Chapter
12 and 13:
When Beah arrives at the village of Yele how does his military life begin?
Describe some of the ways the military trained the boys. Was it necessary to
recruit children to become soldiers?
Post your responses in complete sentences and add your name to the end of the responses for full credit.
This assignment is due by Monday 3/5 before class starts.
His military life begins when the commander calls all men to the center of the town and when he is chosen to fight in the war. Some ways they trained them is they would stab banana trees for practice with there bayonet. They would shoot banana trees for practicing aiming there guns. The thought of even recruiting boys shows that the rebels and solders are low on people so they are trying to get all the people they can so I am saying the only way they should recruit boys is if then volunteer to join and it should be a last resort for them to fight.
ReplyDeleteWhen Beah gets to Yele at first he does not do anything for the military. Later on in his stay at Yele he must join the military or leave into the forest surrounded by the rebels. So he joins the military and what he does for training is learns how to load a gun, stabs a tree with his bayonet and he also practices army maneuvers. After some time being with them they start giving the boys drugs. I don't believe that they should use child soldiers unless they absolutely have to. They should never give the children any drugs unless it is to treat wounds. A better idea would be if they still wanted child soldiers they could let them guard the base or just be spy's.
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ReplyDeleteWhen Beah arrives at the village of Yele, his military life begins with everyone coming together by one person. According to commander, Beah must either stay in the military or leave with the rebels. Also, his military life begins with drugs. Beah and his military crew practice shooting different things in case the rebels come by. At the end of chapter 13, I think that the kids should just become spy's.
ReplyDeleteHis military life begins when the commander has the boys doing different drills such as crawling with guns on their back, in their hands, and running around the buildings with them. They were taken to a banana farm nearby to practice stabbing trees with their bayonets imagining it's the people who had killed the boys parents or the people who let all what happened happen to them. Two of the boys had difficulty holding the guns because they were heavy so the commander had them practice with a high stool to keep the gun from falling. After the shooting exercises they were taught how to dismantle their guns and oil them. The boys are not yet ready in my opinion to be known as soldiers.
ReplyDeleteWhen the boys arrived at the village, the commander had them do different skills or drills to get ready. They had to shoot and stab banana trees to learn the use of their bayonets. They were to different drills on knowing how to use their gun and being able to handle it. During all these skills and drills they were to do, they were imagining the people who killed their families while stabbing to let their anger out and do better while in the process of doing the drills. After what they have been through fighting in wars it is possible they can be strong enough to be known as soldiers.
ReplyDeleteHis military life being by everyone gathering around the commander so he could choose who was gonna fight. The training they had to do was practice stabbing banana trees with their bayonets. They were rained n how to use their guns and how to shoot. So the kids wouldn't feel bad about it they were told to imagine that they might be the ones that killed there family or destroyed there village
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