Mrs. Lee
Gr. 10 Language & Literature
7 September 2012
Weblog Entry #1
This memoir is about a true story that has happened, to a boy named "Ishmael Beah". Ishmael
Beah is also the author of this story. It's about how this little boy becomes forced to be a child soldier
during a civil war that was going on. Many unfortunate events lead him to have to be on his own with
his little brother, and they struggle to survive. I haven't gotten too far into the book yet to really fully
understand the exposition, but that is the main concept of this book. So far, just the story line really,
really, interests me. That is why I chose to read this book. It's rare to find stories like these, especially
when it's all based off of a true story. Those types of stories are the most exciting, and real, to read. This
is such a vivid explanation of what it was like for him. The readers, like me, can really take a sense of
what kinds of hardships he went through, and how it's changed his life forever. The fact that he was at
such a young age when all of this occurred, and that he actually managed to survive, is really a miracle.
So far, lots of characterization is happening. The characters are being developed, and the reader is
starting to understand what the characters are like. He goes into detail on the setting of the day, the
people he was with, and what they were doing that day. He describes it like the day is going very well
so far, nothing out of the ordinary. From what I have read so far, I would like the characterization to be
more further developed, because I want to know what type of boy Ishmael was. I'd like to know more
about his personality because knowing the outcome of this story, he must have been one extremely
brace boy. He hasn't really gotten much to describing himself yet, so I really am looking forward to
read on, and see what this real life boy, was like!
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