A long Way Gone Ch:21

When Ishmael went back, I felt unease. I felt that something was about to happen. Then the war showed up. That was so depressing. I thought he could finally get away. The worst part it was the army and the rebels. Two against none, that is just wrong. Then when Ishmael's uncle dies. That was horrible. One good thing is that Mohammed was out of the army and into one of the families. That was good for Ishmael. Beah has gone through so much. Almost everything taken away. It was a good thing that he ended up as a happy ending. It made me feel good. Not like an ending that says that I am seriously sick and I only have about 15 or 20 to live. That is a sad ending, but it didn't happen.

I was just happy that the war between Ishmael and Sierra Leone is over.

A Long Way Gone Ch:19-20

I thought these chapters were very good for Ishmael. He has had very good things happen to him in these chapter. He was able to live with is uncle. He was able to live with people who were nice and kind to him, but he was worried about if they were to find out that he was in the army and killing all those people. Then he was able to go to the city. It was also good that he was able to meet a friend, Allie. He was a big help. Ishmael was able to get to know the city. Leaving Sierra Leone. Just going to America made me feel good. That finally Beah was able to get away from the war. He is finally save. The interview was just in time. It couldn't have been in any other time. It must have been terrifying for him when he was in New York. Never been there and it is a huge place. One sad thing about this chapter is that he had to say goodbye to Mohammed. It must have been horrible for him to back to war. That was depressing. Now he is going back. Lets hope the war doesn't reach him.

A Long Way Gone Ch:17-18

These chapters were better, so much better then the last ones. I like the nurse Esther. She help Ishmael so much. I felt so happy. Then she said that she would let him listen to music. Once again rap music has saved him from his evil memories. They reminded him of the good times. Esther was the nicest person to him. She listen to everything he wanted to tell her like a therapist. She would only let him listen to the music when he was there. I thought it would be better if she let him use it anytime, but I can see a few reasons by she would want him to go to see her. Then later into the chapters, Ishmael beah learned that his uncle was near were he is. When I heard that I was so delighted. When he saw his uncle. It was quite a weird moment. They have never seen each other before. The uncle was a man that was a loving and caring person. Beah was very welcomed. Ishmael learned he has many cousins. They were cousins that were refuges, but they were just as kind as the uncle. Taking care of the refuges shows that the uncle is a super nice person. That made me feel very happy for Beah. So it looks like Beah's life maybe getting better.

A Long Way Gone Ch:15-16

I felt that these chapters were somewhat good and somewhat bad. It was great the the UNICEF workers save the boys from the war, but they put the rebel boys and the army boys together. Which was not the smartest idea that they have ever had. The UNICEF workers said not weapons, but the boys smuggled them in. They were fighting all the time. The boys were also beating up the workers. The workers weren't even doing anything. I believe that they didn't know why the boys kept fighting because they didn't know what the war was like. So they don't know what it did to the boys. They knew that they couldn't do anything because this is what the army and the rebels taught them. Then when the fight was over. They finally put them in the right camps away from one another. Ishmael always has these bad memories or nightmares. All the boys do to be exact. He always has these nightmares. They are about his life as a boy soldier.

Choice Book

The Giver

I thought this book was good because I have read this before and I thought it was a really good book. It was also pretty exciting.

A Long Way Gone Ch:13-14

These chapters were so depressing. Ishmael had to kill the rebels for the army. The army was just like the rebels. It was horrible. I felt so bad for him. Everything just went wrong for him. Most of the kids were younger than him. They couldn't even defend for themselves. Then Ishmael had to take drugs. It was like three drugs at a time. They destroyed his mind. He was killing these rebels angrily. It was pretty bad. Then when he killed the prisoners for the contest to be the best. That was unbelievable. Then at night they all watch movies. The movies were all war kind. Which is not good for them. They would get brainwashed from watching this. It was horrible for their minds. Then the drugs, lack of sleep, anger, depression, no family, no nothing, just destroyed them inside. I just hope that in the future that Ishmael will soon get out of this madness.

A Long Way Gone Ch:11-12

In my opinion I thought it wasn't the happiest chapter. The boys just get so far apart from one another. It is not good for them. In my opinion they are slowly getting into a horrible state of mind, when they could just crack. The good thing about these chapters was that guy Gasemu. Ishmael knew him which was really good. He was able to remember good parts about his child hood. Gasemu also told Ishmael about stories of him. And what Ishmael would do when he was happy and angry.

Later in the chapter it was really, really depressing when they got to the village and the rebels have already attacked it. Ishmael was so made he started to get very angry with one of the boys for holding him back from the village. I thought that keeping him from the village was good because he probably would of died or been recruited. Then they got to the next village which was good because they saw kids and families, also Ishmael had something to keep him from thinking about his memories everyday. Then when the rebels came to the village. They had to start to be soldiers. That was so depressing.

A Long Way Gone Ch:10

I had some sad and good feelings in this chapter. The boys have gone through so much by now. Like when Saidu dies. It was so depressing. In some way it felt that Ishmael Beah has lost some hope. He doesn't know what will happen to him in his future. And he also couldn't cry about anything.

But there was some hope. The villages were happy that the boys showed up. I was so happy that they would celebrate. It was so nice. Then when Ishmael Beah heard that his family might be in the next village. I was so happy but some way a little sad. Because they may not be there when he shows up.

Going back to the middle of the book. I was kind of scared about the crying dogs. I thought that they heard the rebels coming. So during the night when the boys tried to sleep I felt very nervous about what would happen.

A Long Way Gone Ch:8-9

It is still depressing that know one can communicate with each other. Even though Ishmael doesn't know those other boys as well. He still stays behind them and barely talks to them. Some of the boys are trying to keep there minds out of the war. Like the leader Kanei. Which is very good for the boys. Everyday Ishmael has memories of the past, which can be either good or bad, but to my thought it may be bad.

I think there is still hope in the society. The people like the fishermen, the old man, and the young man. They won't tell them their name for protection which isn't bad, but that kind of means that they think that the boys will get caught. I feel glad that Ishmael Beah is still keeping the book so far less graphic, but soon I feel that it will get worst.

I also can't believe that rap music has also saved Ishmael once again.

A Long Way Gone Ch:6-7

I feel that Ishmael Beah was telling us that the war has spread everyone apart from each other. People don't trust one another. The boys don't even talk to each other sometimes, people are even scared of twelve year old boys. Like when they were captured and almost was killed. Ishmael Beah in my thought had one of the worst parts of the book so far in these chapters, because he lost his brother. I think as  the book moves on the feelings of Ishmael Beah are getting worse and worse. He is becoming more worried and suspicious of everything and everyone. The boys can't even go into any town with out scaring or getting hurt by other people thinking they are rebels. What is a little humorous is that rap music and their rap gang has saved them once again from death.

These chapters have also less blood and graphic parts. The only bad one was when imam was burned in the book. So that is good.

I still can't imagine what it must feel like to not eat a decent meal. They been eating unripeness oranges. Which taste awful.

By the ending of these chapters, Ishmael was alone with a friend I wonder what ch:8-9 will bring me.

A Long Way Gone Ch:3-5

After reading ch: 3-5 I felt that Ishmael Beah wrote it very differently. I think he wrote it with more of a relaxed way, not that relaxed, but it  wasn't as intense as I thought it would be. There was a lot of detail on the parts with the rebels. The book is now easier to read then the last two chapters. You may still have some thoughts about how bad it is. But you don't feel sick to your stomach thinking about was happened, like the last chapters.

It must have been so hard for these young boys to go through what they just seen and felt. They starved for a while, was captured, and threatened. I couldn't even imagine what it would feel like to starve and have to feel your stomach in so much pain. Then being threatened must have been horrible, I was nervous at that part. Some how when I was reading the book to me seemed like it was partially fiction. Because how could Ishmael Beah remember everything in that much detail, when he was about 10-16 years of age, and is now in his 20's. It was just a thought and I know it is all real. Which is crazy to me. There were so many that I thought that the 6 boys would be in huge trouble, or even in a danger incidents ous situation that they might be killed. Then it turned out hope was on their side which made me relax because I didn't want his brother or friends to die.

A Long Way Gone Ch:1-2

My feelings on these chapters were just unsatisfying. I felt like the feeling of the book, at first, was nice and funny because they rap and hip-hop. Then when they showed the people at the other village. It just destroyed all the happy feelings. The text in the book told me that there was horrible things happening. The book was so descriptive that it was hard not to imagine this. It looked like a horrible site. It sounded so depressing. How could anyone see that and not be sad forever. Still, Ishmael tries to think of something different to get those thoughts out of his mind. I think he sounds like a nice boy on my opinion. I feel depressed reading about what he had to do in the army with the kids and other adults. The pain that he feels is probably unbearable.