Violence and Its Repercussions in 'A Long Way Gone'

Violence is never the answer, this really shows throughout A Long Way Gone. In the story A Long Way Gone, violence is a main aspect that makes the story all come together. The title of this novel is called A Long Way Gone, it was written by Ishmael Beah, This story is about Ishmael Beah being taken to war at a young age, when he is in the war he meets many people, some of them including, Talloi, Gibrilla, Kaloko, and Khalilou. Throughout A Long Way Gone the boys are given lots of drugs and guns, and have been given strict command to kill the rebels. He joined the UNICEF program and was able to find his uncle whom he lived with and was able to escape drugs and the war. The three effects that violence has made on Ishmael are, revenge is an ongoing cycle, violence can cost people their lives, violence can turn a whole-hearted person into a cold bitter soul. In A Long Way Gone, revenge has been proven to be a big part in this story and has shown to be very unsatisfying.

Violence is an ongoing cycle and this has been proven throughout this story. In this story and the many violent acts that have happened, the cycle seems to continue happening, the boys will kill someone, then another person’s family will go after them and so on. An example of this in the story is when Ishmael is presenting his speech to the UN about what happens when people are separated from their families, Ishmael said, “I

When someone kills another person’s family they will get recrimination on that person, with this comes great consequence which can result in long-term suffering or even death. Overall violence and the war have impacted Ishmael’s life and have served a permanent spot with Ishmael, and he may never return to the sweet innocent boy he once was. There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to