good qualities, skills and characteristics that are possessed by Ishmael

Beah had a fun loving innocence to him when the story started. He loved listening to rap music and doing dance routines with his friends. Beah is also resilient and a survivor. Hee steals when he needs to, roams in packs of boys his own age who have been orphaned, and he spends long stretches of time alone in the forest. At 13, he is forced to become a soldier for the government's army and is ordered to kill rebels, Beah does what it takes to stay alive