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Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah “How does this text make you think
about justice in the world?
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Pg.21-One of the messengers was a young
man. They had carved their initials, RUF (Revolutionary United Front) on his
body with a hot bayonet and chopped off all of his fingers with the exception
of his thumbs. The rebels called this mutilation “One love.” Before the war, people
raised a thumb to say “One love” to each other, an expression popularized by
the love and influence of reggae music. This piece of text showed me that if
this “RUF” organization wants to win this war by extreme force no matter if it
wants to bring peace to this country.
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Pg.22-This time the messenger was a well-known
catholic bishop who had been doing missionary work when he ran into the rebels.
They didn’t do anything to the bishop except threaten that if he failed to
deliver their message they would come for him. This piece of text showed me
that RUF didn’t want to harm the bishop because he is a religious figure and
they wanted peace but they did threaten the bishop to show him how important
that message was.
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Pg.33-“You left Mattru Jong because you
don’t like us.” He put his gun on the old man’s forehead and continued, “You
left because you are against our case as freedom fighters, Right?” This piece
of text showed that RUF wanted to see that people wasn’t against them because
they shot almost all of the village people but if they were against peace themselves.
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