Favorite Quote

"When I'm alone in m room sometimes I stare at the wall and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call" (Beah, 68) This quote refers to the lyrics in a rap song in the book A Long Way Gone however they are very  powerful to the events currently going on in the book. The quote states that sometimes when you have an important decision to make you need to stop and think about what you are trying to accomplish. This links with a long way gone because half of the struggle the children are going through mental because they are constantly running for their lives and have next to no time to just collect their thoughts and think about their next steps.The main character was just destroyed mentally after arriving at the village that had their family in it to late and he will never forgive himself. He stopped to help a man with his harvesting even though he thought he should check on his family but he didn't stop to think and he arrived to late. I was drawn to this quote after I read the part where ishmael losses his family because i was thinking about how Ishmael should h`ave ran to see them faster and i was trying to figure out why he did not but this quote really helped make it clear for me and gave me a greater understanding of the story and the message within it.