1. A long Way Gone Memoirs of a boy soldier By: Ishmael beah Presented By: Fatir Muhammad

2. Introduction In the book A Long Way Gone, Ishmael takes a long trip from home with his friends to a village called Mattru Jong. War is upon his home village and move quickly in the direction they are going to. Oblivious to the fact that war is coming, the boys are friendly of the village people from different villages they pass. Only to be welcomed back from there trip with dread and despair of rebels terrorizing the people. The learn quick and must survive in the wild and evade rebels if they wish to reunite with his family.

3. Characters Characters with Major Role:  Ishmael Beah  Esther  Alhaji  Uncle Tommy  The lieutenant

4. Character Characters with minor role: Junior Beah Gibrilla Khalilou Talloi Kaloko

5. Setting Sierra leone (1993- 1997)

6. Plot The story takes part mostly in the village Mattru jong, and the outskirts of the village.

7. Themes Family The importance for friendship The importance of culture

8. The Culture That The Author Grew Up In The type of culture Ishmael was thought was to always be polite to people and to never be mean to people, specially not to elders.

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