Plot
A Long Way Gone is a story about a twelve years old boy, Ishmael, who lives in the war-stricken country of Sierra Leone. Ishmael and his brother go to visit their mother and younger brother in the next town. After they arrive, they hear that their village had been attacked by the rebels. The boys, and some of their friends decide to go back to their village to look for their families. They stay in Mattru Jong for a couple of days, the rebels send a messenger saying they will be coming soon. After a few days have past everyone comes out of hiding. Then the rebels come when no was expecting them. The boys make a quick break for it and make it out. The boys struggle to find food for a few days, so they decide to go back because Ishmael says he has some money. The boys accidentally make a loud noise, the rebels hear them and start shooting in their direction. The boys make it out, and head to the market; but all the vendors are not selling their food. As the boys are strolling along the forest, rebels surprise them. They are brought back to a village, where they are divided into two lines. One to become soldiers, one to be killed. Ishmael and Junior find themselves in different lines. Someone opens fire a little off into the distance, all the rebels run for cover. The boys make a run for it towards the forest. Ishmael is a long at first hiding under a tree, but then he sees his brother as well as all of their friends. Being a such a large group of boys is a big disadvantage for Ishmael and his friends. They would constantly be stopped at villages, because people would think they were rebels. They would be tied up and questioned, before the village people would discover they were just harmless boys looking for safety. The boys are staying at a new village now, where everything is going smoothly. Then the rebels made a surprise attack, when they hadn't even been rumoured to be near the town. Ishmael goes and hides in the forest under a bush. He can't find his brother or any of his friends. He looks around and finds his friend Kaloko. Ishmael wants to continue his travels looking for peace. Kaloko is too scared to go and decides to stay where they currently are. Ishmael continues on his journey walking for five days, he continues walking and makes a home in a forest for a little while. Ishmael is under the fear someone if following him on his journey.The he continues on and runs into a group of six boys, they let him join them. They stop in a village where they are welcomed by an old man who he feeds them and gives them shelter. The boys discover the Atlantic Ocean and begin playing on the beach. A man welcomes them with warm arms into his hut, and gives the boys shelter and food for two weeks. Then their host's mother tell them they must go, people are coming for them. They got caught while leaving and are questioned because they are yet again thought to be a group of young rebels. He doesn't hurt or kill the boys but tells them they must leave immediately.
1. Why is Ishmael so determined to continue on his journey?
2. Predict what you think will happen next in the novel.
3. When Ishmael stopped in a village what did we do, which made him feel accomplished.
4. What did Ishmael do to kill time when he was alone for over a month, who became his new "friend."?
5. Why are the big groups of boys stopped and questioned in villages?
6. How do the boys escape when they get captured by the rebels?
7. How did the boys need to know they need to leave the village? What happened when they tried to leave?
8. What happened when the boys went back for money? Why couldn't they but any cooked food from the market?
9. What makes Ishmael frightened while walking alone in the forest?
10. Why does Ishmael not speak to his father?
1. Ishamel is determined to continue on his journey because he is trying to find peace. He believes there will be peace in northern Sierra Leone.
ReplyDelete2. I think Ishamel will try to escape from the facility where the UNICEF organization has brought him, as he wants to continue fighting the RUF.
3. Ishmael had a huge burst of strength and climbed the coconut tree.
4. Ishamel's new friend is a snake he finds where he is hiding, and tries to distract himself from thinking of his family, and the fact he may never see them again.
5. They are questioned because the villagers think they might be RUF solidiers. Ishamel and his friends are the ideal age to be captured and forced to become rebel soliders.
6. The boys are lined up by the rebels, and the rebels hear gunshots in the distance. They turn their attention towards the gunshots, and the boys sprint for their lives into the forest.
7. People from the next village suspected that the boys were rebels, and a woman from the village comes to warn them. The boys attempted to quickly leave the area, but were caught by the villagers. They were questioned by the chief, and later came to the conclusion that the boys were innocent.
8. They had wasted their time going back for money becaue none of the vendors were willing to sell their food, as they wre beginning to salvage their food for themselves.
9.Ishamel is paranoid that someone is going to sneak up behind him in the forest. He is so on edge that is he afraid of his own shadow.
10. Ishmael doesn't speak to his father because his stepmothers never get along with Ishmael.
1. I think that Ishmael is so determined because survival is in his mind. He knows he has a bright future ahead of him so if being optimistic and facing life's everyday challenges of war gets him going, then his on the right path.
ReplyDelete2. I think next they will find shelter, but suddenly be counter-attacked by a rebel soldier.
3. When he stopped, I believe that it was due to safety and how he'd react to it.
4. Ishmael met a group of young boys his age that let him join him when he was seperated from his brother and friends. They played on the beach and just learned how to take it easy.
5. The big groups of boys are stopped each time because villagers think that they are young rebels and are going to get hurt by them.
6. The rebels hear sounds of gun fire and run for there lives, forgetting that the had captured to boys so they ran the other way to safety.
7. They must have knew from past experiences. The first time they stayed, the almost got captured so this time they're making wiser choices.
8. When they went back for money, they almost got caught by rebels because they made a loud noise sneaking back out. Once they went to where the market was, it was closed down to the rebels coming in.
9. What makes him frightened is that, he got seperated from his brother and friends and that since he is alone, anything could happen to him.
10. Ishmael does not speak to his dad because his step mom has a bad relationship with him and doesn't like him.
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