Question

What widespread problem does Ishmael Beah attempt to reveal in his memoir A Long Way Gone?

A. the life of refugees who fled Sierra Leone during the civil war
B. the civil war between the Revolutionary United Front and government militias
C. the use of children and teenagers as soldiers in armed conflict
D. the injustice of being colonized by a country across an ocean

Answer 1

More Likely the answer is C.

Answer 2

A widespread problem that Ishmael Beah attempts to reveal in his memoir A Long Way Gone is the use of children and teenagers as soldiers in armed conflict. Option C is correct.

Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007) is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah, who is from Sierra Leone. The story is a firsthand account of Beah's time as a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone (1990s). After being separeted from his family, he wandered the war-filled country and was forced to join an army unit who brainwashed him into using guns and drugs.