Chapters 11-12-13

Chapter 11-This chapter was very sad.  I can’t believe that he almost found his family but was minutes to late.  I think that Beah went crazy for a few minutes when he tried to kill Gasemu the banana picker guy.  I would agree with him that I would rather be reunited with my family for a little bit even if it risked death.  I cant believe Gasemu was the only one to get shot when they where running from the rebels!  They where all very lucky to not get shot.

 

Chapter 12-the Beginning of this chapter was very graphic.  The part about the brain pulsating and the guy was still breathing.  That is just gross.  Shoot the guy and put him out of his misery and just shoot him. I thought it was the rebels when the soldiers took Ishmael and his friends away.  When they took them to the village I realized that he wasn’t with the rebels but with the government soldiers.  I’m glad he didn’t fight for the rebels but I don’t know if the people he is fighting for are the good guys or just another group of bad guys.  The soldiers seem to do a lot of marijuana smoking in the village.  The training they went through isn’t very long.  But I guess since when they are actually in a battle they don’t really aim they just stick their gun over the hill and shot.

 

Chapter 13- When their boss gave them the day off of training I thought he was just being nice but he knew that most of the boys would die so he let them have a good last day before death.  They sure have lots of ammo at this village.  I bet the white capsules are crack rocks.  I wonder how long they just wait in the grass for the rebels.  I wonder when he is finally going to get shot because he seems to be bullet proof.  Nothing can hit him, even if he stands up in the middle of a war to pick up his dead friend.  He could have killed someone when he started shooting after his nightmare. The soldiers seem to really like durgs.