A Long Way Gone Chapters 6-7

It is extremely sad how nobody trusts anyone. Not even a 12 year old can be trusted in these communities. Even worse is how people try to hurt them. Chasing them out is one thing but trying to kill them? Even the best of friends are starting to turn against each other, not fighting but drifting apart. I was kind of confused at the end of the chapter because I thought that they were traveling with an adult and the adult seemed to disappear. I feel sorry for Ishmeal, he now has to go into the wilderness of Africa by himself, and with almost no hope of being accepted into a community since he is a boy.