A Long Way Gone Journal 1

A particular scene in “A Long Way Gone” that’s memorable to me is the beginning of chapter two. In this scene, the narrator, Ishmael, uses very descriptive writing to portray the various smells, sights, feelings, and emotions throughout the piece. Due to the descriptiveness of the writing, upon reading it was very easy for me to picture the commotion that was taking place. Another factor that aided in my selection of this scene was the fact that it was actually a dream.
In his dream Ishmael is pushing a wheelbarrow containing a body through a town where he describes the smell of the air as being filled with, “the smells of blood and burnt flesh.” He then goes on to describe the horrific state that the corpses are in. As he rolls through the carnage he then states that his extremely distressed crapes or sneakers are “soaked with blood.” He realizes that the blood is running down his army shorts but is unsure weather he has been wounded or not. When he finally arrives at the cemetery to bury the body spots of blood began to show through the white sheet that covers it. He begins to unwrap the cloth from about the body and then the face and to his and my surprise the face is his own.
If I were Ishmael and I had a dream like that I would be terrified than I already was. If you were Ishmael how would you feel? Also what was a particular scene that stood out to you in the story so far? If not a scene, what quote?

Sincerely Breanna