Julie ~ Ishmael is much more violent and selfish because of his experiences involving the war. He isolates himself much more then before. He isn't as outgoing and caring since the war taught him to focus on killing and not feeling any sympathy or pain. The war almost transformed him into an entirely different person. ~Ishmael's mental state was greatly effected by the events that occur around him due to war. He is constantly haunted by thoughts and images in his head of dead people he encountered along the way, killed in a relentless way. He is emotionally unstable and has trouble sleeping without having nightmares. The fact that he is constantly fighting for his life has impacted his mental state in a major way. ~Since he lost his family, Ishmael has become much more self-reliant and independent. He has a hard time trying to connect with people and constantly wishes he was with his family, no matter if they are in a dangerous situation or not. The motivation for him to keep going at the beginning was his family, in hopes he might find them again. He becomes a much more introverted person and always carries the burden of not knowing where his family is. ~Ishmael is greatly depressed. He tries extremely hard to shut out the bloody war images and thoughts of his most likely dead family, but the thoughts constantly come back to haunt him. He changed into a killing machine after being drafted into the army, which helps him forget about his problems momentarily. Yet, its hard for him to deal with anything that doesn't involve war and violence, which will cause major problems for him later on.
-The war has gradually changed Ishmael in the way he acts because before the war he was typical boy. He would listen to rap music with his friends and be seen as innocent. When the war started Ishmael had to care more about defense rather than music. He became violent in the way he acted and could no longer be trusted. -The war has affected Ishmael’s mental state by changing his thoughts all about war. He used to think about his family instead of thinking about who he would fight. Ishmael becomes haunted by gruesome images he saw throughout war and is put into an unstable state. Having difficulties forgetting the past has greatly affected Ishmael. -Losing his family has affected Ishmael in many ways. He had to learn how to be an independent soldier and feed himself. He was unable to feel what it was like to have someone always there for him. Luckily, his friends have filled the characteristics of a family. They traveled together and grew up together. Even though not having a family affected Ishmael, his friends helped him to be independent and resourceful. -Ishmael has become very depressed throughout the book. He has nightmares of bloody wars he has fought in and cannot forget them. When he was drafted into the army it made him fearless and fierce. He would not show many emotions towards his past which makes war harder to escape. Ishmael’s depression has reached the point of destruction which makes him unstable.
The war has definitely changed Ishmael for the worse. He has always been a nice and peaceful boy at heart, very silly, funny, and easy to get along with. But as the war carries on, he gets progressively more serious, solemn, alert, and bitter. He loses that treasured sense of humor, and he becomes the very thing that he hates: a soldier.
After becoming a soldier, Ishmael slowly loses his humanity/mental state. He becomes very violent and obsessed with killing. The abrupt transition into murdering the other side combined with the influence of drugs takes its toll on Ishmael's mental state. He is constantly haunted by nightmares of the war: killing, being killed, friends being killed, and so on. He loses his sanity, and rehabilitation becomes a difficult task.
Contrary to what you might expect from losing your family, Ishmael generally benefited from it. The desire to see his family again motivated Ishmael to survive and continue to persevere through the many challenges he faced, like stealing food and sneaking back to taken over camps. Although he suffered from mild depression, the longing to be reacquainted fueled his fire to survive. Losing his family also taught Ishmael to be independent and how to survive. He gradually learned how to only depend on himself and thrive in the wilderness, shown when he sleeps in a tree when attacked by wild boars.
Ishmael progressively gets more depressed throughout the book. After losing his family, he is sad, but believes they are alive and searches for them. The longer he looks for them, the less faith he has in their survival, leading to more depression. When the book gets to the point where he actually finds them, he is rejoiced. But then the rebels attack at that very moment, killing everyone and burning everything. He becomes extremely depressed and angry, and he even states that he would rather die and see his family one last time than continue on.
The war has greatly changed how Ishmael acts. He had to become a hooligan in order to get food and other necessary items. Also, once Ishmael becomes part of the war by becoming a soldier he becomes much more violent. Ishmael even kills other kids at a rehabilitation center.
The war has also changed the way Ishmael feels about various things. The war has made Ishmael's mind more fragile due to all the hardships and he cries more often becasue of this. He lost his brother during the first stages of the war and when he had hope of seeing him again his mind could hardly believe it. Consequently, when he was unable to find his family he lashed out at the adult within their group.
Ishmael is also understandably very distraught after losing his family. After losing his brother, Ishmael became very forlorn and he cried more often. He also reacted violently against one of his friends after being given a false hope of being united with his family. He never seemed as happy throughout the book as when he did befor the war started.
Ishmael is very resiliant at the beginning of the book and believes that his family is still alive. He searched for them, but coldn't find them and became depressed. Once he had hope of finally seeing his family again he was extremely happy. He was so close to seeing his family again, but the rebels killed everyone in the village which led Ishmael to believe that his family was dead and he became very depressed. He wished that he could see his family one more time and die than continue on his journey.
Julie
ReplyDelete~ Ishmael is much more violent and selfish because of his experiences involving the war. He isolates himself much more then before. He isn't as outgoing and caring since the war taught him to focus on killing and not feeling any sympathy or pain. The war almost transformed him into an entirely different person.
~Ishmael's mental state was greatly effected by the events that occur around him due to war. He is constantly haunted by thoughts and images in his head of dead people he encountered along the way, killed in a relentless way. He is emotionally unstable and has trouble sleeping without having nightmares. The fact that he is constantly fighting for his life has impacted his mental state in a major way.
~Since he lost his family, Ishmael has become much more self-reliant and independent. He has a hard time trying to connect with people and constantly wishes he was with his family, no matter if they are in a dangerous situation or not. The motivation for him to keep going at the beginning was his family, in hopes he might find them again. He becomes a much more introverted person and always carries the burden of not knowing where his family is.
~Ishmael is greatly depressed. He tries extremely hard to shut out the bloody war images and thoughts of his most likely dead family, but the thoughts constantly come back to haunt him. He changed into a killing machine after being drafted into the army, which helps him forget about his problems momentarily. Yet, its hard for him to deal with anything that doesn't involve war and violence, which will cause major problems for him later on.
Erin
ReplyDelete-The war has gradually changed Ishmael in the way he acts because before the war he was typical boy. He would listen to rap music with his friends and be seen as innocent. When the war started Ishmael had to care more about defense rather than music. He became violent in the way he acted and could no longer be trusted.
-The war has affected Ishmael’s mental state by changing his thoughts all about war. He used to think about his family instead of thinking about who he would fight. Ishmael becomes haunted by gruesome images he saw throughout war and is put into an unstable state. Having difficulties forgetting the past has greatly affected Ishmael.
-Losing his family has affected Ishmael in many ways. He had to learn how to be an independent soldier and feed himself. He was unable to feel what it was like to have someone always there for him. Luckily, his friends have filled the characteristics of a family. They traveled together and grew up together. Even though not having a family affected Ishmael, his friends helped him to be independent and resourceful.
-Ishmael has become very depressed throughout the book. He has nightmares of bloody wars he has fought in and cannot forget them. When he was drafted into the army it made him fearless and fierce. He would not show many emotions towards his past which makes war harder to escape. Ishmael’s depression has reached the point of destruction which makes him unstable.
Johnny
ReplyDeleteThe war has definitely changed Ishmael for the worse. He has always been a nice and peaceful boy at heart, very silly, funny, and easy to get along with. But as the war carries on, he gets progressively more serious, solemn, alert, and bitter. He loses that treasured sense of humor, and he becomes the very thing that he hates: a soldier.
After becoming a soldier, Ishmael slowly loses his humanity/mental state. He becomes very violent and obsessed with killing. The abrupt transition into murdering the other side combined with the influence of drugs takes its toll on Ishmael's mental state. He is constantly haunted by nightmares of the war: killing, being killed, friends being killed, and so on. He loses his sanity, and rehabilitation becomes a difficult task.
Contrary to what you might expect from losing your family, Ishmael generally benefited from it. The desire to see his family again motivated Ishmael to survive and continue to persevere through the many challenges he faced, like stealing food and sneaking back to taken over camps. Although he suffered from mild depression, the longing to be reacquainted fueled his fire to survive. Losing his family also taught Ishmael to be independent and how to survive. He gradually learned how to only depend on himself and thrive in the wilderness, shown when he sleeps in a tree when attacked by wild boars.
Ishmael progressively gets more depressed throughout the book. After losing his family, he is sad, but believes they are alive and searches for them. The longer he looks for them, the less faith he has in their survival, leading to more depression. When the book gets to the point where he actually finds them, he is rejoiced. But then the rebels attack at that very moment, killing everyone and burning everything. He becomes extremely depressed and angry, and he even states that he would rather die and see his family one last time than continue on.
Matt
ReplyDeleteThe war has greatly changed how Ishmael acts. He had to become a hooligan in order to get food and other necessary items. Also, once Ishmael becomes part of the war by becoming a soldier he becomes much more violent. Ishmael even kills other kids at a rehabilitation center.
The war has also changed the way Ishmael feels about various things. The war has made Ishmael's mind more fragile due to all the hardships and he cries more often becasue of this. He lost his brother during the first stages of the war and when he had hope of seeing him again his mind could hardly believe it. Consequently, when he was unable to find his family he lashed out at the adult within their group.
Ishmael is also understandably very distraught after losing his family. After losing his brother, Ishmael became very forlorn and he cried more often. He also reacted violently against one of his friends after being given a false hope of being united with his family. He never seemed as happy throughout the book as when he did befor the war started.
Ishmael is very resiliant at the beginning of the book and believes that his family is still alive. He searched for them, but coldn't find them and became depressed. Once he had hope of finally seeing his family again he was extremely happy. He was so close to seeing his family again, but the rebels killed everyone in the village which led Ishmael to believe that his family was dead and he became very depressed. He wished that he could see his family one more time and die than continue on his journey.