Chapters thirteen and fourteen were by far the most graphic and heart wrenching chapters thus far. In chapter thirteen, I felt so badly for all of the boys’ first time in the battlefield. Although they had trained for that day, the initial reaction to all of the bloodshed was too much for them to handle. When Musa died from his backbone being shattered, it made my heart ache for Ishmael to know that the rebels took yet another one of his friends away from his life.
A huge part of these two chapters had to do with an excessive amount of drug use. It sickens me to know that all these boys did was do all of these drugs. That the only reason they are able to kill without feeling sorry is because of the drugs.
Another part in chapter fourteen that also bothered me was the rewards for killing rebels. I thought it was terrible that people, even though they were rebels, were lined up in front of innocent, young boys and were murdered. Just that image in my head makes me feel sick. Also being rewarded for it makes it even worse.
I admire Ishmael Beah for having the courage to write this. To not leave out details that others would be uncomfortable sharing to the public. By doing this, it makes the story seem more real and I admire him for that.
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I agree, through out the whole two chapters i kept think that they just used drugs to dull their senses and make them just killing monsters. The moment when his friend died was very sad to. I could not even imagine how much pain Josiah must have been when his spine was shattered. This writing was very good and you make a lot of good points.
I agree that these were the most heart wrenching chapters. I felt bad for the kids when they had to go into battle for the first time... they had no idea wht to expect
definately the most graphic hales. The first time on the battlefield for them must have been so frightening.
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