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Quote One: I saw myself holding an AK-47 and walking through a coffee farm with a squad that consisted of many boys and a few adults. Pg.19 Paragraph 2
Significance: This has to do with him immigrating to America because before this sentence, he said that he started thinking of New York and the freedom they had their. I could tell, at that moment he wanted to be in America. He saw death everywhere and smelled it, the only place he wanted to be was away from it all.
Personal Connection: I felt this connected to me because I have felt extreme sadness to a point where I felt half dead. I'm sure I can not match how much he was feeling then, but I can relate. There have been times where all i wanted to do was go home or somewhere away from where i was just like him.
Question: What do you think was going through his head while he was walking with the group, did he want to escape, forget about everything or what?
Quote: Once we found the path, we started walking back toward the village where we had spent most of our hunger days. Pg. 36 Paragraph 2
Significance: I felt that he was thinking of America while doing this because while they were hiding, attacking and killing, he must have been thinking of a better life in America. Although I do not think he knew what he was doing morally but he must have felt some pain and at least thought of how much better it is in America.
Question: How do you think his classmates reacted when he told this horrible story?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
A Long Way Gone
Posted by Michael at 5:41 PM
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Quote #1: I agree with you on your feelings about the book. I think the author did a good job of describing it so you felt his emotions.
Question#1: I think, like most of the people walking with him, he felt like running away or wanting things to go back to normal.
Quote #2: I liked how you sort of connected with what he was thinking. I also think he was planning to go to America because a lot of people have thoughts like that when they want to leave someplace.
Question #2: His classmates were probably shocked, horrified, and felt sorry for him. Its kind of like what people felt like when they saw Invisible Children school movie.
~Olivia A.
Quote #1: I think that you are right about the author. I also feel that his way of describing things makes you feel like you are actuaally there. I think that his writing is such much more in deth than I am used to because he is not only writing about the war, but he was actually apart of the war and a victim which makes his expiriences much more interesting and sad to read about.
Question #1: I can't imagine what was actually going through his mind then but I think that he probably did want to run away, even if he knew he would be killed. I think that another reason he would want to run away is because he knew he would have to either kill or be killed.
Quote #2: I think that this qoute signifies that he would be walking back into the same kind of trouble or worse than what he went through the first time on that path.
Question #2: I think that his classmates probably were shocked. I think that most of them knew about the war but had never heard about it first hand from a refugee of the war.
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