In these chapters Ishmael gradually lets go of his soldier side of him. "I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness"(173). Ishmael is afraid to be happy and it takes him a while to accept his happiness. In his past, whenever he would begin to be happy something bad would happen and after it repeated again and again he thought that he could never be happy, something bad would always ruin it. Ishmael gets invited to an interview to be able to go to America and be a speaker for a children around the world thing and the interveiw goes well and he is one of the two selected to go. No one in the household beleives him even when he packs his bags and acctually leaves. He loves America, it takes him a while to get use to the weather but when it is time for him to go back it is really hard on him and he would much rather stay.
Ishmael shows an incredible transformation from ruthless killer to civilized human in the last part of the book. He is becoming who he used to be before he was recruited by the RUF. I was particularily moved by one quote Ishmael said: "I wanted the sky to talk to me" (166). If anyone has a good explanation for this quote i'd like to hear it.
I agree with Kelsey, Ishmael would much rather stay in Ameica than head back to the country that almost killed him.
I think this part of the book was my favorite because like it has been said it really allowed that soldier inside him to be erased. I think that Esther could be viewed as a symbol of his letting go because with her he really starts letting go of his past. "'None of these things are your fault,' she would always say sternly at the end of every conversation. Even thought I had heard that phrase from ever staff member- and frankly I had always hated it- I began that day to believe it" (165). I think that he has really grown up in this part of the book. It's a happy part for sure.
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In these chapters Ishmael gradually lets go of his soldier side of him. "I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness"(173). Ishmael is afraid to be happy and it takes him a while to accept his happiness. In his past, whenever he would begin to be happy something bad would happen and after it repeated again and again he thought that he could never be happy, something bad would always ruin it.
Ishmael gets invited to an interview to be able to go to America and be a speaker for a children around the world thing and the interveiw goes well and he is one of the two selected to go. No one in the household beleives him even when he packs his bags and acctually leaves. He loves America, it takes him a while to get use to the weather but when it is time for him to go back it is really hard on him and he would much rather stay.
Ishmael shows an incredible transformation from ruthless killer to civilized human in the last part of the book. He is becoming who he used to be before he was recruited by the RUF. I was particularily moved by one quote Ishmael said: "I wanted the sky to talk to me" (166). If anyone has a good explanation for this quote i'd like to hear it.
I agree with Kelsey, Ishmael would much rather stay in Ameica than head back to the country that almost killed him.
I think this part of the book was my favorite because like it has been said it really allowed that soldier inside him to be erased. I think that Esther could be viewed as a symbol of his letting go because with her he really starts letting go of his past. "'None of these things are your fault,' she would always say sternly at the end of every conversation. Even thought I had heard that phrase from ever staff member- and frankly I had always hated it- I began that day to believe it" (165). I think that he has really grown up in this part of the book. It's a happy part for sure.
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