A Long Way Gone Essay Matthew Morgan Prof. Carey “On Democracy” Due: 02/27/08 For the “Everybody Reads” assignment I choose to attend the Central library book group discussion. When I first got there I was really surprised because I thought it was going to be a bigger event than what it was. There was only about 10 people total, and 5 of us were students who were there for this exact assignment. It was a really interesting discussion because half of the people that attended were my age
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The piece of literature that grabbed my attention and had a great effect on me is A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, which was written by Ishmael Beah. The book is about Ishmael and his older brother and how they survived during the war in Sierra Leone. The boys live in horrific conditions and under a constant risk for their lives. The only thing that keeps them going is their hope, faith, love and memories about their family since they were told that there family was alive. However, due
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Throughout human existence there have been casualties of war. There are those that are mortally wounded and never return home. Then there are those soldiers who are partially wounded and may come back to a society physically impaired in many different ways, potentially drawing the unwanted or unsolicited attention from curious onlookers. Some of those soldiers, however, suffer an invisible wound that manifests itself within the mind and spirit of that service member. The actual emotional and psychological
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Parole de Cups: [Verse 1:]I got my ticket for the long way ‘roundTwo bottle ‘a whiskey for the wayAnd I sure would like some sweet companyAnd I’m leaving tomorrow, wha-do-ya say?[Chorus 1:]When I’m goneWhen I’m goneYou’re gonna miss me when I’m goneYou’re gonna miss me by my hairYou’re gonna miss me everywhere, ohYou’re gonna miss me when I’m gone[Verse 2:]I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘roundThe one with the prettiest of viewsIt’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you
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Ishmael Beah had wrong “A long way gone”. He was born November 23, 1980. He was born I Mogbwemo, Bonthe District, Sierra Leone. Beah is an author as well as a human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, “A long way gone” He is 37 and still alive. When Beah was thirteen he was forced to leave and go off to be a child soldier. There’s not much about his earl school life but he did Graduate from Oberlin College with his bachelor’s degree in political science. When he moved to
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Ishmael Beah All around the world, children have no choice but to fight in war in order to stay alive. Ishmael Beah, once one of these children, now acts for those who think they have no choice but to fight. Being the author of a book titled A Long Way Gone provides a platform that allows Beah to provide a better life for those in combat during their youth. This motivational memoir is about Beah’s time as a child soldier himself. Ishmael Beah has used his firsthand experiences of war and death to
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Hope is a four letter word that has a thousand meanings. Hope can be expressed in many different ways. Google.com describes hope to be a feeling of excitement while waiting for something significant to occur. Every person experiences hope at least once a day. In the Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago was desperately trying to catch a marlin. This marlin represents hope. The marlin represents hope because it is the one thing that Santiago will not let go, it gives Santiago strength
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Cormac McCarthy ends The Road with these lines to give beauty to memories long since forgotten, and to tell the story of both the earth and mankind. Throughout the novel, the author uses descriptions as a way to add beauty the world. During the last paragraph of the novel, the author describes the appearance of trout, long since gone from the world: “You could see standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. Polished and muscular in torsion”(McCarthy
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American children is their reality. Children residing in Sierra Leone from the years of 1991- 2002 were forced to participate in their country’s civil war, having to endure countless atrocious experiences. If these children are able to evade death for a long enough time, they may be lucky enough to be moved to a completely foreign area for rehabilitation and reintegration back into regular society. However, due to their role in the war, child soldiers
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Gone Baby Gone: Moral or Immoral When we are going to speak about morality, we need to see the two faces of the coin in order to make a decision. Many people may believe that killing a killer is moral, because you are punishment in some way to a person who did something immoral like killing. Others may think that killing, even thought you are doing some kind of justice, and is immoral. That is way morality is relative, it is depend how people see the problem. In the movie, Gone Baby Gone
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