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#1-introduction—“You mean you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?” … “Cool.”Americans have no concept of true violence-instead they glorify the idea of it.#2-page 7 “and we had no idea that this unusual way of dressing was going to benefit us.”Foreshadowing future events and how they escape danger#3-page 7 “We didn’t know that we were leaving home, never to return.”Foreshadows the attack of his village by the RUF#4 page 8 “She followed us to the edge of the village and watched as we descended the hill, switching her walking stick to her left hand so that she could wave us off with her right hand, a sign of good luck.”Shows how superstition plays a role in their culture#5- page 13 “at least he would have the chance to bury them. He would always know where they were laid to rest, she said.”Shows how scattered everyone is and how very few people know where their loved ones are#6- page 14 “it was clear in the eyes of the baby that all had been lost.”Shows a loss of Ishmael’s childhood innocence#7- page 15 “We agreed that the war was just a passing phase that wouldn’t last over three months.”Denial—shows how na?ve they are#8 – page 16 “We must strive to be like the moon.”You should always be gentle; be the best person you can.#9- page 17 “and it pleases me to know that part of my childhood is still embedded in me.”He is still able to recall pleasant memories from before the war. Not all good was lost.#10- page 20 “These days I live in three worlds: my dreams, and the experiences of my new life, which trigger memories from the past.”Shows rehabilitation and an acceptance of his past shaping him as a person#11- page 29 “After all the trouble and risk we undertook to get the money, it became useless.”Shows that they are inexperienced with warfare#12- page 29 “That night we were so hungry that we stole people’s food while they slept.”This shows the juxtaposition of the RUFs’ crimes with the “crime” committed by the children.#13- page 31 “So hunger drove us back to Mattru Jong again.”Survival needs won out over their fear of capture#14- page 41 “Even though we tried to convince them otherwise, the villagers grew certain the rebels weren’t coming, and so they ordered us from our scouting posts and out into the fields.”Ironic because now they are the refugees that people are not really believing and they now have the knowledge of the war that the other villages do not understand. #15- page 43 “It was the last time I saw Junior, my older brother.”Foreshadowing#16- page 56 “To save a place in your memories for other things, I won’t tell you my name.”So that the boys can have space in their memories for pleasant memories before the war.#17- page 59 “Even in the middle of the madness there remained that true and natural beauty.”Optimistic-man has not been able to destroy nature even though they were destroying each other#18- page 65 “A long way gone.”They are a long way gone from their childhood innocence, families, security, home, safety.#19- page 80 “It was then that I understood why he was so quiet all the time.”Shock—also so caught up in his thoughts that he is unable to make idle conversation.#20-page 84 “I think dogs see things we do not see. Something must be wrong.”#20.5-page 87 “He stopped talking and the dogs began to cry again.”Foreshadowing of Saidu’s death—dogs are said to be intuitive (able to sense things humans cannot)#21- page 88 “‘His temporary journey in this world had ended.’ We on the other hand, had to continue.”Saidu got to end his struggle during this violent war; however, the other boys had to continue. #22-page 92- “I see that you look very sad. Your forehead used to glow naturally when you were just a child….We thought it was because you were happy all the time….And here you are, it isn’t shining anymore.”#23-pages 89 & 92- “She is funny.” & “Your parents and brothers will be happy to see you.”#24-page 96-“I wanted to see my family, even if it meant dying with them.”#25-page 99-“For a few minutes I tried to imagine what it felt like for Gasemu when his fingers vibrated to let the last air out of his body.”#26-page 100-“You will get used to it, everybody does eventually,” he said.#27-page 101-“In the beginning, it seemed we had finally found safety at Yele….there were no indications that our childhood was threatened, much less that we would be robbed of it.”#28-page 108-“The lieutenant spat on the ground and continued on, until he was sure that he had mentioned all the ways the rebels had hurt every person in the gathering.”#29-page 112-“Visualize the enemy, the rebels who killed your parents, your family, and those who are responsible for everything that has happened to you.”#30 page 114- “If you are religious, I mean a Christian, worship your Lord today, because you might not have another chance.”#31 page 124- “We were always either at the front lines, watching a war movie, or doing drugs.”#32 page 126- “My squad was my family, my gun was my provider and protector, and my rule was to kill or be killed.”#33 page 133- “Upon learning that we had all fought for the so-called army, in different parts of the country, we calmed down and talked about what bases we were from.”#34 page 134- “‘We fought for the RUF; the army killed my family and destroyed my village. I will kill any of those army bastards every time I get a chance to do so.’”#35 page 140- “‘It is not your fault that you did such a thing to me,’ he said, as he strolled through the dining hall.”#36 page 140- This made us angry because we wanted ‘the civilians,’ as we referred to the staff members, to respect us as soldiers who were capable of severely harming them.”#37 page 153- “People like the lieutenant, whom I had obeyed and trusted, had made me question trusting anyone, especially adults. I was very suspicious of people’s intentions.”#38 page 165- “It was the first time I had dreamt of my family since I started running away from the war.”#39 page 166- “That night I wanted the sky to talk to me.”#40 page 167- “‘I feel as if there is nothing left for me to be alive for,’ I said slowly. ‘I have no family, it is just me. No one will be able to tell stories about my childhood.’ I sniffled a bit.”#41 page 167 “‘Okay, you can be my sister—temporarily.’ I emphasized the last word.”#42 page 169 “I would always tell people that I believe children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.”#43 page 173 “…I didn’t know what to do in my happy state. I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness.”#44 page 175 “‘I think my troublesome days are long gone,’ I said sadly.”#45 page 180 “(After I left the center, Mambu went back to the front lines, because his family refused to take him in.)”#46 page 189 “He was na?ve about the reality I was trying to explain to him.”#47 page 193 “I envisioned it as a place where people shot each other on the street and got away with it; no one walked on the streets, rather people drove in their sports cars looking for nightclubs and for violence.”#48 page 195 “‘When you are in Rome, you do as the Romans do.’”#49 page 199 “‘I am from SL, and the problem that is affecting us children is the war that forces us to run away from our homes, lose our families, and aimlessly roam the forests. As a result, we get involved in the conflict as soldiers, carriers of loads, and in many other difficult tasks. All this is because of starvation, the loss of our families, and the need to feel safe and be part of something when all else has broken down.’”#50 page 199 “‘I have been rehabilitated now, so don’t be afraid of me. I am not a soldier anymore; I am a child. We are all brothers and sisters. What I have learned from my experiences is that revenge is not good. I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I’ve come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end…’”#51 page 200 “Because if I was to get killed upon my return, I knew that a memory of my existence was alive somewhere in the world.”#52 page 202 “I was confident that nothing could get any worse than it had been, and that thought made me smile a lot.”#53 page 203 “He advised everyone to go to work by saying that everything was in order. In the background of his speech, gunshots and angry soldiers, cursing and jubilating, almost drowned him out.”#54 page 207 “But soon enough, everyone got used to the gunshots and madness. People began going about their daily business of searching for food, even though stray bullets were likely to kill them.” #55 page 208 “I was always losing everything that meant something to me.”#56 page 212 “But soon enough, our faces tensed again, and we all grumbled as the immigration officers also asked us to pay before we could cross the boundary.”#57 page 217 “‘ If you shoot me, your mother will die, and if you don’t your father will die.’”#58 page 218 “I concluded to myself that if I were the hunter, I would shoot the monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament.” ................
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