Chapters 8-9

After reading chapters eight through nine I realize that Ishmael is starting to become stronger, but still stays emotional. Ishmael is extremely lonely he has no friends traveling with him, only memories of what he used to have and cherish. Ishmael only sees blood, and bodies of the dead lay on the ground with brutal beatings and massacring. Ishmael deals with the living nightmares almost everyday and has strong memories of the good times and bad times which he battles to stay out of his mind to keep him from collapsing into and emotional mess. Ishmael walks day and night through the forest and tries to procede with his life and trying to find safety. Ishmael ends up finding six boys to travel with. Suprisingly Ishmael happens to know three out of the six boys; Kanei, Alhaji, and Musa. The other three boys names are Saidu, Jumah, Moriba. The boys end up traveling for quite a while. They find an old man who can hardly walk or stand. He tells them that one of the villages has been invaded. The boys also end up finding a man, who is a fisher. The man welcomes them but doesn’t give his name for they’re and his own safety. This chapter was less graphic but I still have the motivation to keep reading till the last page. The boys never talk about the past or what could be coming in the future because it is already uncomfortable enough knowing that Junior has been abducted and many others also family members being killed. I thought this chapter was very moving, especially as an individual, and friends. What they can do for you and what you can do for them is always the best even in the worst times like this. Even though this chapter was not a thought of the mind and jotted down on a piece of paper, it was an experienced event of terror. These chapters truly filled me with fear and also taught me so lessons.