Rescue & Rehabilitation
Ishmael Beah suffers from guilt after the war. He feels guilty for the loss of his family, and killing the innocent people of Sierra Leone. When he was in the war he was known as the "killing machine". He couldn't see past his murderous acts and he couldn't understand how he was doing it. But it was all for survival. Everything he had done since he had arrived at his burning home was for his own survival.
If he tried to fight against the rebels he would have been killed. He would have never seen his family again and he wouldn't have been able to tell his story. If you had to take another mans life to have another day on earth is it worth it? Even though the rebels did end up killing his family he was reunited with his friends, and the family that he made during the war with the other boy soldiers.
Ishmael overcame his guilt when he was rescued by the UNICEF. Him and many of the other boy soldiers were rescued and brought over to America. For him it was hard at first but he found ways to take out his anger and eventually forgave himself for what he had done. Now he tries to inform others on the problems happening in 3rd world countries where kids are being treated like weapons and wants to lead a movement to stop children from being war toys. Coming to America had to be very hard for the boys because of all the significant changes in culture we have from them, ecspecially since we don't have children fighting our wars. Having conversation with others was hard because the only memories they had were of pain, anger, and filled with violence. Hopefully Ishmael's book wide spreads throughout countries across the world and everyone can help fight the war against children fighting wars.
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