How do you think Ishmael Beah would respond to the following quote from Gandhi?
"I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill."
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Ishmael Beah does not fully understand why he is killing these people, yet he is being manipulated into believing that he is doing this for the good of his country. Ishmael is being forced to mature quickly because he has been taken away from his family and forced to become a man.
I think Beah would be very confused by the Ghandi quote. In his heart, I think he feels that he is doing the wrong thing and killing people for no reason, but in his mind, he has been exploited into thinking that what he's doing is okay. I think later on, he will realize that what he is doing was wrong, hence the nightmares of war and of himself dying that he has in New York City.
Ishmael is being brain washed into thinking he is doing something that he has been told has to be done. His innocence is being taken from him.
He is too young too understand the consequences of taking a life away. This is a general indication that he is being brain washed...literally
I think he has be taught to think it is okay to kill. Not until later does he realize all the damage he has done and have regret for it.
I don't think Beah fully understands that killing is wrong becuase he has been brain washed into thinking that he must kill in order to survive.
i think that beah would wouldn't understand the ghandi quote because beah doesn't completely understand why he is killing these people. also he is being brainwashed and doesn't know what to do
Beah wouldn't understand the quote because he is killing people for two reasons. he's been trained to and if he doesn't follow orders he himself would die. beah might argue that killing is wrong but he was forced to so that could be his "cause"
Beah is being mislead, when being a kid and choosing life or death. a kid will most likely pick life. In fear beach will be forced to kill and feel no pain in what he will do to his friends, villagers and even maybe family.
I think that it all was thrown at him so fast that he didn't get a chance to decide if he was prepared to kill. They pointed a gun to his head basically and said I'll pull my trigger if you don't pull yours.
I think that Beah relizes that what he was doing by killing people was wrong but he could not control his own doings at that time. He was the one being controlled.
since Mr. Beah was forced into killing he is made to think what he is doing is normal so he is confused of why he kills he just simply does because he is told to.
I think before this time in Ishael's life, he would have been completely against killing. I think he would also agree with this quote. However, Ishmael is no longer thinking the way he normally would. The rebels are brainwashing him into thinking that it is okay to kill this people and that is what they deserve. This is not what Ishmael truly believes deep down. This is Jamie
I think Beah is being brainwashed by the soldiers. He did not grow up in an environment that supported taking an innocent life. he is becoming a person that is prepared to kill, sadely. I think he is a confused kid. He is torn between right and wrong and living and dying.
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I think everytime Ishmael has an encounter with death, he becomes more and more prepared for it. I think he will never be ready to kill though. Even though he was a trouble maker before the war, he wasn't a bad kid.
I think Ishmael would have agreed with Ghandi, that is before the war. Ishmael seems like the king of person who would sacrfice his life for others, but wouldn't be able to sacrifice others lives for his own. Once he has become a soldier he is forced to do things he doesn't want to. He is being brain washed into thinking killing is ok. He has yet to realize the pain he has caused others and himself at this point in the book.
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