Research Paper On A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah

The Effects On Child Soldiers In the book, A Long Way Gone, it said, “‘Bullet wounds,’ I casually replied” (Beah 154). In the book, Beah is so mentally changed that getting shot is not even a big deal to him anymore. Most child soldiers just like him have been desensitized to these kinds of problems. Using children in war can cause them a countless amount of mental and physical pain as Beah describes in his book A Long Way Gone. It causes the children to have countless problems being reintroduced into the outside world and will cause them to have different mental health problems. Also, as a child and not knowing how to say no, they are very easily manipulated by the leaders to do dangerous and horrible things most children their age should not have to even think about. History has proven

In the memoir, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, he tells the reader a story about how after he came back from the war that he struggled with readapting to the outer world and how to treat people with respect. In the book, A Long Way Gone, it said, “As soon as they started speaking, we would throw bowls, spoons, food, and benches at them. We would chase them out of the dining hall and beat them up.” (Beah 138). Usually, if someone has experienced a traumatic event, they will have a reaction that follows them. In the book, Beah talks about being rude and abusive to the staff at the rehab camp because he was angry to be there. Child Soldiers should be banned because if they were never put into the place of being forced into a war they would not have these social problems. Also, due to the traumatic things these children have endured, they will, unfortunately, have to go the rest of their life struggling to fit in socially. Due to the harmful impact on children's social skills from the war, child soldiers should be