A long Way Gone Memoirs of a boy soldier

By: Ishmael beah

Presented By: Fatir Muhammad

Introduction

• In the book A Long Way Gone, Ishmael takes a long trip from home with his

friends to a village called Mattru Jong. War is upon his home village and move

quickly in the direction they are going to. Oblivious to the fact that war is

coming, the boys are friendly of the village people from different villages they

pass. Only to be welcomed back from there trip with dread and despair of

rebels terrorizing the people. The learn quick and must survive in the wild and

evade rebels if they wish to reunite with his family.

Characters

• Characters with Major Role:

Ishmael Beah Esther Alhaji Uncle Tommy The lieutenant

Character

• Characters with minor role:

• Junior Beah• Gibrilla• Khalilou• Talloi• Kaloko

Setting

• Sierra leone (1993- 1997)

Plot

• The story takes part mostly in the village Mattru jong, and the outskirts of the village.

Themes

• Family • The importance for friendship• The importance of culture

The Culture That The Author Grew Up In

• The type of culture Ishmael was thought was to always be polite to people and to never be mean to people, specially not to elders.

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