Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Journal 2 - A Long Way Gone [Pages 33-93]
On page 91, Ishmael and his friends reach the outskirts of the village where they were supposed to be re-united with their families. As they arrive, however, they meet up with an old man of the village and past acquaintance of Ishmael's home village, Gasemu. Shortly after, they agree to help the old man carry bananas back to the village. Do you think it was right for them to have stopped to help Gasemu? Also, do you think it was better in the long run that they were away from the village when the rebel fire began to take place? Are you of the opinion that being re-united with their families at that moment before the crisis was more significant than their lives? I believe that although seeing their families was their only motivation to keep moving, it was better for them to have not been at the scene of the massacre. There was no evidence that their families had beenn killed when they return to the huts to look, but at least they have this information to give them further hope as they continue on.
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Markero, you do have a point they shouldn’t have stopped but then again it was a good thing they did because then they could have gotten killed in the massacre. The thing that bothers me is that I think it was destiny for them to help the old man, maybe it wasn’t time for the boys to re-unite with their family. I do feel sorry that the boys didn’t have any time with their family for the first time in a long time. Their families were their motivation to keep going but it really wasn’t fair that the boys have to go through it again, but like you said “to give them better hope as they continue on”, and that right there is so true.
Marikis C
I do believe one of their only motivations to keep going was because of their families. Maybe their complete thoughts and hopes revolved only on seeing their families and not what happens to their lives. So their actions could just have been part of their destiny, like Marikis has said. In life, I believe, things happen for a reason. If they had stopped and help him, they could of die and never see their families again. Even though they could have been close with their families again, they spared their life for hope to continue. From what I have read, the way the kids think and act shows just how mature they have to be at a very young age, just because of the war.
Stephanie Villarreal
I do think that it was right for them to have stopped and helped out Gasemu. Throughout their whole journey people helped them out. It would only be fair if they did the same.I do agree that it was better for them in the long run that they were away from the village when the rebel fire began to take place because it could have cost them their lives. As far as me being with the opinin that being re-united with their families at that moment before the crisis was more significant than their lives, Im not really sure. They didnt get to see their families,but they did survive for a while.
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