Tuesday, October 7, 2008
chapters 3-5
These 3 chapters have been the most suspenseful so far. the suspense for me that kept building up was whether or not Ishmael was going to die. I don't think that i could walk with my heads over my head with a rebel aiming his gun at me, knowing that there is a chance that i might not make it out alive or see my family ever again. I was so glad when Ishmael got away right before he was about to be killed. It seems like he is getting very lucky because he is always getting away at the right moment and he is still alive after everything that has happened so far, even though we are only on the 6th chapter. I am just trying to think about what if i was put into Ishmael's situation. I don't know if i would be brave enough to go into a village where rebels are roaming and be able to have such courage. I couldn't watch other people being killed around me and not stop to help them but rather run away to save my own life. That would be the hardest part for me, because i couldn't watch someone sturggle like the boy who tried to get his bag and stand tehre looking at him and then run away knowing that he wouldn't live. This book for me is very hard to read not just because of the graphics but because people will do anything to save their own life even if that means leaving their families behind.
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I agree with you! When you talked about the boy struggling with the huge bag they pretty much acted like nothing happened i was just like um.... someone just died... And you're so right about him always getting lucky! That seem to be part of the suspense though because he can't always be that lucky! It would've been so hard to walk with someone pointing a gun at my head I don't even know what i would do!
They acted like nothing happened because this was nothing compared to what they had seen before. They are all ready becoming desensitized to their surroundings and what happens to other people
Wassup Elle, I agree with you, I could live every day wondering if i was going to live of die. Then when that guy put the gun on the boys head I'd rather just be shot instead of waiting to die.
I promise that Ishmael comes out all right... after all, he has to live to write the book. :) Good observations on how the boys are become desensitized to the suffering around them.
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