Isolation & Community

Throughout "A long way gone" Beah's storytelling help me better understand the importance of isolation and community. Isolation is the process of separating somebody or something from others. Community is a group of people who live in the same area or the area in which they live common backgrounds. However, beah experience isolation and community in the most unpleasant way possible.

In chapter 8, beah was by himself in the middle of a thick forest completely isolated. Being by himself made him think a lot about the sadness in his life. I think during beah's isolation he found himself not psychically but mentally. He saw fear and loneliness as his weakness and discover that he needs friends and family to be his balance. Beah's storytelling help me better understand isolation by showing separating yourself from your weakness you can truly discover yourself.

Next in chapter 9, beah and his companions were hiding in a hut from a near by village. But they were caught by the tribe and treated like criminals even though they were just kids. In this community they didn't accepted outsiders who were not a part of the village. Beah's storytelling help me better understand community by giving important details on how protective communities can be with people they don't know.