1. Beah uses a cornological structure, where he comments on the events that happened in his life when he was adopted by an American woman and started living in America, in addition to showing his school experiences related to his attempts to connect and get used to society , culture and the American language. All of this as a teenager who had passed through mimenot sterriveis. This type of structure is important to achieve the author's purpose of showing that his life has been reestablished through a process with several stages, causes and effects.
2. These memories are essential to show Beah's thoughts, feelings and perceptions in every moment of her new life, and to be efficient in showing how the experience of war affected him.
