No two people on earth are alike, because at the end there is always one small difference that sets them apart. In the book “A long way gone”, By: Ishmael Beah discusses about the author himself when he was a young boy who lived in Bonthe District were the conditions were harsh, and war was happening. During the war he loses many loved ones, he learns to be strong minded through his experiences. A similar character that went through the same situation is a boy named Chava from a movie called “Voces Innocentes”, who also lives in a country where there’s war, and young boys are forced to fight a war were they have no option. During the war chava also faces many loved one losses. Just loke Ishmael, he learns to be strong minded through his experiences. Although both of these characters seem similar there is one fact that makes their outcome different. Chava is similar to Ishmael in many ways. One similarity is they both lost a loved one during war. It was very rough for Chava seeing his friends killed in front of him because another military group came in, and saved him but came in too late to save his friends. He was so in …show more content…
Ishmael has learned from his mistakes that when you are running away from the rebels you can’t stay in a village for a long time, because at any moment the rebels are going to catch up and kill everybody, and capture young boys. This experience had helped him in the long run. This is one of the experiences that has shaped him to having a strong mind. On the other hand chava had to be strong minded for his family. Every morning he would see dead bodies laying around, Soldiers coming to his school stealing young kids, yet that didn’t stop him from breaking down and giving up on life. Actually chava would find jobs in order to provide for his family, he would help her mom sell the clothes that she would