What advise would you give Ishmael? When and why?

I would have given Ishmael the advise in the begging of the book. The information that i would have given Ishmael would be to get out of the country with his family. The reason that i would give him the information in the begging is so that he would have more time to act and make a plan to work it out. The other reason that i would have given him this information is because He would have been able to stay one step ahead of the rebel army that kept attacking and destroying all of the villagers.