Survival In Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone

When the war started affecting Salva and his village it became apparent to him that he may never see his family again. “If I die now, I will never see my family again.” (11) This thought helped Salva strengthen and have the instinct to survive so he could see his family again, which is one of the reasons he did survive. Not only did he think he would never see his family again, but he became friends with Marial, a boy from the group he was in, who was soon taken away from him as well. “It had sought out prey that was small and motionless: Marial, sleeping.” (41) While in the land of Atuot, the land of the lions, Marial was taken away from the camp while sleeping and eaten by one of them. Not only did Salva lose Marial and his family but he also lost the person he knew the most in the group, Uncle.

Do you ever tire? God, look at you, iron is what you are made of. Here we all are, half dead with weariness falling asleep over the cars and you say no landing-no firm island earth where we could make a quiet supper”(pg;839 L162-168). Many storms came and went so instead of wanting to stay there for two days, they stayed for two months. Eurylochus got what he deserved because Odysseus told them to swear they wouldn 't eat the cattle and they all told Odysseus they wouldn 't.

A van from the knackers comes to take Boxer away two days after his lung collapses. This goes to show how as soon as Boxer was of no use to the pigs, he gets sold, again for their benefit. They showed no sympathy for him, despite Boxer’s blind loyalty and him being the best worker of the farm. Reduced rations, working with an injury and ultimately dying in the end demonstrates the conditions Boxer had to go through just because of the simple reason of not standing up for himself. Boxer lets his pride takeover, leading him to disregard his own well-being.

In the memoir, “A Long Way Gone,” by Ishmael Beah, the author’s natural imagery reveals his struggle to keep hope alive as he watches his family and country fall apart. Specifically, after walking two straight days without sleeping, Beah claims that, “Even the air seemed to want to attack me and break my neck” (49). Obviously, Beah is beginning to feel as if everything is out to hurt him, as violence is spreading all across his homeland of Sierra Leone. Nature is usually meant to be welcoming, but as Beah is struggling to survive day to day and find food in constant fear of the Rebels, even something like wind can start to feel hostile. Additionally, on the third day of wandering in search of a village, in a forest so thick the sky is barely

In fact, we saw in this story that the main who is a young soldier kills his father due to the pressure of his duty. Then, the author wants to demonstrate that duty is more significant than family during war time. 8. How did you react when the identity of the horseman was revealed? When the identity of the horseman was revealed, my first reaction was surprised because I realize that Druse kills his own father and I understood why every kinds of war are destructive for family relationships.

Most importantly there is the want to live an easy and comfortable life. When joining the Samanas, Siddhartha let go of all of his luxuries and threw away the easier path in order to take one that was more challenging. “He only ate once a day and never cooked food. He fasted 14 days. The flesh disappeared from his legs and cheeks.” Siddhartha gave away everything in life he grew up to know, he put himself out there and risked his entire life and the respect of his father in order to follow the path he wanted.

An instance of this is when Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna, who was basically his adoptive son and whom he had grown very fond of but had been sentenced to death, “dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him [Ikemefuna] down. He was afraid of being thought weak” (Achebe, 44 Online). In that moment he feared that if he didn’t kill his son he would be seen as weak, so he executed his son just to prove his devotion and strength. Ikemefuna’s execution exemplifies Okonkwo’s

The leader said that if the fighters are hit with steel they will not feel a thing, their blood is hot and fast. Joby is the head of the army when the generals left behind the captain said. The officer told Joby that years and years later when he is gone, Joby should say part honored and part unpretentious how he was a Drummer Boy of Tennessee, the Drummer Boy of Shiloh. When the general leaves Joby stares into the night sky, he now has a purpose. The Civil War left numerous experiences in many young drummer boys.

This death symbolizes the boys finally losing all order and conscience that civilization used to provide them with. At the end of the novel the boys end up trying to kill ralph due to his different ideas to get off the island. As Ralph fights back Golding writes, “in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped hair, Ralph wept for the end of innocence.” (202) Saying this the author shows ralphs softer side and

He failed his parental duty to take care of his child and his needs and as a result he got Elizabeth killed. Finally, Victor learns that he has been in the wrong the entire time so he pledges to end his creation even if its the death of him. “I, who irretrievably destroyed thee by destroying all thou lovedst. Alas! He is cold, he cannot answer me” (237).

The same thing seemed to have occurred for Ishmael, in the sense that his family was killed. He wanted to seek revenge for those who had inflicted the terrible occurrence upon him and his family. Before he was angry though, he went through a phase of being upset. When his family had first passed away, he even told himself: “I didn’t care. I wanted to see my family, even if that meant dying to be with them” (Beah 96).

I mean our food supply is low, we have no actual beds, there is no ventilation in the huts and they are probably missing and worrying about their families, but our country needs as much help as it can get and I would rather stay and possibly die to win my country’s, the colonists and my family’s freedom than just stay at home doing nothing and let everyone else do it for me. If we work together and don’t give up I am almost positive we can make it through this winter and other trying times in this war and throughout the rest of our lives. Therefore, I strongly believe my fellow soldiers should re-enlist also because if we work together we can win this thing and have have our freedom once and for

However, the camp had to evacuate soon since the Russian army was approaching. Even though Eliezer’s foot wasn’t completely healed, he made the decision to follow his father and the rest of the camp. Before he left, he wrapped his foot in strips of a blanket. During the long journey to another camp, the prisoners were forced to run more than forty-two miles to Gleiwitz and guards shot people who were not running fast enough down. They were finally allowed to rest, so Eliezer and his father had to watch each other to prevent either one of them from falling asleep in the snow too long and

More fragile than he would have thought. How much was gone already?” This thought by the man is part of the reoccurring theme of the colorless and stark post-apocalyptic world the man and the boy must travel through. When the man thinks this, he is in despair and numb to the world around him. He and his son are sitting at the campfire wondering if they’ll survive the next several days with the lack of food they have. Being born a considerable time before the apocalypse and have living through the start of the apocalypse, the man was a first-hand witness to the disappearance of different colors, birds and foods.

Things have become so atrocious that George Washington had to ask the Congressional Committee for more money. I doubt they have any to give, for they are more focused on the bigger picture, rather than a few deteriorated soldiers (Doc B). Dr.Waldo wrote in his journal, “A general cry thro’ the camp this evening among the soldiers, “No meat! No meat!” -The distant vales echoed back the melancholy sound- “No meat! No meat!” This tells how us soldiers have been starving for quite a while now, and most of us are done dealing with the hardships.