but with more water and food, we will not make it to the end of the day." (Corporal pg. 116)
The quote in this story (A Long Way Gone) is about a boy who survived the rebels named Ishmael Beah. The rebels attacked many villages throughout the country in Sierra Leone. Ishmael had to constantly be on the run and try to avoid them. Later on he becomes a boy soldier for a Corporal who wants to kill off the rebels. If they wanted to live, they had to carry ammunition so they could kill. The soldiers couldn't worry about what they were going to eat because they had to constantly be ready to defend and shoot.
Later on Ishmael was sent to a Rehabilitation Center where his focus was no longer killing people. Not long after, he went to NYC to tell people his story.
This quote tells me that many areas around the world are tough. If I was in his situation I wonder if I would be able to switch into survival mode and kill another person. Would I be strong enough? Would I go out of control like Ishmael did? These are questions I wonder if I could do, if my situation was like his.
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I agree with you. I sometimes wonder if I could kill people in this situation. I know that people do it to fight for their country and I would be proud to do so. However, I don't know if I could bear watching others die because of me.
I think it might just be human nature to do whatever it takes to survive. If this means killing another person before they can kill you, then I think I would find the strength and do so. But, of course I've never been in a situation like this so what would I know?
Ishmael had it pretty tough right? I think that if it were me, I would be going through the same stuff. Losing my family and friends, it wouldn't matter what I had to do to get them back. Even though Ishmael couldn't get them back, he could get revenge. I would absolutely do that if my family was killed.
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