Modern Day Soldiers

This was a happy time for them and they lived with less worry about the war because the rebels were nowhere near their village. Soon after Beah tells the story about the rebels coming closer and closer to where their families live and before they knew it, the rebels came to the village and shot anyone and everyone in sight, burning down homes and stealing anything that was of value to them. Throughout the story, Beah continues to talk about his experiences about running away from the rebels with his friends and looking for their family members, going from village to village trying to survive and not being attacked at one point because the villagers feared that they traveled in packs. After being separated from the group for the fear of being captured, Beah is taken by the rebels and put in an environment where he consumes drugs, gets no sleep, and was ready to kill any civil person that came his way. He then talks about his experiences as being someone in charge for the rebels and how he became a powerful boy soldier and one day was taken to a rehab

Quickly though, Beah became used to the lifestyle as it benefited him; becoming a solider provided him with food, clothes, shelter and a family. His new family was made out of many other young boy soldiers who he thought of to be his brother. Beah’s role models became his lieutenants due to the great power and authority they had over the young boys, some boys so young they could not even hold guns. Soon Beah was killing men left and right without feeling any emotions. The war was intense though for many boys, so using marijuana, cocaine and other narcotics was an easy way for the boys to forget about the crimes they committed (Beah

Beah tells Esther a story from when he was a child soldier and how after being shot in the foot the doctor performed surgery without anesthesia and Beah passed out due to the pain, Esther after hearing the story cries and says it is not Beah’s fault that he experienced this Beah gets angry at this and storms out of the hospital. Esther uses music to lure him back into therapy, stating “I have to examine you while you listen to music” (Beah 154). Beah continues to go back to therapy and listen to music artists like Bob Marley with Esther while talking about his past trauma. One day while at the rehabilitation center observers from the UN, UNICEF, and several non-governmental organizations arrive to see the rehabilitation center, the boys at the rehabilitation center put on a talent show for them. Beah says “I read a monologue from Julius Caesar and performed a short hip-hop play about the redemption of a former child soldier that I wrote with Esther’s encouragement” (Beah 171).

One day four men from UNICEF enter the village, talk to the Lieutenant and they took fifteen children with them, including Ishmael. Beah could not understand what was happening, he says, “The squad had been our family… I still didn’t know what was going on, but I was beginning to get angry, anxious” (130). After they were taken to the city with the people from UNICEF they found other group of children who seemed confused as well. When they started their rehabilitation process it was not easy for them to get clean. They were used to be under stress, violent behavior and drugs. He states, “We needed the violence to cheer us up after a whole day” (136). Inside the rehabilitation center they were unable to get drugs, which caused withdraws resulting in more violence. Even thought, dealing with all those children who once were soldiers was not easy, most members kept trying to help them out, “it was as if the made a pact not to give up on us” (140). After several months without drugs, Beah started his real rehabilitation which started when he began to talk with Esther. The author realizes that his humanity is coming back every time he talked to her, “the more I spoke about my experiences to Esther, the more I began to cringe at the gruesome details” (166). This shows that after that he started to become conscious about what he had

He shows the importance of accepting traumatic experiences, portraying a crucial step towards personal growth. Another piece of evidence gathered is towards the end of the memoir, which shows Beah learning to find meaning from his journey. He gets to go overseas to a New York Embassy to share about his country and experience briefly. At the end of his trip to New

Plus they were brainwashed to do this stuff, and they were hypnotized to work for the enemy.

When one is reading A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier it is easy to realize the theme that is shown is there is a lack of innocence and morality amongst the modern civilizations in this day and age. Beah's only way to survive was to either, kill, expect the worst, or learn to erase the pain and sorrow that was inflicted upon him. When tragedy strikes upon people in the US we have to learn to cope with the past and look forward to the future. To eliminate the worst outcome we strike against problems that are put in front of us. Beah learned to do the same

The New York Times Bestseller We Were Soldiers Once... And Young was authored by Lt. General Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. In November 1965, Lt. Colonel Harold Moore commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th cavalry at the Ia Drang Valley-one of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam. He eventually retired from the Army in 1977 after thirty-two years of service. After his military career, Lieutenant General Moore resided as executive vice president for four years at a Colorado ski resort before founding a computer software company. Harold Moore currently lives in Auburn, Alabama and Crested Butte, Colorado.

Some of the difficulty the soldiers faced were riots back home not supporting them. “From the sound of the news we get in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, the majority of Americans couldn't care less that we are here either. Everyone's against us.” This shows that even the people of the united states think this war was a lost cause. The united states people opposed it because it lacked a clear objective, and it was unwinnable fight against communism. Most soldiers were drafted so they had to be there it wasn’t something they believed in. Some soldiers did not understand the scrutiny towards them because most didn't want to be there either, so why be angry at them. Though these were the only difficulties found in the diary, soldiers also faced

We see a close up of a child soldier with an emotionless face. The bullet that the audience have been tracking from its creation is travelling through the air, and it is about to shoot the child solider in the forehead. The camera goes into extreme slow motion just before the moment of impact.

As we learn more about the cause and effect of PTSD we can better equip ourselves to help those in need. It is a process that has a clear beginning but an unclear ending. A person who can function normally for many years after seeing combat may find it increasingly difficult to sit in a classroom day after day. With raising awareness on not only the severity but the scope of impact of mental health disorders it can eliminate the stigma of weakness and get these men and women who have put themselves second much of their lives the help they

A. Over 250,000 children are being used as soldiers for warfare. Many of them are under the age of 18, the minimum age for recruitment of soldiers. Over 20,000 children were abducted from their families and communities. There are still many groups yet to be known. As a child soldier, you are forced to torture others, be tortured, and be sexually assaulted. Even as normal children, they are too immature to realize the rights and wrongs of their actions; therefore they are easier to manipulate. In these armies and conflicts, over 2 million children have died, 4-5 million are left disabled, and 12 million are left homeless and separated from their families. Millions of these children have been abducted or have joined for the promise of food and shelter/protection.

captivity they were taught a lot of things about the arts of war. They were taught how to ride

Webster’s dictionary defines the word profession as a type of job that requires special education, training, or skill. Many Soldiers would not consider the Army as a profession but a way of life. Some think the word profession belongs to everyday jobs like a plumber, mechanic, or doctor. Dr. Don M. Snider stated “the Army is a profession because of the expert work it produces, because the people in the Army develop themselves to be professionals, and because the Army certifies them as such” (Snider, D. M. 2008). In October 2010, the Secretary of the Army directed the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to lead an Army wide assessment of the state of the Army Profession. We have been at war as a Country for over a decade and the Army

Samuel once said, “Surviving is the only Glory of war”.War is something that can’t be stopped, but it’s something that can be avoided. Kosovo is a place where there were many wars. The article