“The past is dead, let it bury it’s dead, it hopes and its aspirations, before you lies the future, a future full of golden promises” (Jefferson Davis) “A Long Way Gone” was written by Ishmael Beah and published in 2007. This is a novel about a young boy who was affected by war. Ishmael Beah experienced a lot of horrible things because of the war like losing his family. He later is recruited by the rebel army. The rebel army gives drugs to the recruited child soldiers and make them addicted so they
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“A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah is a book about the loss of Innocence at the hands of war. Unfortunately this happens to many children across the world every day and it has throughout history. When the book begins Ishmael is a normal boy. He hangs out with his friends playing soccer and listening to music. He has not seen much violence yet and the the only form of war he is seen is in movies and in literature. He has not witnessed a murder or seen the terrible things he will later in his life
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water during spring time but nowadays children are typically faced to what reality is, that many people are poor, they are now faced to this problem that they tend to shoulder what an adult is experiencing. Poverty is the typical problem known by them, they saw their parents suffering at work just to make an everyday living because of this some help their parents to work even if it means not going to school and not being able to play like any other children at their age, some were forced by their
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Nicole Betty Violence and Children Child Soldiers Children as soldiers is a phenomenon that is so far fetched in our culture that to believe that other countries have these kids in combat zones is implausible. The realities of these young children soldiers are real and many of these young lives are lost. These young children are recruited in a number of ways, the immense aftermath is undeniable, and the factors, such as environmental, physical, and economic, that encircle their basic need
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Missing Kevin’s mom asked him if he will go over to the mall and buy some milk to her. Kevin is 16 years old and lives with his mom and little brother Toby. Toby went to the mall with Toby. There were many people, so Kevin took Toby’s hand. They looked after the milk, and finally they founded the milk. Kevin took the milk, and walked up to the cash register, so they can pay for the milk. When he had paid for the milk, he walked out of the mall without Toby, he forgot him. He walked away, and had
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they were forced into the war. According to the article, “What Are Child Soldiers?” they have stated how people recruit child soldiers. It says, “Children get abducted and forced to kill people. Either military or nonmilitary groups recruit them, bribing them with safety, food, and shelter. Once they are bribed, they are given drugs.... The reason why children are the main target for soldiers is because their easy,” (Choia, 2017). This demonstrates that it is not their fault because they were forced
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Lina Sue Park’s emotive narrative A Long Walk to Water is based on Salva Dut’s real life conflicts, highlighting his tenacity through the adversity that he faces. Furthermore, it was able to capture the intolerable levels of privation that refugees experience. The eleven-year-old protagonist of the narrative, Salva, has been isolated from the rest of his family. Having to walk from his village to a refugee camp, he suffers greatly from thirst and hunger. Experiencing more hardship, devastation, and
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A Long Way Gone is a memoir of Ishmael Beah. At the age of twelve years old his life was changed completely when he was first touched by war when the rebels first attacked his home town, Mogbwemo in Sierra Leone. This book shows the hardships, loneliness, violence and cruelty Ishmael went through. With Ishmael's courage he manages to get through the hard times he faces during his childhood while having lost his innocence. This book is moving and uplifting even with the unimaginable brutality against
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The children act protects has placed organisations to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of children and young people who are unable to protect themselves from danger, abuse or even neglect. The legislation is so that the children welfare and also their development needs are being met this includes the need to protect from harm. The legislation is there to protect children so the local authorities have a general duty to safeguard the children, promote the welfare of the child, local authorities
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DfES circular 10/95 set out the role of FE colleges in helping to protect children from abuse, under the terms of the Children Act 1989. 1.3 This circular was superseded in September 2004 by new statutory guidance on child protection, entitled Safeguarding Children in Education. Safeguarding Children sets out the requirements to provide a safe learning environment, identify young people suffering or likely to suffer significant harm, and take appropriate action in full partnership with other local
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