The two chapters that we have read are very important, as Beah takes on a whole new experience. He is taken from his war-like lifestyle, not knowing what is going to happen to him. The boys arrive at a brand new place, meeting others that had been affected by the war. Beah meets boys that had been fighting for the rebels, where he uses diction to strengthen the writing. A fight breaks out between boys from the army and those that were rebels. "It hadn't crossed their mind that a change in environment wouldn't immediately make us normal boys; we were dangerous, and brainwashed to kill."(Beah 135). "Brainwashed" really gives someone an understanding of what the boys are going through. They had adapted to their harsh lifestyle, and now had been taken from it. They still feel as if they are at war with the other boys that are there.
I had someone that was a very good friend of mine in high school. After we graduated, he began to hang around some new people that influenced him to make some poor decisions. We began to not be as close, and now I do not see him very often. He is in college, but misses a lot of classes. I believe that the biggest factor in this was his new friends. I think that he was persuaded by them and changed his lifestyle. Although we try to talk to him and make him understand, there is not much that we can do about it.
when you see someone you care for go down a tunnel and you cant do anything to help them is the saddest thing of all even, when you see what they could become but they don't.
ReplyDeleteI feel like in this situation your friend would probably eventually come back to you and your other friends and everything would become normal again if you keep on him or even not forget about him.
ReplyDeleteIt sucks to see your own friends change, but its good you had kept up your schooling and chose the right path to go down sometimes people just need to find it themselves.
ReplyDeleteExactly, Chelsea some people know what is going on in their own lives but face the denial stage of their own lives. The only one to help this person now is that person on their own. One day they will wake up and see the light.
ReplyDeleteMy friend did the same thing. He started hanging out with a group of friends that lead him down a bad path. He started getting into drugs and started to slack off in school. As this progressed we stopped hanging out with each other to the point we don't even talk anymore.
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