rebel forces. By then, it wasn't long before he had his first taste of war when the RUF showed up and started killing by the dozens. Eventually, he was abducted by the rebel forces and was brain washed.
ReplyDeleteWhat is congealed? Mm, Solid I suppose.
ReplyDeleteI want to know how ishmael got into the child soldiers. Tell me. Spoilers don't hurt me.
So far only that one kid who didn't want to get his things left behind got killed. Those rebels looked at them, but no one was captured as of yet. Will they get caught? Well, it was mentioned before, so... It should be soon.
As much as I want Ishmael to be uncorrupted.. It can't be help.
In the beginning of the book ishmeal started the book by explaining how fun his childhood was. He first began with the goal of participating in a talent show with his brother Junior and his friend Talloui. then in the next chapter he would talk about his nightmares of himself and things he remembered from the past. Also the RUF came into the little village and started to make massive killings of people. Ismael didnt know what to do. Ismael and his brother junior and his friend were desperate for food.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning, he and his buddies were having such a good time, being kids, not having a care in the world. Ishmael is having a blast with his brother and their friends up until they caught a glimpse of war. That small glimpse made the children run away from danger. It ended up making them suffer from extreme hunger so they returned. Not once but twice. Unfortunately, the second time they were captured by the rebels.
ReplyDeleteIshmael was living the life of an average boy his age would live in the US, until war broke out in his village. He has heard of the war occurring before, but to him the stories that were being told sounded as if they were in a faraway land. Lucky for him, he wasn't in his village. when the rebels began attacking. He was on his way to a Rap Talent Show. However, he did have to go back for some food, and money. He got back safely, but there he wasn't able to buy anything for they feared he might be a child soldier.
ReplyDeleteIn chapters 1-4, we are introduced to the protagonist Ishmael. At first, he leads a normal life as a kid who likes rap. Everything was fine until the boys start to experience horrifying terror. The Rebels were strategically committing mass murders.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the book Ishmael is talking about the first time he experienced war. He is also talking about how he and his older brother and their friend started a rap group. Throughout the book Ishmael decides to skip school to go to Mattru Jong. On his way there they pass through Ishmael grandmothers village. They arrived to Mattru Jong when they got news of that the rebels attacked mining fields in that area. They decided to get away from where they were at because they gto news about that they were going to get attacked by the rebels.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 1-4, we introduce Ishmael's life story from have the best childhood ever until the rebels have being distorting villages, lives, their minds and the change of feelings. Now the survivors, are looking for a safe place, but everywhere (not everywhere) they saw dead bodies, or villagers are getting shot.
ReplyDeleteThroughout what we had read in chapters 1-4 ,lots had happen. Ishamel, Junior, and his friend Talloi began to listen to hop music from the west and dressing like them to, One day they were going to a contest or a concert somewhere past Kabati where his grandma lives. But one day he had went back there was so many people hurt and he hide while he seen all these people hurt , he had nightmares after that. Going back home he sees his dad, the one who's relationship was ruined by his step mother. But after all that one day in his town you hear gun shots and people running around on the ground and running here and there, next thing you know they run away and ended up starving somewhere coming back to their town realizing most of them where dead in the ground.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning Ishmael and his friends are wanting to go to a rap competition. On the way there they visit his grandma in Kabati. They left and got to Mattru Jong and stayed with some friends. The next day their friends came back early because teachers had sent them. In turned out that the rebels had struck in a town nearby.
ReplyDeletein the chapters 1-4 it starts of by Ishmael heading to another town within his friend and brother for a rap contest. Then they heard that their hometown was attacked so they headed back. As they kept on going back home they kept on meeting people that were injured along the way and they knew that their was no home to return to. They hid and went back to the town they were in. The soldiers soon came and attacked so now they are homeless.
ReplyDeleteIshmael began the book on the time he was in New York and his friends there where asking him questions about the war. He starts explaining what he was doing and where he was before the war began. He talks about his family and how they are. The rebels got to them when him, his brother Junior, and their friend Talloi where on there way Mattru Jong to participate in a friends concert because they where interested in rap. They where able to get away from the rebels but now they don't have a place to sleep or food to eat. They are trying to go back to there home in Mogbwemo to find there family.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter's 1-4 in A Long Way Gone, Ishmael began the book by conversing between him and some high school friends discussing about his past life in Sierra Leone. Ishmael starts off with a everyday living in Sierra Leone. His friends, brother, and himself travel their way down to a talent show in Mattru Jong where they'll battle rapping hip-hop songs. As they're making there way down to Mattru Jong, they'd stopped by his grandmothers house and then later find out that there country is in a war. Ishmael, his brothers and friends were alone, starved and trying to hide in order to survive the crucial war. The main problem is that many people were afraid to help them because they heard that the rebels were forcing young boys to join, in which it left the boys alone and starving.
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ReplyDeleteAt this point of the novel ishmael and his friends and their brothers had a blast at the beginning but his relationship with his dad was not ok. He like rap so hes going through a talent show at mogbwemo matru jonge. RUF attacked mogbwemo they end up with people they don' a few months later the village got attacked. The boys escaped but, they have no money so they go back to mogbwemo. They have money but the people don't want to sell to any child soldiers. They stole from strangers for survival.
ReplyDeleteIn the situation of chapter 1 Ishmael introduces himself. Everything seems fine at first because the RUF hasnt attacked his hometown. The RUF (Revolutionary United Front) was a group of people who were against their government. At first they were a group of peaceful people who only wanted change in their government system. But Later the RUF was becoming violent and aggressive towards people in villages. The RUF was cutting people body parts off and killing people. Instead of the government helping out their people from the massive killings. They were joining into the massive killings. If you didn't support the RUF you were killed , if you didnt support the government military you were killed. People didnt really have a choice either way they were killed. At first Ishmael was avoiding the situation in his country he was happy. Ishamel was very intrigued by rap music . He wanted to participate in a talent show in another village . On his way there the RUF attacked in a village they were passing by . They wanted to go home to find money so they can buy food. They make it home and get the money. But no one wants to sell him food because people dont want to give up their food.
ReplyDeleteIsmael, Junior and their friends go to a talent show without telling their parents because where they live is considered a safe place. Along the way they visit Junior's grandmother where we start to know the relationship with Junior, Ismael and their father. The father's various wives apperently have trouble accepting the fact that both these boy need an education so the father doesn't pay for it and instead the father pleases the wives more rather than pay for his sons' education. Later on these boys see people running in blood, running with their children, people dying, people crying and many loved ones dying right before their eyes. RF comes and the violence starts. He wakes up in New York where we see that he was the one that caused the terror.
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Chapter 1: he had a perfect life. He had lots of friends. He saw monkeys in the streets. He did not have a good relationship with his dad because the step mom didn't let him pay for their school. Chapter 2: Ishmael was dreaming about war and how they would kill people, so this means that he was a child soldier and he has done most of that killing. The story is based on a man who is named Ishmael that was a victim of the war in sierra leone. Ishmael left home with his older brother junior and their friend Talloi that where both an year older than Ishmael, they were heading to Mattru Jong to participate in a talent show. He is from makhuemo.
ReplyDeleteIshmael first started of as a normal boy living a normal life and doing what normal boys did in his culture. One day he found out that his home was invaded by an organization called RUF, who is fighting to be free of a corrupt government. He slowly starts to come into contact with war and experience what war brings.
ReplyDeleteIn the book so far, we see that at first the author is living a good and comfortable life. We all can see that he gets into rapping with some friends and his brother. He practices with them in his free time. One day, his rapping group went to a talent show and left home. When they got home, they heard the news of their hometown being attacked by the rebel forces. By then, it wasn't long before he had his first taste of war when the RUF showed up and started killing by the dozens.
ReplyDeleteBetween chapter 1-4 Ismael travel towards town with his friends in order to see a talent show. he shows everyday living in Sierra Leone and shows what his likes and dislikes. On the way towards the town they here that soldiers have gone terrorizing villages and lil towns and he hears his own village has been attacked. as his life keeps proceeding he sees it change entirely into a warzone into the blink of an eye.
ReplyDeleteChapter 1-4: He had a perfect life where he's bearly getting to know whats rap, bearly how to dress up stylish and he would have fun with his friends. One day he went to a concert (contest) rap it was next to her grandma house passing Kabati. That all change when he hear his home town was attack. On his way back to his home town he sees injured people by then he had nightmares.
ReplyDeleteSo Far in The Long Way Home, Ishmael has gone from living a normal life to hiding from the rebels to escape the chances of becoming a child soldier. Ishmael is longer at his parents side and is on his own with his older brother and some friends hiding from the rebels. He has witness people getting shot and killed, and has come to know what a real war is compared to what he thought it was. Ishmael, along with his brother and friends have even had to steal food
ReplyDeleteIsmael had a pretty normal childhood. He his hanging with his friends and going to a talent show. All that has changed when he heard from his friends that rebels are attacking his homeland. There was people that was attacked from his home town that showed up to the village that he was in. They came out alive, but they look like that they been through hell and back. People had been injured with gun wounds and dead bodies in the vehicle. He knows that his homeland is now a lifeless village and he must move on. He just know two things, either that his parents are dead or that they are not there. He needs to move on before the real trouble comes to him.
ReplyDeleteIshmael and others were going to a talent show and had fun along the way. Ishmael went to go see his grandma but his grandma was worried of where they were going. He is not in school because his father does not pay for it. He then goes to see his mother and his brother. He found out later that rebels attacked and is scared. He saw blood and dead people and a bomb went off and it killed a blind man.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the chapter, he would act like a normal boy.he would go out with his friends, play around, and pretty much, not worry about anything. During the second chapter, we start to hear about the attacks in his home village. He eventually becomes a child soldier, and starts killing people. He then mentions that he was in New York, so his story goes back and forth.
ReplyDeleteIn the first chapter it was Ishmael living his great childhood,second he traveled with his friends to a talent show to perform but is later notified that his home village mogbwemo has been attacked by the rebels. He decides that his parent could be possibly dead or not there anymore, that night he experiences what happens in real war seeing all the injured and people arriving and falling dead in front of him. He learns later that night the rebels were coming to attack the village he was in, so he and his friends kept moving to the next village and stayed at the next village they were in. A messenger from the rebels was sent to the village to receive them with open hands but the towns people wer getting scared, the messenger came for a few weeks and stopped after. The people thought the rebels weren't going to come so they calmed and continued with their daily life. While Ishmael was cooking gunshots were heard and the rebels had came to attack the village. Ishmael and co. ran away from the village with rebels following after them. After a hour of running the rebels stopped following them and left back to the village. Ishmael and co. were hungry they were in search of food
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning Ishmael and his friends were just ordinary kids that fulled around and had fun. They got into rapping and hip hop and they were about the go to a school play then the rebels struck his home villige. Him and his friends were going back to see what was going on, then he saw the people in the car and everyone else who were leaving from where he was going to. He started to get memories of when he was with his mom and the rebels were at his village. ._.
ReplyDeleteIn capters 1-4, i know that Ismael and his friends were in a house and while Ismael was cooking some food which was rice they heard some gun shots from not so far away from the rebeles, they tried to remain calm as the gun shots got closer and closer. Then the rebels arrive to the village were Ismael and his friends were. They came out from where they were hiding and they all began to run away to get to some were safe where there werent no more gun shots. But then Ismael past out and wakes up in New York and we see that he was the one that caused the terror.
ReplyDeleteIn the past four chapters in the book A Long Way Gone it has gone through the way he has lived as a child, a wonderful every kids perfect childhood full of adventures and friends. Along the way he discusses how he never expected a simple trip with his friends would be the last time he would have seen his family. The atrocities that he saw with his bare eyes as blood fell down of wounded people, bodies everywhere he saw, a woman carrying her baby who was shot without her knowing. The mind of an innocent child was no longer there for the images he now carried on his head were far to dreadful to ever go back to his previous views of life.
ReplyDeleteOn the first chapter, Ismael, his brother, and his friends went off to see a talent show. That same day was just another normal day for him to enjoy with his surrounding. On chapter two, Ismael had this flashback that it felt real. His flashback talked about Sierra Leone and his days as a soldier. He carries his AK-47 with him to attack the village for their food. On chapter 3 - 4 Ismael and his crew saw the rebels. They face with struggles through their journey, so they made a decision to go back to Khalilou's house to get money for food.
ReplyDeleteIsmael was living a normal life in Mogbwemo until war attacked his surroundings. RUF was an organization that was going against the government and they were hurting innocent people in a very violent way. If people didn't support RUF, they would get killed. Ismael was a kid who didn't knew nothing about war, him and his brother are looking for a way to survive by stealing food because people don't want to give up their food.
ReplyDeleteChapters 1- 4 of A Long Way Gone. Ishmael starts the book off with positive scenarios. Him and his friends find interest in HipHop and decide to demonstrate their skills in rap at a talent show a bit far from home. In addition to the talent show, the book includes average day to day events for example, Ishmael includes the event of having fun in a river with his friends. A sudden twist occurs, while Ishmael and his friends are in a different town, Ishmael's hometown is said to be attacked by the Rebels. Next on the list of towns to be attacked is the one he is in at the moment. He experiences this war scene himself. Hiding in bushes, running away from dangerous men and dreading his thoughts about where his family could be. He continues the path in front of him that he can not see.
ReplyDeleteWell, it was about how he had a normal life he was still young because he shared a bed with his friends played in the river and just had fun they saw his mom and lil brother . Then the book talks about how the rebels had attacked his town so thats why school was canceled and then Ishmael decided to finde her grandma but didn't so him and his brother and a friend ran away avoiding the rebel because they where causing pandaemonium
ReplyDeleteIshmael says his life is remarkable and some points just normal and at this point is heading for the talent show that is far from his hometown. He is interested in Hip Hop and rap music to present in the talent show. Heading over then rebels attacked their area and he experienced a crime scene himself. Escaping from rebels for his life, getting chased and at the same time his thoughts are where can his family be.
ReplyDeleteIn chapters 1-4, Ishmael has gone from living a free and safe life style to now being one filled with violence and danger. The story starts off with the thought of Ishmael going off to a talent show with his brother and friends. Throughout the chapters 1-2, his life is quickly changed from him traveling to this talent show towards the town of Mattru Jong to then having to fear for his life and go into hiding due to the attack the RUF has placed upon Ishmael's hometown. From what we have read in chapters 2-4, Ishmael is now suffering through all the violence that is going on; he is separated from his family and is learning to live and survive the violence that the RUF is placing. The RUF seems to be extremely violent in where civilians suffer greatly from the torturing methods this organization runs themselves.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 Ishmael started off as a normal kid that only worried about playing with his friends and having fun. Although he had a childhood with few problems, he didn't always get along with his dad and didn't have a good relationship with him because they rarely saw each other. He also didn't have a form of stability in his life because his parents are not together so he goes back and forth between both his moms, and his dads house. He also didn't go to school because his dad refused to pay for it. His life went from was only worried about rap and talent shows when from one day to the next he experienced people being killed right in front of his eyes. He then ran away trying to ascape from being killed or taken by the RUF and be forced to fight with them.
ReplyDeleteIn chapters 1-4, Ishmael had a normal childhood and all, he went out with friends and goofed around a lot. But then in the other chapters, he and his friends start seeing things you don't normally see, like their whole village covered in blood and people dying right before their eyes.
ReplyDeleteWhat all began as a fun trip turned into a life or death situation in a short amount of time.Ismael was living a normal life in Mogbwemo until the war spread to his area. RUF was an organization that was going against the government and they were hurting anyone standing in there way. If people didn't support RUF, they would be killed as if they were nobodies. Ismael was a kid who didn't know anything about war, him and his brother are looking for a way to survive by stealing food because people don't want to give up their food.
ReplyDeleteIn the book A Long Way Home, Ishmael started the book by saying how his childhood was. He explained how him and his friends liked rap music. He explained in detail how they would dress. After time, everything began changing when the RUF started to show up in different places and killing innocent people. He explained how he had left home with his friends to go to a dance competition i think, and he didn't know that would be the last time he would see his parents.
ReplyDeleteAfter time passed, he began involved with RUF and the people that were with him also began killing innocent people.
In the first few chapters ishmael were just like any other ordinary kid who likes to have fun and do things with his friends. His life was normal in the beginning. Apparently his parents relationship didn't work out so he was stuck in between where he has to spend time with them separately. But he didn't bond with his dad as much because he didn't see him alot. After a while something happen with the RUF which was an organization that was against the government, hurting innocent people.
ReplyDeleteIshmael was living a normal life with no worries although he knew it was a war going on. He was a regular kid. He liked rap music and the style and to rap even if he didn't understand what they were saying. He didn't really have a good relationship with his dad. I guess his dad brought women in and out of his life to be stepmothers but Ishmael didn't like them nor like how he dad let his mother struggle on her own. Which led to him not being able to attend school. Him and his brothers had to travel within cities to escape the RUF and their killing. They were going to find their parents but they decided not to. They went through an escape way avoiding all guns and grenades and all. Surviving and succeeding so far.
ReplyDeletein chapters 1-4 ishmael was a little kid that wants to be a dance star and just playing and hanging out with his friends.he was just a normal kid,but he did have some problems with his dad because of his stepmothers. he also had to go back in forth with his mom and dad so his family has not that perfect. he also did not go to school because they could not pay for it , but it didnt matter to him. he wanted to become a famous rapper and dancer he noticed that there was a talent show coming up so he decided to leave without telling his parents. then all he can think about is running away from the RUF. They made it alive and left to another place. then they went back to go get some money and then most of them made it back alive
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 Ishmael starts off as a kid in Mogbwemo. He's just having fun playing with his friends until a problem began. Ishmael didn't have a very wealthy family, and he didn't get along with his father that well. As he was playing with his friends these soldiers came to attack his home town as he visited his grandmother. He wanted to go back but it was too late.
ReplyDeleteIn chapters 1-4 the author started by introducing himself as a young kid,playing,laughing,and so on. Later on we start to learn more about his family,friends,and culture. As we go farther into the story we start to see the problems that are affecting everyone in the villages and soon we see how all their childhood turns from good to bad. We also see how everyone starts to fade away.
ReplyDeletehe had a normal child hood, he played games with his brother, he explored around him, then he started to see people murdered in front of him and he had to run for his life with his brother, and ask people for food.
ReplyDeleteIn the story " a long way gone " the book is about a young kid who was on his way to hi grandmas house. They had a really calm journey, until something went wrong, Once in the village, they hear that someone/thing was coming. That someone were the Rebels or the RUF. In other words, the RUF is also called the Revolutionary united front and was started in 1992. the rebels attacked the village and killed lots of people.
ReplyDeleteIshmael was a normal boy that didn't care about anything, he just wanted to have fun with his friends. He was really into hip hop music from America. He was really influenced with the way the people dressed in their hip hop music videos, he would wear baggy pants and sneakers like the artists.One day the rebels came and attacked nearby villages so he had to keep running, he saw many people die in front of him. RUF was a rebel army that fought a failed eleven-year war in Sierra Leone. Ishmael was taken by RUF and forced to fight.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 Ishmael started off as an ordinary kid who was only worrying about himself and friends. Ismael lives in Mogbwemo, he lived with his father and his brother, Junior. Ishmael didn't get along with his father as well, his father didn't really took care of them. Ishmael doesn't attend school because his father refuses to pay for their school. Ishmael said that he knew that there was a war in sierra Leone but the only visual he had was Rambo. The only way that Ishmael went from reality to fantasy was by using the idea of rap. He saw that the rebels, RUF, began killing a lot of people and was closed of being caught.
ReplyDeleteIn chapters 1-4 Ishmael had no idea what war was like he had only heard of war from the Rambo movies he was spending his days like everyday like a normal kid playing with his friends until the war was taken to them the rebellion was getting closer and they were in the dead smack middle of all of it, the RUF was getting closer and closer mostly every were they went people were running in fear that the RUF was gonna reach their town they had nowhere to go they were scared, alone, and hungry.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 Ismael was living free with his family and he enjoyed his freedom.
ReplyDeleteuntil he heard about the Ruf he thought it wasn't in important until he heard people talking about it.
He got scared and start worrying,
In chapters 1-4 from the book A Long Way Gone Ishmael talks about his home of mogbwemo. He describes tis place to be safe from the war. The war is near their home town but it hasn't gone very far as of territory. He is going with his little brother to a talent show, short time after they left they arrived to their grandmother's house. They left to go to the talent show short time after they arrived. Suddenly people started running from the roads and Ishmael and his brother also ran with them because they saw that some of those people were injured. When they stopped they heard that the mogbwemo had been attacked by revels. Few days passed and they were from town to town because they were running away from the revels. They all stopped in a town and stayed for a few days but suddenly the revels attacked and everybody was running for their lives to cross the lake. Ishmael and his friends survived. The RUF stands for Revolutionary United Front.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4, Ismael was a regular boy, who was not worried about anything besides his style. He loved to just have fun with his friends and he just wanted to be like a "cool" kid. He didn't have a good relationship with his dad, since he hardly got to see him. He left his home to visit his grandmother, with his friends, and start practicing for talent shows. From that point on, they saw people get killed by the RUF, and tried to escape.
ReplyDeleteIn chapters 1-4, Ishmael's life was somewhat remarkable when he was a kid, and the only thing that had worried him during that time was playing around with his friends and having fun. Also his childhood had some problems over the years. He has had a bad relationship with his father, because he hasn't seen his father in a long time, and plus his parents are separated, and the stability of their family is pretty much broken. Ishmael couldn't go to school because his dad denied to pay for it. He had a love for rap music with his friends, and attended to a talent show.
ReplyDeletei just remember when he killed kids and eats on the kids body with no remorse
ReplyDeletei remember when ishmael went back to there home to find there parents and when they got there their parents where gone and got some money to buy food but the people didn't want to sell them any thing.
ReplyDeleteAll i remember about the book is that the RUF went to villages and attacked the people and they chopped of people's fingers off but not their thumbs and they also did that to one baby.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I remember of the book is that Ishmael was just a normal kid. One day they were going out of town for a talent show to realize halfway there that there town has been attacked and the people were fleeing. Some suffered a gruesome fate that ishmael got to witness. Even when he is older he is still conflicted by this as he has flashbacks of what he used to do or see. That war ruined his childhood of having fun, rapping with his friends and turned it into killing people without any remorse and even using that corpse as a chair to sit and eat on.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 1-4, we were introduced to Ishmael, his family, friends and community. At first al seemed more than joyous, but after the war reached their towns everything became chaotic. After the RUF began invaded their lands, people who were known for being happy and kind now became very paranoid. The RUF began killing people in order to place fear upon the lives of others. Ishmael and his friends left for a Talent Show when this all began in his village, and became separated from his family. Also Ishmael, although not yet in the story, was a young soldier who killed with no remorse.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 I remember when the RUF took over the city Mogbwemo and him and his friends were running for there life. So when they were running for there life they past an old man that was blind and they didn't help him. That's all i remember.
ReplyDeleteIshmael and his friends were heading to Matru Jong for the talent show and then they heard about the attacks of the rebel back in Mogbwemo. Then they went back home and found out that many families had been separated because of the attacks and now Ishmael is learning to live and survive despite the violence that the RUF is placing.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 Ismael, Junior, Talloi were going to a talent show and didnt tell there parents because they were going back home but then the RUF were killing innocent people and then the people were running away to save them selves and them Ismael and his brother and friend lost their family and family friend.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4 is about,Ishmael's life where he was bron from which is serrion leon,also talks about his parents which they are separted and his father has a wife,and his mother hasnt found someone she struggles a lot because she could only pay for one child to go to school and not Ishamel,also is about his family is educated because his grandpa was a teacher and his grandma would want him to succeed how? well because she would see him and be like aren't you suppose to be in school and stuff,also talks about how his friends and his frineds parnets,and how they got captured and what was going on in Serrior Leon they got captured because they were on there way to the talent show and got captured by the RUF the RUF was attacking Serrio Leon,killing innocent ppl they were doing this to over throw the presiden
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1-4. Ishmael was born in Sierra Leone 1980 and he move to the U.S in the 1998. He talks about his life in Sierra Leone. He tell us that they listen to music but doesn't know english. For his family education is important. His grandmother is a teacher. His mother doesn't have enough money to paid for school. His dad use to paid for the school but he is with someone else and he stop paying.
ReplyDeleteIshmael started his life story by saying that how him and his friends were sing a rap song(I don't remember what song or the artist) that they're going to preform in kambia a talent show. As they walk they heard in the radio that the rebellion group called RUF.
ReplyDeleteIsmael started the book by introducing himself and his surroundings including his relationship with people. Then they had stated that they were going to the talent show. But in a turn of events, The RUF were heading towards the village. As they came closer and the rebels did not show, the villagers ran. People died when trying to get away.(lets not forget about the messenger that had RUF carved into him and his fingers cut off and only had thumbs) Later on, Ismael his brother and friends got away and soon reached a village, which was abandoned recently. They found food and even money. They tried to go to the shops, but had problems getting through the RUF. Hiding in the dead bodies, then ran to the shop(or the other way around) and tried to buy something but the owner refused to keep the food to themselves. I am sure we ended when they were going to be captured.
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