A Long Way Gone Chapter 19

1. It means that Ishmael had to be reinstated into the normal society by living with relatives.

•2 weeks felt longer than the 8 months at Benin home because he felt like he wasn’t doing much.

•3. A time when I felt time was long was when I was really bored and wasn’t doing anything.

•4. He survived the war.

•5. I would not want to be the only survivor from your family because I would feel lonely.

•6. The items that he packed in his plastic bag were a pair of sneakers, four T-shirts, three shorts, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a bottle of Vaseline lotion, a Walkman and some cassettes, two long-sleeved shirts, and two pairs of pants and a tie.

•7. Mambu went back in front lines because his family refused to take him.

•8. I cannot relate to mambu.

•9. I was able to see my friends again when I went on vacation, it’s just that I was in a long distance and couldn’t see them until I get back,

•10. Ishmael loved Esther and wanted to tell her he loved her but never did,

•11. His uncle picked him up as soon as he got off the van and welcomed him.

•12. He was welcomed in the family happily.

•13. He is nervous about the situation situation, and he shares a room with his cousin Allie with a clean, organized room.

•14. Allie took him out to a dance.

•15. Everyone were dressed semi-formal and he remembers when he would dance until they take their shirts off and feel the morning breeze

•16. The girls didn’t let him give them an answer when they wanted to dance with him.

•17. He remembers when they raided a school dance seeing blood everywhere,

•18. Upline is a Krio word used in Freetown to refer to the backwardness of the inner country, its inhabitants, and their mannerisms,

•19. The interviews were for why they should go to the UN to present the situation affecting children in their country,

•20. They are changing Ishmael’s looks and how he presents himself.

•21. Dr. Tamba is was the person he was supposed to meet at the American embassy.

•22. He got his Visa.

•23. He Is off to New York City now.

•Inhabitants- a person or animal that inhabits a place, esp. as a permanent resident.

–The animals are inhabitants of the area.

•a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

–an apprentice to a plumber.

•Marvelous- superb; excellent; great

–It was a Marvelous show.

•Possessed- spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power

–He possessed a strong feeling.

•Intricate- having many interrelated parts or facets

•-he Intricate all his facts.

•Uncertainty- the state of being uncertain

–He was uncertain about his job.

•Transparent- admitting the passage of light through interstices.

–Glass is transperent.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 17

•1. The nurse is nice and very caring for Ishmael

•2. Ishmael was being teased because they thought the nurse liked Ishmael.

•3. The nurse told him she might not want to be friends with him.

•4. He didn’t trust anyone in his life at the moment because he didn’t like the place he was in.

•5. I have never been in a situation where I feel the same as Ishmael.

•6. The nurse gave Ishmael a walkman cassette player.

•He is happy that he received the gifts.

•7. When he shot the prisoners, he found their somber eyes irritating.

•8. Ishmael had tears in her eyes and told him that it wasn’t his fault.

•9. Because she didn’t want the walkman to be stolen.

•10. When he got shot in the foot and having to deal with the pain is what stood out.

•11. He is somewhat caring, he didn’t want to give up on Ishmael.

•12. No he has not.

•13. He saw flashbacks of the first time he slit a man’s throat.

•14. His surgery went rough with him feeling all the pain.

•15. When I broke my collar bone and found out they didn’t make casts for the collar bone.

•16. He went outside and asked for his weapon after he gained consciousness.

•17. He shot the people dead who shot him in the foot.

•18. He feels sad when he gets flashbacks.

•19. Why did Esther come on her Day off?

•20. They bought him a Bob Marley Exodus cassette.

•21. So he can write down what he is thinking.

•22. I have never wrote a song.

•23. Ishmael liked the story of Rastafarianism and King Solomon and queen of Sheba because he related the long distance they traveled and their determination to reach their destination.

•24. A song from Bob Marley I like is One Love, its calming.

•25. What phrase did Ishmael start to believe?

•26. My Family has helped me out of my rut.

•27. Ishmael liked talking to Esther because he can open up to her.




Delved- to carry on intensive and thorough research for data
-He delved his research data.

Conversation- informal interchange of thoughts, information
-He had a long conversation about life with his friends.

Burdensome- oppressively heavy; onerous.
-Him being Burdensome had him.

Wharf- a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest
-The wharf was destroyed due to the weather.

Cringe- to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility
-She cringed in fear.

Genuine- possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic
-They had the finest genuine leather in their house.

Anguish- excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
-He had overcame his anguish during that time.

Rastafarianism - a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah.
-He strongly believed in rastafarianism.

destination- the place to which a person or thing travels or is sen
Their destination was in Rome.

somber- gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
There was a somber passageway.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 16

•The civilians telling him what to do made him infuriating.

•They hated attending scheduled medication checkups.

•Them having major cravings was the result of them not having drugs.

•They placed a bucket over the cook’s head and pushed him around to put more milk in their tea.

•I have never bullied anyone.

•The drugs in his system were wearing off and started to get steal pain relievers.

•I can’t relate to his cravings.

•In between meals they would fight for hours for no reason.

•The staff members would come back after getting beaten up because they want to help them.

•Poppay is an ex-military man. They wanted dry matresses because the mattresses they dad were soaked.

•I would feel very tired and fed up If I had to go through that all day.

•He was getting so many migraines because he is not used to not being in the front lines.

•what did they do to the classroom? what happened to him because of it?

•They would burn the school supplies and get more to burn or sell from staff members.

•After breakfast they took the bus to the city,

•When they went to the villages they were scouting for a new base before wet season started.

•Most villages weren't suitable because they were either burned for destroyed,

•Rambo was the famous movie do they refer all their war moves from.

•They are cruel now and kills for fun.

•They killed everyone they saw in the village.

•Alhaji got the name little Rambo.

•Ismael’s nickname was green snake because he was unnoticeable when firing at enemies while hiding in bushes.

•The city had very tall buildings and everyone seemed busy and in a rush.

•The informal school was for simple subjects such as math and English.

•When he tried to sleep without medicine, he would wake up an hour later from nightmares.

•The rainy seasons for Sierra Leone were May through October with heavy rains through July till September,

•They took the bus home and didn’t pay for it because they had no money.

•They would think about the war memories.

•They couldn’t sleep because they were traumatized about the war.

•The staff member would always say “This isn’t your fault” because they know what they have been going through.

•Infuriating-causing or tending to cause anger or outrage

– He was infuriated about the place.

•Civilian-a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.

– Civilians tend to wander around.

•Vengeance-infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person

– He was avenging his friend.

•Cringed-to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility

–He was cringed in the basement,

•Illuminated-to supply or brighten with light

–The paper was very illuminated.

•Maneuver-a planned and regulated movement or evolution

–They planned to maneuver around the area.

•Kiosks-a small structure having one or more sides open, used as a newsstand, refreshment stand, bandstand

–They planned to make a small kiosk on the side.

•Apprentice-a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

–The boy was his apprentice.

•Looted-spoils or plunder taken by pillaging

–The place was looted.

•Sporadic-appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time

–The event was very sporadic.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 15

•Ch. 15

•They have been fighting for over two year and killing became their daily activity.

•Four men from UNICEF arrived in the village.

•He considered his village his home and his friends and lieutenant as family

•He’s been fighting for two years and he is now 15.

•What did he want to hear from Jumah ? Does that surprise you?

•They chatted about how good the drugs were all night.

•They are taking them to Freetown to be put in school and to find another life.

•He felt angry and wanted to hijack the truck and to drive it back to Bauya.

•They want to fight eachother because they fought for different sides of the war.

•The men in clean clothes were city soldiers, they can tell they were city soldiers by how clean their guns and uniforms were.

•He threatened to kill the man who tried to search him.

•I think Ishmael is feeling angry about him leaving.

•He saw a busy street with cars he had never seen before, and he is still clueless with where he is going.

•They noticed the similarities between them when the new arrivals came.

•When the boy took off his shirt, he had a RUF on his arm and a fight broke out afterwards.

•Violence cheered them up for the day because they were bored all day,

•The military vehicles transported them to Benin Home, another rehabilitation center.

•He felt happy when he was in the new center because he had taken care of the rebels.

•He threatened to kill them with a grenade in his hand.

•The boy says he fought for the RUF because they were fighting for freedom, and that the army killed their family and destroyed his village.

•The camp was helping the boys rehabilitate.

•The people trying to break the fight were just ignored.

•6 people were killed in the fight 2 from his side and 4 from the rebels.

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Captured- to take by force or stratagem

He captured the city.

•Outskirts- the outlying district or region

She lived on the outskirts of the city.

•Commander- a person who commands.

The commander lost his battle.

•Mingle- to become mixed, blended, or united.

The kids mingled in the center,

•Jovial- endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship

That is very Jovial of the person.

•Accustomed- customary; usual; habitual

They were very accustomed of the situation.

•Snatch- to make a sudden effort to seize something

He snatched all his ammunition.

•Gathered- to bring together into one group, collection, or place.

I gathered all the food.

•Impatiently- Indicating lack of patience

He impatiently killed all the dogs.