We now find our heroes traveling along the road once again. Traveling to find what I'm guessing to be a village that has not been war torn and abandoned. At this point though i do not think it matters though being that all of Sierra Leone knows of all the boy soldiers now fighting for the rebels. The boys being the exact age of most boy soldiers they find almost no hospitality no where they go. Either they are chased out of villages by men with weapons and sticks or are forced out by fear of the village being attacked. Either way things are not looking good for the boys. Also the boys have tried hard not to be recruited as they were almost before. Although Sierra Leone is somewhat a small country they lack in what seems to be villages and cities. Not only that but they travel on foot with very little food and water in the heat of Africa during summer.
We take what we have in America for granite such as water, food, and shelter. Millions of people all around the world have virtually nothing and we have everything for ourselves. That is upsetting to think about just how much we really do have. We as a country virtually know nothing of war anymore. We may read about it yes, but when was the last time you heard about the invasion of America? 1796? I feel very compelled to reading this book it provides such a provocative image of war in the eyes of a young civilian boy gone bad and very far from home.
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