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...? In the allegory of the cave, Plato quotes Socrates as saying, “Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are oftwo kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light”. In other words, he is saying that it is bewildering to receive new knowledge that changes one’s outlook on life, but it is also bewildering to try to live as you did in your old life while trying to ignore the newly gained knowledge. I feel this is a quote that applies to my life. From the time I was a child, down to this very day, there has been one constant in my life that has given me direction. That constant is work. I can never...
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...‘A Long Way Gone’ by Ishmael Beah This is a gripping story, a story that leaves one extremely pensive upon reading it. It revolves around a young character by the name Ishmael; it tells about his luck that helped him to escape from the 1991 civil war in Sierra Leone, his homeland, which saw him seek refuge in Guinea before a Good Samaritan finally aided his departure to the US where his life dramatically changed. Somewhere along the way, Ishmael became a child soldier. At tender age of 13, he, with a host of others, was forcefully recruited into the army that was fighting the so-called enemies of the...
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...A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah Chapter 7 begins with the story of the imam’s death followed by Ishmael’s recollections of his father and an elder blessing their home when they first moved to Mogbwemo. How do the concepts of faith and hope shift throughout the memoir? What sustains Ishmael emotionally and spiritually? Throughout the memoir, Ishmael is depicted as a hopeful person. When they had no food, he still hoped to find food. When he returns to the village and find it has been attacked, he kept going back to check on them because he hoped he would find them there. Even after being a brutal child...
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...A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier-Review This is a fascinating memoir describing a boy’s (Beah Ishmael) survival struggle experience. He was born in Serra Leone and spent most of his childhood and teenage life in Sierra Leone country; he left to United States at the age of eighteen years. He arrived in United States in the year 1998, schooled and graduated from college in the year 2004. He then developed into an advocate of global children affected by war; he fights for the rights of children in war torn regions. A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier, is one of his ways in...
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... need to help each other in order to make this world a better place to live and survive. After reading the book, I have viewed world as a place where one can do anything to fulfill his objectives at the cost of other people’s lives. We need to become positive yet encouraging role models for new generation to learn the lessons of kindness and good deeds and to make them learn that how they can seek their ways without getting into war as it is not a solution to attain one’s objectives. Works Cited Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York: Sarah Crichton Books, 2006. Print.... that influence me greatly in my personal diary. I make notes of how I responded under that specific condition with what behavior. I analyze if...
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...and UNICEF. He created a strong ground for many people to promote children rights and end war since its effect cannot be underestimated. The story of Ishmael is of hope and redemption in that it revealed his passion in humanity. Now that we have discussed the meaning of the Allegory cave, let us now discuss how the Plato’s allegory helps us understand what Ishmael Beah went through in his experiences in Sierra Leone’s war. Ishmael Beah is like the prisoner described in the allegory in that he represents the dreamer who seeks knowledge outside of the senses and the...
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...Assess how well Plato's simile of The Cave illustrates his view of the relationship between metaphysics and ethics . The 'Allegory of The Cave' is an allegory used by Plato in 'The Republic'. The allegory is told and then interpreted by the character Socrates. Socrates is talking to Glaucon and narrating a fable to illustrate what it is like to be a philosopher- a lover of wisdom. It is related to the metaphor of the sun and the analogy of the divided line. It refers to make a statement that "those who are without philosophy are like prisoners in the cave. They are in chains and cannot turn round. Behind...
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...Ishmael Beah: Comments on His Novel on Being a Boy Soldier in Sierra Leone Ishmael Beah has written a poignant memoir of his experiences in his home country of Sierra Leone called A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier. While watching the videos, it can be observed that he has a restrained passion for the topic of children in the midst of war. His demeanor is casual and professional as he explains his motivations for writing about the devastation he experienced in his country and the personal tragedies that fell upon him. He appears to not suffer from the trauma, but to have been empowered by what he has seen to use...
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...A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Outline I. Introduction: Who Beah is and background information II. The beginnings, a call to adventure III. Rebels: liberators or villains?
IV. Beah’s mentors and their influence on him
V. Beah’s mind struggles
VI. The realization
VII. New beginnings for a child soldier
VIII. Change comes eventually
IX. Beah’s lesson: a new advocate is born
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