After the UN peace keepers arrived, Ishmael and his close friend Alhaji left the government base for the newly established war refugee camp. Upon arrival the boys, along with 7 other government fighters, came in contact with a group of rebel boys. The two groups looked at each other and knew that they were about to fight. One knife pulled led to all the knives pulled. After about 15 min. of fighting Ishmael pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin and threw into the middle of the group of boys. 4 were left dead for the rebels and only 2 for the government boys. All were wounded. After this incidence the two rival groups were separated and set apart through the use of two separate camps. The boys were living through withdrawal symptoms. And do to this, the boys attacked everything they saw. In the first couple months at their new home the boys attacked people on their way to get water and attacked their nurses, teachers and handlers. Amazingly these people would stand up and say "its not your fault". These UN workers were overwhelmingly passionate towards the boys, never showing their frustration. After a couple months Ishmael found his withdrawal symptoms subsiding and is now on his way to achieving conformity.
This part of the book showed me that savage children could exist.
No comments:
Post a Comment