A Long Way Gone

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A Long Way Gone

“'If you shoot me, your mother will die, and if you don't, your father will die.' ...I concluded to myself that if I were the hunter, I would shoot the monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament” (p. 218). To what extent does this statement resolve the loose ends of the book, and to what extent does this statement still leave the book “open” and “unfinished”?

Asked by katherine h #918221 on 7/31/2019 3:41 AM

Last updated by Aslan on 7/31/2019 4:03 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 7/31/2019 4:03 AM

This shows just how much Ishmael has matured by the end of the book. Beah sees the bigger picture: he understands cause and effect. Either choice he makes, means the death of a person he loves. It is the metaphor of the monkey, the government, is the one that needs to be taken out. His parents are people among thousands the monkey will kill. If that means the death of innocent people, than that needs to happen. The cycle of violence must be broken.

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