Children may have grown up in different aspects. Not all not all children grows up in good manners. All people grows up in different cultures, backgrounds and ways of life. For Ishmael, He grown up in a well mannered household. Beah 22 shows that his mother was cooking for the family for them to eat. In the book it says, “The site of the woman cooking always reminded me of the times I used to watch my mother cook “. What this quote shows is that he loves his mother. Furthermore, he says on another quote “your Father is a good man and he loves you very much “. This also shows that his father is a good man. Ishmael was then influenced to be a soldier. When ismael joined the soldiers he had no choice to join. Beah says in a quote that he was