chapter 5

1.Ishmael was starving.
2.They were getting irritable because they were very hungry. They needed food really bad.
3.There is six of them running away.
4.Ishmael and his friends jumped a little five year old for two ears of corn.
5.His mom didn’t get angry instead she gave them more food. If I was in the same situation they were in, in Sierra Leone, I would because I would want someone to do the same for me.
6.The boys were walking through a grassy area when the rebels stopped and pulled guns on them to taunt them. I would have stood there just like they did if there was a chance for me to live.
7.The rebels dressed as Americans do, red rags on their head, and a lot of expensive jewelry. Their attitudes was as if they were the best and nobody else could harm them. They were all younger than 21.

8.The old man who was trying to escape was taunted, scared by a gun shot, and he fainted.
9.In their culture your suppose to the up most respect for the elders. I my culture I think it should be the same as theirs because the elder people deserve it because they are much wiser than we are.
10.They chose the people who looked strongest to them.
11.The new recruits had to kill the people who weren’t chosen. I have been pressured to do something. In eighth grade I had to slap a girl or I was a wimp and I did it.
12.The rebels here shooting so they started shooting back while the hostages escaped into the forest.
13.I think no one talked until dawn because they were traumatized but at the same time the were afraid the rebels would find them.
14.The incident scared the boys deeply so they decided to leave to somewhere safe to get away.