NAME: Adam Martineze DATE: Feb. 19, 2010
BOOK: A Long Way Gone
AUTHOR: Ishmael Beah
PAGES: 98-160 TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 62

QUESTION 1: What has surprised you in the book? Why?

RESPONSE 1: In this book i was surprised by how many times the main character, Ishmael, and his friends were almost killed. Ishmael was almost killed many times, not by the rebels, but by villages thinking that they were rebels. Every time they were almost killed, the were always saved by the cassettes of hip-hop music that were in Ishmael pants pocket. They would play the music, and Ishmael would tell the chief about how him and his brother and their friends would dance to this American music. I thought that this was funny because the only thing that ever convinced the chief's of villages that they were just kids and not rebels, was this old school hip-hop music that Ishmael listened to and carried around.


QUESTION 2: Which character would you like (or not like) to be your friend? Why?

RESPONSE 2: I would like Ishmael to be my friend because he is really cool and has a lot of courage and motivation that drove him through day and night knowing that at one point he could be killed. I like this characteristic in him because it is a very impressive thing to see someone keep their chin held high even through times of death and fear.