Chapter 8 and 9

These two chapters really showed me how much this war has affected Ishmael. I think it frightened Ishmael when he walked through the burnt village and saw the dead bodies all over the ground. “I had passed through the burnt villages where dead bodies of men, women, and children of all ages were scattered like leaves on the ground after a storm.” This made me put the book down because I took a minute to think of what if that was me? What would I do or how would I react? “I had seen heads cut off by machetes, smashed by cement bricks, and rivers filled with so much blood that the water had ceased flowing.” This part made me also want to put the book down. I couldn’t imagine walking through a town and seeing dead bodies and blood everywhere. I would never be able to get it out of my head and I wouldn’t know how to react to this. I have never been in that position before and I hope I never will have to. Besides this part I am very glad that Ishmael finally found people he could trust. I just feel bad because he has lost everyone so far and I’m afraid that it’s going to happen again. Everyone that he loves, he looses and he tries to not to think about what has happened but it’s the only thing on his mind at the moment.