These section of reading was very strong for me. Getting caught by the rebels the first time is one of the parts that really jumps out to me. I thought that they were actually going to get recruited this time, but they didn't. It is very heartbreaking that Beah had to stand in front of the only family he probably had left and be faced with the choice to kill or be killed. The emotions going his brother and his head are incomprehensible to me. And to think that they risked their lives and got caught by the rebels for nothing! Afterall, the money they got came to no good use. Frustrating is a severe understatement of what that must have felt like.
Torturing the old man was a very sick thing to do. The rebels seemed so comfortable doing this and they enjoyed it thoroughly. It disgusts me that people can be like that, but I guess these rebels must have been like Beah nine to ten years ago. That transformation from an innocent child to cold-blooded killer is so abrupt and so horrific. I can't imagine Beah turning into this type of killer, but I know its going to happen.
One of the things that I wondered about was were the rebels that captured Beah and his companions on drugs, too. Or were they actually consciously doing what they were? I'm not really sure.
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I think that their not high while their doing what they do but they might as well be. They have been so brainwashed that they don't perceive reality as everyone else does, they are living in a constant state of being.
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