Loss of Innocence in A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a
Boy Soldier
by Lillian Bonar
Essay: Loss of Innocence in A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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A prominent theme in A Long Way Gone is about the loss of innocence from the involvement in the war. A Long
Way Gone is the memoir of a young boy, Ishmael Beah, wanders in Sierra Leone who struggles for survival.
Hoping to survive, he ended up raiding villages from the rebels and killing everyone. One theme in A long Way
Gone is that war give innocent people the lust for revenge, destroys childhood and war became part of their daily
life.
In the A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah, a twelve-year-old explains how he used to go on a swim with his friends
and his love for rap music and hip-hop dance. When Ishmael and his friends went to visit Mattru Jong, they visited
Ishmael's grandparents in Kabati. While staying at the Mattru Jong, they recieved a terrifying news that
Mogbwemo was attacked. When messengers warn the townspeople several times that Mattru Jong is going to be
attacked, the townspeople fled and hide until time has passed and everyone returned to their daily life. Until, the
rebels actually arrive and people run away from the rebels from more than an hour until the rebels stop chasing
them. Ishmael, Junior, Ishmael’s brother, and their friends kept walking for days and began to be very hungry. The
only way to get was to scavenge cassava and fruit. They decided to reenter to Mattru Jong to get their hidden
money. Even though there are rebels lingering in Mattru Jong, the boys manage to get their hidden money and
escape except for one boy who alerted the guards. But, they found out that the marketplace has stopped selling
food. Hungry for some food, the boys return to Mattru Jong again. However, they were ambushed by three rebels
and Ishmael and Junior were chosen to be killed in line. Gunshots were heard from the village and ...
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