tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post3780583184731431269..comments2023-07-04T01:44:55.882-07:00Comments on Leclaire's 6th Hour Homework and Fishbowl Blog: Fishbowl #4: A Long Way Gone, Chapters 11-14kleclairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942217584894176389noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-24304430172916125102013-11-21T13:07:57.953-08:002013-11-21T13:07:57.953-08:00I don't think he is immune to feeling the effe...I don't think he is immune to feeling the effects of killing others, but he hasn't really thought about it. He is caught up in the moment and motivated by revenge and drugs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-82034705314371999132013-11-21T13:07:50.453-08:002013-11-21T13:07:50.453-08:00I think he is scared but he feels important and re...I think he is scared but he feels important and recognized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-2222359508009202732013-11-21T13:07:31.623-08:002013-11-21T13:07:31.623-08:00What the soldiers are doing is wrong. They are ta...What the soldiers are doing is wrong. They are taking lives but so are the rebels. By fighting back they are trying to make it a safer place. It's going to get worse before it gets better. This is the worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-55219702153677302492013-11-21T13:07:30.104-08:002013-11-21T13:07:30.104-08:00For now, once they have been taken off the drugs t...For now, once they have been taken off the drugs the effects of killing those people will return full force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-4717515419501070682013-11-21T13:07:28.574-08:002013-11-21T13:07:28.574-08:00Along with fear, I believe at least a couple of th...Along with fear, I believe at least a couple of the boys must have felt a moment of not necessarily joy but a chance at revenge for that they have all gone through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-29689805270315640352013-11-21T13:06:54.795-08:002013-11-21T13:06:54.795-08:00Yes, Ishmael has no sympathy and seems to have ver...Yes, Ishmael has no sympathy and seems to have very little care for killing people. The Ismael we knew at the beginning of the book wouldn't be able to look hundreds of people in the eye and kill them like it was nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-66337084498037603162013-11-21T13:06:32.144-08:002013-11-21T13:06:32.144-08:00maybe not immune but defiantly numb to it. It'...maybe not immune but defiantly numb to it. It's like he doesn't even care anymore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-72913245744338813572013-11-21T13:05:32.356-08:002013-11-21T13:05:32.356-08:00I think that they would be able to survive it. Jus...I think that they would be able to survive it. Just not as well or as effectively as they do with the drugs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-88179726997217348582013-11-21T13:05:14.815-08:002013-11-21T13:05:14.815-08:00Yes. Ishmael in the beginning of this book was you...Yes. Ishmael in the beginning of this book was your average 12 year old kid, war wasn't apart of his mindset and he was with his family. There was no event or thing that caused him to feel the need to get revenge on someone. There was no separation from his loved ones and there wasn't any reason he felt the need to kill. As time has gone on I agree with Joe, I think Ishmael has lost his morals and has begun to lose himself, the war is not only effecting him emotionally and physically but mentally as well. He has shaped into a different person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-13179868407772822782013-11-21T13:04:58.859-08:002013-11-21T13:04:58.859-08:00Would you say Ishmael has become immune to felling...Would you say Ishmael has become immune to felling the effects of killing others, why or why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-82264808093359313522013-11-21T13:04:37.381-08:002013-11-21T13:04:37.381-08:00It prevents them from realizing what they have don...It prevents them from realizing what they have done. They will not have the opportunity to consider their morals and refuse to fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-23621696575193991062013-11-21T13:04:30.684-08:002013-11-21T13:04:30.684-08:00I think because of what he has gone through he fee...I think because of what he has gone through he feels justified in reacting by killing others. The drugs also play a big role in his actions. Also because all that he has been through all this built up anger is released by these actions. I think when he holds the gun he feels more powerful and even protected from the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-25706435247553047772013-11-21T13:04:24.147-08:002013-11-21T13:04:24.147-08:00I don't think he feels anything. The drugs hav...I don't think he feels anything. The drugs have been keeping him on this sort of permanent high, and he is numb enough to stay alive and do his job as a child soldier. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-13303271207308051122013-11-21T13:03:27.999-08:002013-11-21T13:03:27.999-08:00They would not be soldiers at all if they didn'...They would not be soldiers at all if they didn't take the pills and drugs. Even if they were soldiers, they would not be able to look at all the violence around them and survive without drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-58844884597293294192013-11-21T13:03:24.686-08:002013-11-21T13:03:24.686-08:00How do you think Ishmael feels about being a soldi...How do you think Ishmael feels about being a soldier? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-21057516108682236462013-11-21T13:03:07.056-08:002013-11-21T13:03:07.056-08:00What differences do you see in Ishmael's moral...What differences do you see in Ishmael's morals from when Saidu died in chapter 10, as opposed to all his friends dyeing in chapters 13 and 14? Why do you think this is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-64709823319876209232013-11-21T13:02:53.709-08:002013-11-21T13:02:53.709-08:00I don't think that anything will make him feel...I don't think that anything will make him feel better. He has already lost everything and no matter if he kills the people responsible or not they're still gone. They're going to stay gone and there is nothing he can do about that. He may not see it now but I don't think that anything will make him feel better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-15148424606270131402013-11-21T13:02:51.929-08:002013-11-21T13:02:51.929-08:00On page 124 Ishmael says "There was no time t...On page 124 Ishmael says "There was no time to be alone or to think." How does not having the space to think affect these boys? Is it better that they don't have time to get deep into their thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-4929597020210235532013-11-21T13:02:46.416-08:002013-11-21T13:02:46.416-08:00I think in the long run, Ishmael would have been b...I think in the long run, Ishmael would have been better off in the forest because by becoming a soldier, it immediately signed himself up for the use of drug, the post traumatic stress, and the guilt of all the people he has killed. Where as in the forest all he had to do was to find food and not die even though he would have a lot of time to reflect on the war. Both of them are in the long run pretty bad for his health but the forest would leave him with less of a problem getting back to normal. The danger seems less in the forest as well as he never saw anyone really in his travels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-65916166920913508242013-11-21T13:02:17.851-08:002013-11-21T13:02:17.851-08:00I agree with the using drugs to dealing with all t...I agree with the using drugs to dealing with all the pain but I also think that its desensitizing them so the idea of killing all these people doesn't seem so bad. Put yourself in their situation taking the pain and the fear away instead of him having to deal with all those feelings yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-14604705697564799162013-11-21T13:02:00.418-08:002013-11-21T13:02:00.418-08:00Do you think the soldiers would be able to survive...Do you think the soldiers would be able to survive this war without taking pills for a source of energy and doing drugs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-37206935045136599462013-11-21T13:00:36.895-08:002013-11-21T13:00:36.895-08:00Definitely. Ishmael would not have even considered...Definitely. Ishmael would not have even considered killing these people at the beginning of the book. He has spent a very long time doing anything to survive, and has slowly lost his morals. The Ishmael of the present is not in anyway the same Ishmael from before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-79103150098284193262013-11-21T13:00:32.249-08:002013-11-21T13:00:32.249-08:00My theory is that the rebels stole things from the...My theory is that the rebels stole things from the military or they had people from other countries on their side, being able to get weapons and anything else they need from them. The little money that they actually have might go to the military, so they are able to have weapons. Also, the drugs probably came from other countries, or they grew them themselves using all the plants that Africe has, because I assume Africa probably naturally has drugs, such as marijuana. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-74580311845518766022013-11-21T13:00:17.297-08:002013-11-21T13:00:17.297-08:00I think that at the time it just made him so mad b...I think that at the time it just made him so mad because they had just killed his family and there acting as though it's just another normal thing. I don't think that at that point he was worried that he may become like them because he was so consumed with his rage and sadness. But now if he were to think back at that I think he would be worried that he is becoming just like them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868662333596761700.post-82205054650081667462013-11-21T12:59:51.833-08:002013-11-21T12:59:51.833-08:00I think that Ishmael is just very blinded by all t...I think that Ishmael is just very blinded by all the madness going around. All the crazy things that are happening in his life right now are making him go insane. He's too caught up in his own world that he doesn't have the time to stop and think about what he's doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com