Themes+of+the+book

In A Long Way Gone there are many different themes such as: **War: Ishamel gets recruited to the army to avenge his family, friends, and to stop the rebels chaos that they've caused him.**

**Love: Ishamel's love for his family and his willingness to find them keeps him going with his adventure and not willing to give up.

Peace: Ishmael after the rehabilation goes to the United Nations meeting to influence peace and to stop the recruiting of kids in their war.

Hope: His hope that his family may be somewhere influences him to keep on pushing until he finds his family or finds peace.

Dispair: He goes through multiple times of despair when he witnesses villages burn, people getting killed, his friends dieing and the possilbility of his family dead.

Family: His family is his main goal to find, they are the ones that continue to influence him to keep going and not give up.

Innocence: Ishamel struggles with his innocence while he is influenced in the war by: Violence, Vengence, Drugs, Depression, and Loss of friends.

Revenge: He joins the war only to avenge his family and friends that he tought that died in the war and stop their chaos that they've caused him.

Courage: He gets courage through the thought that his family might still be alive and continue the adventure through the forrest to find his family.

Kindness: Most villagers didnt trust young people in the story, in fear that they were part of the problem not the solution. One village that Ishmael came across a man helped him and his friends out. Feeding them, clothing them, and providing them with shelter. That was a very kind thing to do.

Hatred: His hatred for the rebels influences him to continue his fighting against them by not only joining the war and killing, but also by doing occasional speakings for United Nations and to stop recruiting of kids in wars.**