A Long Way Gone Chapter 21

1. His memories gives him a tingling sensation in his belly.
2. He never seen so many white people that are in a rush.
3. His school back home is not as high-tech as Sbta.
4. The kids helped their teacher with growing crops in their farms or gardens. The teachers get paid with crops in his country.
5. No one sat close to him or Mohamed because they used to kill people.
6. I would not be nervous to be friends with them because I would like to learn from their experience.
7. May 25, 1997 was the day they have waken up from noise from around the city.
8. The cause of the noise were gunshots because the government has been overthrown.
9. The newly freed prisoners were handed guns and they went to the houses of judges and lawyers who had sentenced them and killed them and their families.
10. I think that's crazy how the government can let them out and let them do that.
11. The prison system is different from US because our system is more secure.
12.I would feel very paranoid and in fear if I were to live in Freetown when all this is happening.
13. The city turn into lawlessness because the RUF and the army had collaborated in ousting the civilian government for the benefit of the nation.
14. I would that that if life would be like if we had no laws and people handled their own troubles that the world would be chaotic and I would not want to live there.
15. The rebels were blowing up bank vaults and looting money.
16. The secret market conducted conducted unavailable food items that were sold to civilians.
17. The rebels ordered everyone to put down their bags of food, and to lie flat on the ground.
18. Civilians were dieing in the streets for no reason, just like how the rebels shot the woman in the head for panicing and running away.
19. Mohamed went with Ishmael and ran home.
20. The gun shots lasted for 5 months.
21. People eating raw rice most of the days.
22. His uncle was sick and died.
23. Some of his rehabilitated friends returned to being in the war.
24. If I were Ishmael and stayed in Freetown, I think I would end up joining the rebels again.
25. The only way of getting out of Freetown without being killed was to travel during curfew right before sunrise.
26. Their final destination was out of Freetown into New Guinea.
27. The soldiers were so strict into searching them because they might have something they don't want having.
28. There was room on the bus for him
29. He made it out of Freetown.
30. He has escaped death because he is a really lucky person.
31. He offer his story for people who have never experienced war.
32. The talking monkey was about making choices of either letting your mother of father die.