What would Ishmael’s grandfather give him and his brother? Explain how this impacted him. What if we had this, how would it impact the world?

As Ishmael is walking through the forest, he finds a lemon shaped fruit and it reminds him of the time his grandfather would give him and his brother special medicine. This special medicine would be on medicinal leaves where were on trees whose barks had important medicine. With this medicine that their grandfather gave them, it enhanced their brain’s capacity to retain and absorb knowledge. This impacted Ishmael’s school life by becoming one of the top students of his classes. He would be able to remember every note, as if he had a picture of them in his mind, he wrote during quizzes and tests. As …show more content…
In chapter 10, Ishmael thinks about the big celebration his town used to have. His town would have women singing about fights, gossips, etc… Do you think that this celebration would continue being celebrated after the war? Explain why, or why not.

When Ishmael and his friends had entered a village, the villagers immediately welcomed them to stay for a feast the village was going to have that night. As evening approached, the feast got started and had people playing drums, dancing, singing, etc… As Ishmael explains, “During the festivities I thought about the biggest celebration we used to have in my town at the end org the year. The women would sing about all the gossip, drama, the fights, and everything that had happened that year” (Beah 72). Knowing that U.S holidays aren't quite like this, it's similar to any popular holiday such as New Years Eve/Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc… I would not expect this celebration to continue for at least another few years because of the damage war has done to his town, as well as the majority of the country. Another reason for not celebrating would be because of the traumatizing flashbacks those will have when reminded of the long lasting war. Most towns where left isolated because of the rebels’ invasion, killing innocent people and destroying the peacefulness surroundings. Like Ishmael, people could have horrible flashback nightmares, something they'll never forget about. Not because they want to, but because they can't forget …show more content…
There would be constant fights in between meals for no reason, hurting and beating up staff members, throwing anything in reach at them. One of the staff members, such as Poppay (man in charge of storage), got beat up by one of the boys because they'd didn't get something they wanted. As Poppay returned, he said, “Its not your fault that you did such a thing to me” (Beah 140). This specifically made Ishmael mad because even though they got hurt because of them, they still had a smile on their face. Which made him seem that they all were forced to not give up on them. But as time goes by, Ishmael meets the nurse, Esther. They met in the hospital and he had told the story as to how he got injured, he immediately regretted it because her response was the phase he hated. He even threw his Walkman (device to play cassettes) at her. But one day as he had finished telling Esther about the first dream he had about his family since war, she said the phrase, but this time he didn't get mad. The phrase finally seemed to sink in his heart and mind. It came clear to him that it didn't effect him from the guilt he felt for what he did. This was the first step to a new beginning to his