1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
sweet [91]
3 years ago
7

In a short essay, analyze how Beah unfolds the events and ideas in the excerpt from A Long Way Gone. Why do

English
1 answer:
sergey [27]3 years ago
3 0

I would just say Aubrianna Cosby..

Explanation:

Beah begins the story by describing the beginning of the civil war and his experience of it. He was ten when the war began, and his life was relatively unaffected. Sure, he read about it and watched the war through the news, but it was something that was happening far away from his peaceful life. Then, the refugees began pouring into Mogbwemo from other towns. But even then the war seemed unreal. The stories of the refugees were too terrible to seem real. Then, Beah flashes forward to January 1993. He's twelve, has an active social life, and is obsessed with rap music and dance. He sets out with his friends and brother to visit friends in Mattru Jong, and they stop to visit his grandmother in Kabati on the way. After finally reaching Mattru Jong, he learns shortly afterward that rebels have attacked his home, Mogbwemo. It is only after the attack that Beah reveals why the boys are not in school and that Beah's parents were divorced. During a flashback, we learn of the last time Beah and Junior see their father and mother. The parting is sad, part of a long saga of family issues and strife. We're reminded that these issues may never be resolved when the plot returns to the story line. The boys quickly return to Kabati, where they wait in their grandmother's village while survivors from Mogbwemo trickle in. The horrible state of the victims shocks the boys, and they realize that nothing is left in Mogbwemo. Again, Beah allows us a brief reprieve from the sickening events with a flashback; this time Beah remembers speaking to his father about the political explanations of war and corruption. Beah wonders if there could be a reason for all this killing. The boys end the story back in Mattru Jong, singing along to rap songs on the cassettes they carried in their bags when the left home. Beah copes with the situation with one more flashback, this time to a peaceful, happy Kabati before the war arrived.

I think that Beah creatively gives us details about his life as they become important and not a moment too soon. His father's silence, stepmother's arrogance, and his mother's grief are more emotional after the reader realizes that they may never get the chance to fix their family. In the midst of everyday life—strife, hobbies, and friends—war ends everything. The flashback to Beah's father explaining the reasons for war seem a bit forced. It's hard to believe that a thirteen-year-old took the time to think about the Sierra Leone independence in the midst of such a precarious present. The last flashback, however, is touching. When Beah remembers his grandmother and the peace of the village, the reader is reminded of how much has been destroyed and can never be recovered.

You might be interested in
PLEASE HELP 8th GRADE ENGLISH
wel

Answer:

16.) B. opponent

17.) C. diminished

18.) D. flourished

19.) A. talkative

20.) D. rebuilt

21.) B

22.) B

4 0
2 years ago
Choose the one word the fits all 3 sentences
Katena32 [7]

Answer:

meet

Explanation:

1He was afraid that his revolutionary proposals would meet with strong opposition from hardliners.

2The Chinese factories were operating non stop churning out shoes to meet the demand in Europe and the US.

3With only 200 dollars a month, the family struggled to make ends meet

7 0
2 years ago
Which of the following questions might someone who is going through a crisis ask himself?
Brums [2.3K]
A.

The person should look to create a plan of action for the future and prevent the crisis from escalating rather than dwell on why it happened.
7 0
3 years ago
Read this excerpt from President George W. Bush’s address to Congress on September 20, 2001. Which sentence in the excerpt demon
FromTheMoon [43]
"Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists"
8 0
3 years ago
The writers of which literary movement attempted to express the beauty and richness of African American culture through the writ
oksian1 [2.3K]
The writers of Harlem Renaissance attempted to spread the word about beauty and richness of the work done by African Americans. In the 1920s, this took place, and America started recognizing the work done by African Americans. This movement laid the foundation of the Civil Rights movement. 
4 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • Why is katniss now feeling more confidence in herself
    8·1 answer
  • In this excerpt from act V of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are discovered in the tomb and Friar Laurence and
    9·2 answers
  • Is adverse unfavorable or happy or important or tricky
    13·1 answer
  • Identify the verbal and its function in the sentence “we are hoping to begin game of chess”
    7·2 answers
  • true or false: In the story Beowulf, King Hrothgar has already fought Grendel and his mother when Beowulf arrived.
    15·2 answers
  • what makes poetry hard to understand? Give an educated answer, not just like two words. Give a sentence or two about why it can
    9·1 answer
  • Question 5 (4 points)
    5·1 answer
  • Economic stability is a benefit of technological advances.<br> true<br> false
    10·1 answer
  • 8. Make Judgments The enduring appeal of The Canterbury Tales stems in part
    8·1 answer
  • The meaning behind the phrase "the south grew, but it did not develop" refers to?
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!