"No one will believe is when we tell them this"
Alhaji, page 147
Significance: Now that Ismael and his friends have arrived in the big city of Sierra Leone they are starting to see that the war hasn't spread that far. Here it is just a story that is sometimes told. They see tons of rich happy people and children eating ice cream. How are they supposed to adjust from a hard lifestyle of murder and lies back to there previous life of innocence and happiness. Would you be able to?
Character Judgment: I am hoping that Ishmael and his friends will be able to put aside what they did and try to start a new life for them selves. They are homeless and have barely any money. I don't think that I were any of them , that I would be able to forget what I did . I would probably have nightmares about it for the rest of my life.
If you were Ishmael would you be able to adjust from a hard life style of murder and lies back to there previous life of innocence and happiness?
“I smoked marijuana, ate, and snorted cocaine and *brown brown.”
Page 143, Ishmael and his friends
*Cocaine with gun powder mixed into it.
Significance: I don't like this quote I was really hoping that they would be able to start fresh and do better but obviously they are incapable of that. I was thinking that once they got to Sierra Leone they would WANT to be better and not go back to there old life.
Character judgment: I am so mad at them. Why would they want to go back to that? But Drugs, I mean really, what is he thinking? I think that they have all given up on life and don't really care anymore if they died or not. If I were them I think I would have gotten to that point along time ago so in a way they are strong. They get the Not as Bad as They could Be award.
D you think you could ever get to the point were you wanted to die?
1 comments:
~Ethan~
Quote 1: I like your quote choice because it shows how different two areas can be, no matter how close. It seems that even though Ishmael hasn't traveled across the world, he'll have trouble adjusting.
Question 1: I don't think I'd be able to adjust, ever. I would be too afraid of myself to even live. I would be scared that I would kill those who were innocent around me.
Quote 2: I also think that they would want to go back to normal, but I think drugs is something they can't control. It's an addiction, so it must be hard for them to give up. I guess it's kind of like giving up something precious for the greater good.
Question 2: I think I would get to that point, and I have in the past. However, I never intended on killing myself, so I just lived life. I assume that is what Ishmael is doing, and will eventually make a move.
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