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Monday, April 4, 2011

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

The beginning of chapter two begins with a gruesome dream that then leads to Ishmael having a flashback of  his time as a boy soldier. He says, "Memories I sometimes wish I could wash away, even though I am aware that they are an important part of what my life is; who I am now" (Beah 19). Why is remembering his story and retelling it so important?