Violence In A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah

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Ishmael Beah has experienced more violence than most ever will. The bone-chilling fact that he became a veteran in his adolescence shows this clearly. All of this is shown in his memoir, A Long Way Gone. The gruesomely-described violence in the novel causes many reactions in those who read of his suffering, myself included. Beah wrote this story about his life to show the world a hidden truth. There is a reason he so vividly included the violence he endured, and the emotional reactions help the reader truly uncover and understand the true story of the experience of a child soldier in Sierra Leone. These reactions do have specific causes that make the scenes stand out in a reader’s mind. The violence in A Long Way Gone causes shock and disbelief