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Summary Of A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah

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Feeling weary and distraught, Ishmael Beah, in his memoir A Long Way Gone, struggles to deal with the newly unprincipled, barbarous country of Sierra Leone, which causes him to feel despondent; this is depicted through natural imagery. To emphasize, Beah speaks about his last visit to Kamator and what he witnessed: “Dogs were feasting on the burnt remains if the imam. One dog had his arm and the other his leg. Above, vultures circled” (46). Here, the imam’s deceased body represents peace and the feasting dogs and vultures represent the monstrosities that the people of Sierra Leone have become, specifically the rebels. These animals are acting ferocious, just like the country as a whole. The thoughts of what Beah has observed
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