A Long Way Gone Chapter 1 Part 2

Chapter 1
Part 2.


What difference can you explain between him and the other students? The other students think that the war hes been through was cool. What they don't know is the emotional and physical pain that Ishmael encountered during the war. They don't know the reality of living the life with war everywhere around them.

How was he when he first encountered war? War wasn't a good sight to Ishmael, because everywhere he goes he would always witness people getting murdered and wounded. Not only that but a sight of people running everywhere, running from death that came upon them, and the sight of blood everywhere.

What is an example of a Western Civilian? An example of a western civilian is a place where not much of a war is going on.

Why did he love hip hop? Ishmael loved hip hop, because the way they dance, and the way they sing their songs. Hip hop on the other hand was also fashionable.

Why do you think he was mesmerized by the blacks on TV? Ishmael was mesmerized by the blacks on, because they could sing in English really fast, and how the words goes with the beat.

What was the father’s reaction to the rap? What did he want them to watch instead? His father wasnt into rap, because it doesn't teach you anything good. His father wanted him to watch the news instead.

Can you relate to him and his fascination about another culture? And desire to dress or imitate the American rappers? Yes, I can indeed to Ishmael by his fascination of other culture, because I too love learning about other people's culture.

How was walking around town different from your town? Walking around town is very different from Ishmael's town, because the kind of war that was going on in Ishmael's town wasn't going on in my town.

What is grandma’s name? And how would you describe her. Ishmael's grandmother was known for Mamie Kpana. She was tall with a perfectly long face and beautiful cheekbones. She had beautiful dark skin, white teeth, and translucent creases on her neck.

How would you describe granddad? Everyone in the village called grandfather Kamor. He was a well known local Arabic scholar and healer in the village.

What is a sign of god luck? A good sign of good luck can either be something material or what good is going on around town.

Why was school canceled? School was canceled due to the war that was going on throughout town.

Who are Rebels, What do they do? What happens to families because of them? Rebels are people that attack town, suck as burning their houses down, and killing and wounding people. Families are torn apart due to these rebels.

What is the family relationship like? Can you relate? Having separate families? Family relationship us always being there for each other through thick and thin no matter what happens.

What does the women mean pg.11 quote? What was going on? The women meant that war was going on in the direction that they were heading to.

Give me 3 examples that showed display of a hard life and war? Give details. One example is getting separated from your family. In the book people would go looking for their family. The second example is houses getting burnt down, losing everything that you own. Rebels were cruel enough to burn down the houses. The third and last example of a hard life is people dying and losing people you love.

Give one example of the cruelty of the rebels? One example of cruelty from the rebels is them killing a lot of people.

What kind of war was going on? Pg.14 A revolutionary war was going on.

What was his dream? What do you think it meant? Have you had any dreams that were hard to tell from dream or reality? Describe. The dream that Ishmael had was about the war that he experienced. It was like a flashback. I think it meant that he was still emotionally wounded by the war. Yes, I've had dreams that was hard to tell from dream to reality.

Tell me about a time where you could not get an image out of your head? The time when I couldn't get an image from my head was the good happy times. Its like flashbacks running through my head.