A Long Way Gone Chap: 8-9

Ishmeal is lucky that he has grandparents that teach him survival skills. Without the things that his grandma and grandpa taught him he probably wouldn't be alive. It was pretty disturbing reading about rivers so full of blood that they weren't running any more, and if I saw something like that I would be throwing up every time I would think about something like that. When he meets up with the boys from his school and they play soccer on the beach, and when they reach the hermits hut it shows hope for these kids and hope for the country even. If someone can laugh after going through all that they have they are either crazy or things are turning around for them, and i don't think these boys are crazy.I find it amazing how his rap music seems to save him almost every time he is in trouble, he is an extreamely lucky kid in that regard.