Answer: The most likely audience for the story “Unusual Normality” seems to be
the general public
, the readers or anyone who comes through this story who have no idea of how lucky they are.
The author's message is to never take things more granted because you don't know what you have and what it would mean for someone else to have that. It reveals that his purpose is
to show his personal experience and the difference between what war is imagined as and what it really is
.
Where does Ishmael eventually come to live?
After Ishmael returns to
Freetown, Sierra Leone
, a coup by the RUF and the military ousts the civilian government, and the war Ishmael has been avoiding catches up with him. After his uncle's death, Ishmael flees Sierra Leone for neighboring Guinea and eventually makes his way to his new life in the United States.
What is the theme for unusual normality?
What is the theme of the story? In your own words tell what this story is about. – The story is
about a man who made a contrast between his past where he had to face the war and how it is affecting his present where he has a normal life with a family, study, new clothes, and friends
.
What is the summary of unusual normality?
After fighting as a child soldier in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah adapts
to life
in the United States, but his friends quickly realize he's unusually skilled at one of their favorite pastimes: paintball.
Why is Ishmael afraid to sleep even after he has escaped from the war?
Why is Ishmael afraid to sleep even after he has escaped from the war?
He thinks the rebels will track him down
. … They are afraid they will die like so many others. They have come to understand that if they get caught, they will become soldiers.
Why is Ishmael going to Mattru?
A village in Sierra Leone in Africa. Why did Ishmael and his friends go to Mattru Jong? Ishmael and his friends went to
Mattru Jong to participate in a friend's talent show as rapper
. … When the rebels came to Sierra Leone, there was gunfire, bullet wounds, and death as well as burning of villages and destruction.
What bad event did Saidu witness?
Saidu has the most horrific story.
The rebels came to his house and raped his three sisters and then took his parents and sisters hostage
. During all of this, Saidu happened to be hiding upstairs so the rebels never found him.
Now, you're going to read an excerpt of a memoir titled “Unusual Normality” written by
Ishmael Beah
, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone. In 1991, the Sierra Leone civil war started.
What 3 worlds does Beah live in?
The night can be haunting. Beah struggles with reality. ”These days I live in three worlds:
my dreams, and the experiences of my new life
, which trigger memories from the past.
Why does Ishmael decide to leave Freetown where will he go?
Why does Ishmael decide to leave the country and where does he plan to go? Ishmael calls Laura in New York, he asks her if he can come to live with her if he escapes Sierra Leone. …
He must travel to the neighboring country of Guinea to get to New York
.
Why was Ishmael so angry to be taken away?
Why was Ishmael so angry to be taken away?
He was losing his “family” again
.
What stopped Ishmael's migraines?
Strangely, Ishmael's migraines have stopped.
The boys' clothes are burned, including Ishmael pants
, which contained his cassette tapes.
What does Ishmael say was one of the most unsettling things about his journey?
What does Ishmael say was one of the most unsettling things about his journey?
He was uncertain when or where it would end.
What is wrapped in the white bed sheets that are in the wheelbarrow?
The wheelbarrow contains
a dead body
wrapped in white bed sheets and he's taking the body to the cemetery. He takes off the sheets from the body and he's looking at his own dead body. You just studied 20 terms!
Who died in a Long Way Gone?
Kanei, Musa, Saidu, Jumah, Alhaji, and Moriba
: Ishmael's friends from his home village whom he meets in the wilderness after being separated from his initial group. Saidu is the first of the group to die; he dies suddenly two nights after he and the other boys eat a crow that fell from the sky.
