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Of A Long Way Gone Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier By Ishmael Beah

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A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a boy soldier is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah. This novel is about Ishmael's first hand experience of the Civil war in sierra leone between Mar 23, 1991 to Jan 18, 2002 .I feel the book gave a genuine glimpse of war and how Ishmael stayed alive as a refugee and showed what he had to do in order to survive in this war. The memoir also showed the corruption of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) who with the support of the Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia, attempted to overthrow the government. However, a messenger from the RUF said that they were on their side and would like to be welcomed. Nevertheless, the corrupt nature if the rebels proved that to be impossible and throughout the war they burned and raided villages, murdered and raped civilians, and they recruited boy soldiers because as a child they are very prone to manipulation because of the circumstances and because people are more reluctant to shoot a child. …show more content…

Ishmael was chosen to speak on behalf of Sierra Leone in New York to present the problem of war in the country during the civil war.
The RUF are similar to the Nazis in a sense that they both were fighting for their beliefs as a people but killed many innocent people in the process . Adolf Hitler’s philosophy was to express the superiority of the Aryan race with his perfect person being blond with blue eyes Even though he didn't look that way. Adolf Hitler had caused mass genocide of the Jewish communities throughout WW2 because he was “fighting for his beliefs”. The RUF were fighting for their belief that the Sierra Leone government was corrupt and they fought to change the balance of power and killed so many civilians in the

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