CH 20 A Long Way Gone The Meeting

I named CH 20 of A Long Way Gone The Meeting because in the Chapter Ishmael goes to New York and Interacts with other Kids from other Countries. He also meets Laura a Storyteller. In The Day of the Meeting he gives a speech about Sierra Leone and Keeps Contact with Laura who will become his future mother.

CH 21 A Long Way Gone Vocabulary Words

Apprentice
Definition: A person who works for another in order to gain a certain knowledge.
Sentence: The Doctors APPRENTICE learned how to give a shot.










Auspiced
Definition: To patronage or support.
Sentence: Many people AUSPICED the civil rights movement.













Conducted
Definition: To stand in front of a group of musicians or singers and direct their playing or singing.
Sentence: The Conductor CONDUCTED the Orchestra for an entire hour.







Halted
Definition: To stop moving In motion.
Sentence: The stop sign HALTED many cars on the street.










Looted
Definition: Taking anything without permission, or stealing.
Sentence: The Pirate LOOTED the money he stole from the bank.











Primary
Definition: The first or highest rank of importance.
Sentence: Chief Inspector is the Highest PRIMARY rank in law enforcement.











Predicament
Definition: A difficult or perplexing situation.
Sentence: The man was in a PREDICAMENT situation.










Reconcile
Definition: To compose, settle, or bring into agreement.
Sentence: The two business have RECONCILED there differences and merged there companies.






Residues
Definition: The remainder or aftermath of something.
Sentence: There wasn’t much RESIDUES after the bombing of Hiroshima.








Tingling
Definition: To have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc
Sentence: The person started to feel a TINGLING sensation in there fingers.




Vaults
Definition: Arched structure made out of concrete, metal, or brick.
Sentence: The bank VAULT was empty after a pirate took the money.

CH 20 A Long Way Gone Vocabulary Words

Accumulating
Definition: To gather or collect
Sentence: The person has been ACCUMMULATING cards since he was little.












Aimlessly
Definition: Without aim or Purposely.
Sentence: The Blind man walked AIMLESSLY into the wrong direction.














Awed
Definition: Power to inspire fear.
Sentence: Hitler AWED many governments in Europe to surrender.











Baffled
Definition: To confuse bewilder or perplex.
Sentence: The man was BAFFLED by the taxes he had to pay.














Compelling
Definition: To use force.
Sentence: The officer had to COMPELL to arrest the girl.









Facilitators
Definition: A person responsible for leading or coordinating the work of a group.
Sentence: The Lifeguard was a Camp FACILITATOR in charge of the pool.












Generated
Definition: To come into existence, cause to be, produce.
Sentence: The Wolf man GENERATED from the moonlight.











Inffluential
Definition: A person who Exerts or can Exert Strong Influence.
Sentence: People with a lot of Wisdom are very INFLUENTIAL.










Mesmerized
Definition: To Fascinate.
Sentence: The Magician MESMERIZED almost the entire Audience.








Oriented
Definition: The Countries of East Asia.
Sentence: Japan controlled almost all of the Countries in the ORIENT part of Asia.









Overwhelmed
Definition: To cover or bury beneath a mass of something.
Sentence: Many people were OVERWHELMED under there house after the Haiti Earthquake.









Radiator
Definition: Any of various heating devices.
Sentence: The Microwave was the easiest RADIATING machine in the house.

Ch 21 A Long Way Gone Questions

1. The tingling sensation he gets in his stomach is remembering walking on a moving sidewalk in Amsterdam airport.
2. He has never seen so many white people, all hurriedly dragging there bags.
3. In his school they had not enough school materials, and the classes were outside.
4. The students had to help there teachers grow crops in the gardens, it was the only way teachers who haven't been paid for years could make a living.
5. The other children have heard of Ishmael and Mohamed’s past solider life.
6. I wouldn’t want to be there friends because we don’t know if they are good people.
7. On May 25, 1997 there was a loud noise in the city.
8. The Rebels caused the noise in the morning. They wanted to overthrow the president of the country.
9. Some of the prisoners who escaped went to the houses of the judges and lawyers who sentenced them to kill them, and others joined the rebels in the army.
10. The Rebels are so desperate for becoming a president that they would use Children, prisoners and other people just to win the war.
11. It doesn’t explain the difference of the Prison Systems.
12. I would feel like the war would never end.
13. People started looting, riots, and just chaos.
14. I do think we need laws, because places like this would be dangerous an I don’t want to live there.
15. The Rebels would use Explosives to break open banks vaults.
16. The Secret Market would Secretly sell food to the civilians of Sierra Leone
17. Over the Megaphone the Rebels announce that the have Overthrown the elected President.
18. The civilians were hiding, running and Screaming.
19. Mohamed was continuing coughing.
20. The Gun shots were continuing for over five months.
21. Most of the time people ate soaked raw rice.
22. His Uncle started to become sick and then died.
23. Ishmael thought that some of his past friends were still in the army and that they would kill him if they found out they would have killed him.
24. I think I would get trapped then be forced to join he rebels or die.
25. The only way to leave Freetown is to take a Bus out of the city, without getting caught.
26. The Bus Reached the Final destination in the town Kambia.
27. I think the solders were strict because they probably don’t want them to smuggle anything.
28. Ishmael was in the Bus, but it was overcrowded.
29. Ishmael made it out of Freetown and into Conakry.
30. I think Ishmael is able to escape death because he keeps moving forward and doesn’t usually have negative thoughts. And doesn’t let tragic moments bother him.
31. I think Ishmael could probably help the other people by giving them good advice on how to survive and by giving them directions to other towns.
32. The story about the monkey is that if the hunter kills the monkey his mom will die, but if they don’t the dad will die. Its significant because it puts the person in a situation whether to let one live and the other die.
33. I kept on hearing the story that babies came from storks and I always use to think how was it possible.

Ch 20 A Long Way Gone Questions

1. Ishmael’s vision of New York city was a place were there was a lot of violence.
2. New York city is a place were there is many tall buildings and many businesses and services.
3. He saw winter in Christmas movies and didn't knew what it was.
4. He was very cold and felt like his face froze.
5. One time when I was going hiking with my cousins we saw an Indian culture.
6. They stayed in the Vanderbilt YMCA hotel.
7. There were some kids from: Lebanon, Cambodia, Kosovo, Brazil, Norway, Yemen, Mozambique, Palestine, Guatemala, New York, South Africa, Peru, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, India, Papua New Guinea, Malawi, Sierra Leone and more.
8. There was some food that Ishmael never heard about and didn’t knew about it.
9. He learned that the other kids also had a difficult childhood and that they have gone through great journeys to attend the conference.
10. Laura Simms was a white story teller.
11. He didn’t accept the winter jacket because it was a women's jacket. If I was very cold I would have used it.
12. in the times square they saw people in there underwear, music videos, and numbers.
13. In the conference the representative from each country would give a speech.
14. I've Come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in the process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge, then revenge, and revenge, and revenge will never come to an end.
15. I do agree with his speech because he is right about the revenge and that the war was very brutal and turned children into solders.
16. Since I have been with the court my life has changed.
17. Since Ishmael was trying to get away from the world he finds that raping helps him move forward.
18. They left New York on November 15,1996.
19. Ishmael was now going to return to Freetown.
20. I think in the next chapter he will decide to live with Laura and will come the New York again.
21. I think he might be recognized more in Sierra Leone after appearing in the conference.
22. I think he can go back to his friends.

CH 19 A Long Way Gone Going to the UN

I named Ch 19 of A Long Way Gone Going to the UN because in the Chapter Ishmale is chosen to represent Sierra Leone in a Conference in the UN.

Ch 18 A Long Way Gone A Reunited Family

I named Ch 18 Of a Long Way Gone A Reunited Family because in the Chapter Ishmael Finally Meets his uncle and finds out about his family. He also meets Mohamed and becomes his friend. Ishmael has already been Rehabilitated and is ready to return to normal society.

Ch 19 A Long Way Gone Questions

•1. Ishmael had to return to normal society so he was sent to live with his uncle.
•2. I think the two weeks felt longer than the eight months because he spent most of that time with his uncle.
•3. Sometimes I feel like school id so long.
•4. Ishmael survived the war because he used his wilderness instincts and killed to survive.
•5. I would want to survive but also let someone else from my family survive.
•6. In his plastic bag Ishmael packed: pair of sneakers, four T-Shirts, three shorts, tooth paste, tooth brush, Vaseline lotion, a walkman with cassettes, two long sleeved shirts, two pairs of pants, and a tie.
•7. I think Mambu’s family didn’t took him because of the war and also in chapter 15 he had anger problems.
•8. I cant think of anyone who can relate to Mambu.
•9. When I was sent here I never saw any of my old friends, but also never said good bye.
•10. Ishmael had feelings for Esther and wanted to tell her he loved her but never did.
•11. When they arrived his uncle carried him, and told him that he is going to be welcomed like a chief.
•12. When Ishmael entered the house his cousins hugged him, and his aunt cooked chicken.
•13. Ishmael shared a room with Allie.
•14. Allie convinced Ishmael to sneak out into a Pub.
•15. The boys at the dance had Ironed Shorts, Shirts tucked in, and were well dressed.
•16. The girl that danced with Ishmael pulled him close and danced slowly.
•17. While he was dancing he remembered when his squad attacked a school during a dance.
•18. Upline is a krio word mostly used in Freetown to refer to the backwardness of the inner country, its inhabitants, and the mannerisms.
•19. The interview was to send two children to the UN to talk about the Issues of Sierra Leone.
•22. Dr. Tamba told Ishmael that he has his Visa.
•23. Ishmael and the other child are now going to go to the UN to discuss about Sierra Leone.

CH 19 A Long Way Gone Vocabulary Words

Apprentice
•Definition: A person or assistant who works for another person in order to gain some knowledge about something.
•Sentence: The APPRENTICE was learning how to give an injection.










Congested
•Definition: To fill up or overcrowded.
•Sentence: The Bus was CONGESTED with many people.












Inhabitants
•Definition: A person or animal that owns a place as a resident.
•Sentence: The Bear was an INHABITANT guarding its territory.










Intricate
•Definition: Very complicated or hard to understand.
•Sentence: The blueprints to build a Rocket was very INTRICATE.












Marvelous
•Definition: Something Excellent, great, incredible, etc.
•Sentence: The Eiffel tower was a MARVELOUS National monument of France.












Possessed
•Definition: To own, belong, or keep as property.
•Sentence: The man POSSESSED the car after winning a game show.










Shuffled
•Definition: To mix or change something by moving things in different orders.
•Sentence: The cards were SHUFFLED for the card game.








Transparent
•Definition: Shining through with light.
•Sentence: The flashlight showed some TRANSPARENT light.











Uncertainty
•Definition: A state of being uncertain or not sure.
•Sentence: I was very UNCERTAINTY to figure out how many jelly beans were in the Jar.

CH 18 A Long Way Gone Questions

•1. Ishmael feels he has nothing to live for because he has no Family.
•2. Esther always hugged Ishmael every time he was upset. She also wanted to pretend to be his sister.
•3. Abigail was a girl that went with Ishmael to school.
•4. The visitors were the UN, the UNICEF, and the Ngo's.
•5. Ishmael didn’t talk about if he was nervous.
•6. Esther thought that Ishmael should sing Reggae songs.
•7. Mr. Kamara told Ishmael that the Visitors were impressed and knew they could Rehabilitate, and asked him to be the spokesmen for the center.
•8. Ishmael would talk about how child soldering is wrong and that all of them can be Rehabilitated.
•9. I think Ishmael was excited that he met Mohammed because he hasn’t seen him in a long time.
•10. Tommy was Ishmaels uncle. He was tall, had a wide Genuine smile, had long hands, smiling, and wasn’t very light skinned.
•11. Repatriated is the term used to describe the process of reuniting ex-child soldiers with their former communities.
•12. Tommy ran toward Ishmael happy and hugging him and crying.
•13. I reunited with one of my Uncles one day when me and my Family went to Mexico.
•14. Tommy promised Ishmael that he will come and visit Every weekend.
•15. Ishmael would feel guilty if he told Alhaji and Mambu about Tommy because none of there families have been found.
•16. Ishmael loved the Walks with his Uncle because it gave him a chance to talk about his childhood before the war.
•17. I would field both excited and strange because I never met them so I don’t know how there like.
•18. Tommy lived in New England Ville a in the western part of Freetown. There was no electricity, no running water, and a beautiful view.
•19. Ishmaels aunt was short, had dark skin, round cheek bones, and bright eyes.
•20. I think the Aunt let Ishmael live there because she welcomed him and fed him.
•21. Ishmael found out that his Grandfather had many wives, that his father had brothers he never talked about, and his father is the only child from his mothers side.
•22. I found out that my great Grandfathers both from my moms and dads side were in the revolution.

CH 18 A Long Way Gone Vocabulary Words

Concern
•Definition: To trouble or worry.
•Sentence: The girl was CONCERN over the operation of her father.








Continually
•Definition: Very often or common.
•Sentence: The stoplight CONTINUALLY changed from red to green.












Emphasize
•Definition: To talk about something with importance.
•Sentence: The main topic of the meeting is to EMPHASIZE the importance of the Economy.










Monologue
•Definition: Entertainment spoken by a single person alone.
•Sentence: The comedian made a MONOLOGUE about comedy.








Reggae
•Definition: Style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso and rock n roll.
•Sentence: REGGAE music started to become popular in the U.S










Rehabilitated
•Definition: Toe restore the condition of good health, behavior, or ability to do something.
•Sentence: The patient was able to walk after his REHABILITATION.

Repatriated
•Definition: To bring or send back to someone's home land.
•Sentence: When the Fugitive slave act was signed many slaves were REPATRIATED back to there master.

Reuniting
•Definition: To come together again after a separation.
•Sentence: After the Berlin Wall Collapsed Germany was REUNITED into a Democratic Government.

Ch 17 A Long Way Gone The Memories of War

I named Ch 17 of A Long Way Gone The Memories of war because in this chapter it shows us memories of what Ishmael experienced during his war years including a near death experience. in the chapter Ishmael also makes some new friends.