Beah Presentation

The Ishmael Beah presentation I thought was quite interesting. I was very surprised to find his joking manner when talking about the events that unfolded in his life. Being my first ever actual Author presentation I was intrigued by him quoting lines from the book and explaining them and there true meaning. Another interesting thing was him saying how the translation of words like ball to and air vessle. I found it cool to the fact that he went through so much and had such a vibrant personality. Overall i thought he did a good job at his presentation and that i will probably read his new book when ever it is due to come out.

boy Soldier

Growing up into a war must do things to the mind are unthinkable. I would think if i was in his situation i would probably run and try to get out of the country as soon as possible. Being in that state of mind im pretty sure that it would be the only option.
With Beah coming this week if given the opportunity, i would like t0o ask him what his after thoughts on his whole life. I think hearing his story actually told by him would be interesting to hear. His story is just so interesting on how this all actually happens to children in war torn countries.
I hope that he gives us time for a q & a, just to hear how things like this happen.

A long way gone

A long way gone could possibly be one of the best books I have read so far.  The story though is messed up in the fact of what Beah went through to survive.  In my own opinion i doubt i would be able to survive in that situation and if possible i'd try to get out of the country as soon as possible.  I probably couldn't handle being so close to finally finding my family just to miss them by a few minutes and find them killed by rebel forces.  

The way he goes into so much detail on things that are happening really makes this book great.  I don't know how he is able to handle with the stress from seeing everything and still able to live an average day to day life.  If given the opportunity i think it would be a great experience to hear his tale in person and to ask him some questions regarding the book. I am glad that Ball State chose this book over others that would not be as interesting to read and thus keeping my attention to actually read this book through.