Hey reading buddies Along Way Gone is a very touching book in my opinion since he was so young and innocent when he went through this painful experience without his parents by his side while being force to kill. It is basic on a true story of when Ishmeal Beah was child solider back in Africa. The reason I enjoyed reading this book was because it opens the eyes of the world and shows us what is really going on with the conflicts around the world. Reading this makes me wonder why the super powers like the United States had not done all they could to stop this conflict especially when they were using kids to kill people and putting them on drugs just to stay awake and alert. It also shows us that all around the world childern are being abuse and being used in unhuman ways that are so violent that only a person that has experience the pain could explain it to the rest of the world to know.
This is a great story to have heard about because it could change your thoughts on war entirely. This should be one of the books that high school students have to read during their English classes instead of the boring Shakespeare that we are forced to read each year. Reading this book would keep that students on task and reading the book instead of going on spark notes or either not even bothering to open the book in the first place.
I am glad that he was able to escape that place he was in and was educated enough that he was able to write about his story and share it with the world in great detail and show the world what was really going on in Africa.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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