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Rising Action
A Long Way Gone
In the novel, A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, it has finally reached the climax. The rising action was the boys running around from village to village, fending for themselves against the rebels, and against the battle of hunger. The boys finally found hope from a man they used to know from their old village. He had told them that their families had been waiting for them downthe hill. However, before the young boy soldiers reached their family members, shots were being fired; one after the other. Now the boys are becoming a PART of the Army, rather than only seeing these horrific attacks, they are a part of them.
Climax
'One of the unsettling things about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn't sure when or where it was going to end. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life.' (pg. 69)
'As I was going down the hill, I heard gunshots. And dogs barking. And people screaming and crying. We dropped the bananas and began running in order to avoid the open hillside. A think smoke started rising from the village. At the top of it, sparks of flames leapt into the air.' (pg. 93)
'In the evening the soldiers cleaned their guns, sometimes firing a couple of rounds into the air. These random gunshots sent the younger children diving between the legs of their parents. The soldiers smoked cigaretts and marijuana; some sat alone, while others gambled and joked with one another into the night. Some watched a movie under one of their big tents. (pg. 104)
