When I think of an average thirtheen year old boy, images of video games, magazines, sport gossip, and skateboards scatter my mind. Considering the fact that they are kings of their hometown middleschool with no worries on mind except the next cute girl to date for a week or the unecessary squables of who should be team captian, it is evident these boys dont have much responsibities to take care of. However, the simple lifestyle does not take place in every part of the world. The epiphany of reality sets in as the pages are turned unraveling the story of Ishmael Beah, a thirteen year old boy living in Sierra Leone.
First of all, spending my spare time with my friends finding any rap out their that isnt even in my language doesnt seem like the usuall for us teenagers in Canada. Perhaps though its not to bad for the the kids in Sierra Leone who have nothing compared to what we have here. To even listen to music, not caring about if its the the newest top forty or the next rappers that will be on top, sets a glow on their faces for it is the coolest thing ever to them. Their is no such things as brand names that make you so called "popular", or the whole idea of dreading going to school most likely doesnt happen in a place where going ot school is the greatest gift a kid could have in a place where this boy lives. All in all, life over in Sierra Leone is drastically different then over here except Ishmael Beah is simply just a young teenage boy living his life day to day.
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