1. The character that has meant the most to me so far would
have to be Esther. I think she is the next character down most important in the
story then Ishmael. She has the attitude of never giving up on something or
someone whom I think would be very important to have when dealing in this time
period of the Civil War. These boys have gone through a lot, and they need more
people like Esther to care about them because most of them haven’t been shown they
are cared about since they lost their families. I think it is good that Ismael
has someone to talk to, “I only liked talking to her because I felt that she didn’t
judge me for what I have been a part of” (Page 166). I believe everyone needs
someone like Esther to talk to, because all those memories would be hard to
keep to you when it was in fact a part of their childhood.
2. I think the rehabilitation is possible with time. However,
it would be scary at first him living in my neighborhood after knowing what he’s
capable of doing, but he is just a child and deserves a chance at a normal
life. These kids didn’t choose this to be what they did for several years. It
chose them, and it was either fight and survive and or to be killed.
3. A specific convention that I thought was important was how
Ismael describes and talks about his dreams he has. On page 164, Ismael
explains his dream in strong detail. This dream was once again about death. He describes
how he falls off his bed and has to walk outside. This was also the first time
he dreamt about his family since they were taken away from him. By Ismael explaining
to the readers his dreams, it lets us get into his head and feel what he is
going through.
4. The passage I picked would be on page 160, “I had told
someone, a civilian, about my experience. I hated the “It’s not your fault”
line that staff members said every time anyone spoke about the war.” I think
this passage impacted me because I couldn’t imagine being constantly told that every
time you spoke about the war and basically your childhood. At first, it would
probably be good to hear, but after several times I would see where it would
get very annoying.
! agree with your comments. Ishmael's descriptive detail of his dreams and the places that he has been to is captivating. The word choices through out the book is fairly simple to understand as it not only pulls out his perspective the words also give a very real feeling to me. It's as if I am there in Ishmael's body seeing, hearing, feeling everything that he is going through.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you the passage you pick up your last paragraph, it was good detail for Ishmael, he always mention his felling.
ReplyDeleteI was bothered reading the quote "It's not your fault" in the book over and over. I can only imagine how annoyed he was hearing it every day.
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