A Long Way Gone

What is the significance of the title a long way gone?

What's the significance of the title?

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The title, A Long Way Gone, is significant because it represents Beah's journey and subsequent indoctrination into the life of a boy soldier. His actions as a soldier are "a long way" from the way in which he was raised. He is a "long way gone."