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Passage finder 9-11 by Jason:

"Every time people come at us with the intention of killing us, I close my eyes and wait for death, Even though I am still alive, I feel like each time i accept death, part of me dies. Very soon I will completely die and all that will be left is my empty body walking with you. It will be quieter than I am."

Shayla Bryant- Passage finder 5-8) " It was as though something were eating the insides of our stomachs"(pg. 30) This passage is important because it paints a picture of the agony that the group of boys went through. You can easily feel the hardship and connect to a time when you felt starvation, although we could've never experienced anything close to this. " If any of you makes a move, I will kill everyone.So don't even breathw too hard or it might be your last"(pg. 32) This passage gives the feeling of wrath and anger. It is important because it shows how insentimental the rebels are even to children. "People stopped trusting eachother, every stranger became an enemy"(pg.37) This is how people responded to the war. Life was only like this because the Rebels were recruitng children and trying to turn them on their own kind. The village people felt unsafe and they needed to protect themselves. " They bound his hands and feet with wire, tied him to an iron post, and set fire to his body. They didn't burn him completely, but the fire killed him"(pg. 44) This is imortant because you can now imagine how the Rebels tortured the villagers. " Even a twleve year-old couldn't be trusted anymore"(pg. 48) This shows how everyone had their guard up just in case someone was pretending to be on their side/

Jason's role sheet 12/2/08

Page 54 "If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die."

This quote is significant because it might explain Ishmael’s reason for surviving. There was something good left in his destiny, perhaps to inform the world of the terrible war occurring in Sierra Leone, and it also gives a reason why he never gave up fighting for his life. I also think this is a good cliché for other people to understand.

Page 193 “I was still hesitant to let myself go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness.”

Throughout Ishmael’s journey, rejoicing was quickly overtaken by sorrow and hardships. He is saying that he is used to not getting his hopes up, which is something that people who have experienced a lot of hardships in their life are accustomed to.

Page 199 “I am not a soldier anymore; I am a child.”

This quote summarizes one of the main themes in the story. Ishmael is accepting himself as a human being and pointing out that he is not the dangerous boy he once was.