As Ishmael Beah becomes accustomed to the cruel life during war in Sierra Leone, Ishmael learns that ensuring trust within the companions he meets on the battlefield keeps him “human” throughout the duration of the war against the rebels, as is displayed in A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah.
After Ishmael and his brother, Junior escape from a village Junior whispers quietly, “I do not think that this madness will last ... he looked at me as if to assure me that we would soon go home” (Beah 15).
The survivors and the brothers, Ishmael and Junior, are separated after the attack from the rebels, the only thing keeping the pair together is their dependence on each other.
As Ishmael arrives to the deserted village, the old says, “there is no need to know my name. Just refer to me as the old man who got left behind when you get to the next village” (Beah 56).
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When staying at the nameless man’s hunt after escaping from the rebels , he returns “the following morning … with food and a smile on his face that said he was glad that we were doing fine” (Beah 62).
After escaping from the capture of the rebels, the group of boys finds a nameless man that is willing to help the suffering children by giving them food and taking care of the boys’ wounds which shows that if Ishmael puts his trust in the right people, he will not be scarred by the war.
As Ishmael and his group meets Gasemu near an abandoned village he exclaims, “your forehead used to glow naturally when you were just a child. Your parents and I used to discuss how unusual that was” (Beah