Long way gone

(AS) A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah, Non Fiction, 229

By Schaefer2124

  • Chapters 1-7 pages 1-46

    Chapters 1-7 pages 1-46
    Ishmael once again fighting a dream. This time, it isn’t something his mind imagines, but an actual memory mixed up with his imagination. He is pushing a wheelbarrow with a dead body in it, and there are other bodies bleeding and dying all around him. He doesn’t know why he is taking this particular body to the cemetery, but he pushes on, oblivious to the cries of the dying. The body is wrapped in a white bed sheet and after Ishmael pulls it to the ground, he begins to unwrap it.(Total 738)

  • Chapters 8-10 pages 46-70

    Chapters 8-10 pages 46-70
    One morning immediately after the boys pass a deserted village, they hear the roar of engines or like roll after roll of thunder. They carefully crawl forward through the brush to check it out and surprisingly discover that it’s the Atlantic Ocean. Ishmael thinks that even in the midst of madness there remains true and natural beauty. They suddenly become like the boys they really are again: chasing and wrestling each other, playing somersault, and running games.(Total 762)

  • Chapters 10-15 pages 70-150

    Chapters 10-15 pages 70-150
    One Sunday morning, the corporal gives them the day off. He says, “If you are religious, I mean a Christian, worship your Lord today, because you might not have another chance.” The boys go to the square and play soccer and later go to the river to swim. Then, the corporal suddenly appears and calls them back. In the square, they are told to quickly service their guns and then to pack up ammunition, nit taking too much so they can run fast. Some of the boys continue to laugh and play,(Total 842)

  • chapters 15-21 pages 150-240

    chapters 15-21 pages 150-240
    The “Sobels” (soldiers/rebels) begin looting the money in banks, halting, searching, and stealing from people on the streets, and occupying the secondary schools and campuses. Day by day, it becomes top dangerous to be out in the open and maybe take a stray bullet. Unfortunately, the Sobels also loot all the available food and so, going out in search of food becomes necessary. Ishmael has heard of a secret market where unavailable food items are being sold to civilians. (Total 932)