Question

Considering Beah’s description of the moon in Chapter 1, why is the absence of the moon in the last passage significant? How might this be symbolic?

Answer 1

To distance himself from what he has seen, Beah remembers his grandmother’s directive to “be like the moon,” as the moon always makes people happy. Beah has always followed her advice, and as a boy, spends much of his time contemplating the moon and seeing images in its surface as one does with clouds. In the present in New York City, Beah is pleased to know that something of his younger self remains, since he can still look with the same the pleasure that he once did at the moon. Don't Forget Mark Me As Brainliest!