Even though I am only in the beginning of my reading book A Long Way Home I have noticed many things. The story takes place in New York and in many villages in Sierra Leone in Africa. The author is telling his friends in New York about his death and war filled childhood in Africa.
Ishmael Beah the author and main character is only twelve years old in his stories about him in Africa. He does not go to school and lives at home with his mother and older brother. They live in a village called Mogbwemo. His brother and friend like to listen to and preform rap. One day the three of them decide to take a twenty mile walk to a modern town Mattru Jong to see rap videos on a big TV in the town square. Along the way they plan to meet up with more friends.
When they meet up with their three other friends in Mattru Jong they take a rest and sleep at a friend’s house. The next day they find out that the rebels had attacked the village of Mogbwemo where Ishmael and his brother lived with their mother. The boys decided to go back to see if there mother was okay. When they arrived they came to see that their mother was nowhere to be found. They went back to Mattru Jong with their friends and formed a group of boys and some adults. The group in fear that the rebels would be in Mattru Jong next they went from village to village with their guns getting food , weapons and bullets however they can most the time by killing. There was one time when Ishmael and the group shot another group of boys for cooked food.
Now many people may think this is cruel and mean, but these boys had no choice. They had to fend for themselves and they did it in the best way they could. What I think is that it is unfair that the boys had to make these decisions. They are now scarred for life and their dream will forever be haunted.
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