NAME: Adam Martinez
DATE: 2/11/10

BOOK: A Long Way Gone
AUTHOR: Ishmael Beah

PAGES 43-98
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 37

Q 1: How did what you read today make you feel? Why?

A: What I read about today made me really think about the how the kids who are going through this now are feeling. It is a very sad thing that is going on in this part of the world and is hard to imagine this happening to me. The main character, and the group that he is currently with in this part of his story, are 13 like I am now. It is very hard to just imagine walking through war day to day knowing that you could be killed. One of the pages that i read today talked about one of the main characters dying. I couldn't even fathom the thought of watching my friend die right there in front of me, or in this case, wake up and find that your friend is dead. I also read about how all of the group of boys had ended up where they were and what they saw or where they were when the rebels attacked their village, their home, and their family.

Q 2: What in the book upsets you or bothers you? Why?

A: One thing that upsets me is what was going on and still to this day is going on in Sierra Leone. I find it disappointing that there is nothing being done, or nothing to be done to help fight off or get rid of the rebels in Africa. I also thing that it is scary that this really happened and is happening and bothers me in the sense that these people would kill their own kind for money power and to prove themselves. It bothers me that these rebels have gotten so powerful and that there has been not much in his book to try and stop them.

-Adam M.