sbta Alexis: Ch.12&adobe

1. Describe the men they encountered as they walked.
The men were dark as charcoal and had really red eyes.

2. What is the setting like in the beginning of the chapter, and where are they?
They had been walking for about 2 days, he didn't really remember.

3. Describe what life was like in the village Yele, what did they do?
The village was always full of lively chattering and laughter. Soldiers would socialize with civilians. The civilians seemed like they were comfortable and felt safe.

4. Why did Ishmael distance himself from the games? What was going on with him?
He was to distracted with all the thoughts running through is head.

5. What did he dream? Tell me a dream you had that kept you from sleeping
He dreamed he had been shot in the head, as he was lying there a dog started licking his blood getting ready to eat him. I had dreamed about someone breaking into my house trying to kill my family and dog.

6. Describe Lieutenant Jabati.
He was a tall thin man with hardly any hair, his eyes were big, he also had full cheekbones, he was a quiet individual. His quietness had a forceful authority, all the men feared him or respected him.

7. Does Ishmael join the fight against the rebels? Would you?
Yes Ishmael joins to fight the rebels. I would also. There is a the same chance of dying whether or not he fights the rebels or not.

8. What does lieutenant tell the boys, to get them to see what the rebels have done?
He shows them two dead people who tried leaving the village and got killed by the rebels.

9. Do you think Lieutenant Speech was inspiring why?
Yes i do, it makes all the civilians feel as if they can stop the war, or try.

10. What was the training regime like?
They practiced stabbing bananas with bayonets. They also practices shooting. They also only had 60 seconds to eat.

11. What did they use the banana tree for?
It was used to help them practice stabbing with a bayonet.

1. Do you think Ishmael is safe with the soldiers?
I think he is safer than he was. He at least has a gun now.

2. What was the mood like in this village?
Everybody was happy, cheerful, they felt safe.

3. What “darkened the mood of the village”?
The soldiers preparing to fight.

4. What did the soldier do in the evenings?
They would clean their guns,smoked cigarettes and marijuana, some sat alone, while others gambled and joked with each other.

5. Why did Ishmael like busying himself with work all day?
To keep himself distracted

6. How did the memory of the soccer league matches make him feel?
He felt so happy that he felt every nerve in his body had awoken.

7. What did he do while the others played games in the village?
He would stare into space.

8. Why was he getting the migraines?
From stressing out, and everything he has went through.

9. Describe Lieutenant Jabati.
He was young, bald, and his countenance made him look much older. He had an intense face that look, even smiling, as if her were chewing something sour.

10. Why did Ishmael like reading Shakespeare?
It made him feel as if he was really good at speaking english.

11. What did it mean that only few of the soldiers returned to the village?
It meant that all the rest of the soldiers were killed.

12. What did the soldiers do with the prisoners
They shot them in the head.

13. What had happened to the body that was shown to the crowd?
The rebels killed them as they were trying to escape the village.

14. What are some actions of the rebels described by the lieutenant?
The rebels would force sons to have sex with their own mother, they would rip open pregnant ladies stomachs and kill the baby inside, they would also cut babies in half, and do other terrible things.

15. Where were women and children supposed to go? Men and boys?
Women were supposed to go to the kitchen, and men and boys were supposed to go to the ammunition depot.

16. Who were Ishmael’s tent companions?
Sheku and Josiah were Ishmael's tent companions, they were the youngest boys.

17. What happened to his tapes?
They were burned with all the rest of his belongings, which were just his pants.

18. How do you think the soldiers who were coming back from the front lines felt?

19. What did they tell the boys to brain wash them?
They would tell them to visualize the enemy, the rebels who killed your parents, your family, and those responsible for everything that has happened to you.

20. When he finally could think, what was he thinking about?

Agonizing- to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.

Getting stabbed is an agonizing feeling.

Complemented- having a complement or complements.

The Pretty lady got complemented so many times, she turned stuck up and annoying.

Latrines- A communal toilet of a type often used in a camp or barracks

Ishamael and the other civilians have to use latrines to go to the bathroom.

Colleagues- A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate

One of Jokers colleagues are Riddler.

Various- of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another

There a various ethnicities throughout San Diego.

Gruesome- causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly

The lady may have been rich, but she was still gruesome.

Dilemma- a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives

It was such a dilemma when the married lady could not choose between her fiance or her ex husband.

Megaphone- a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance

The principle use his megaphone during the fire drill to make sure everyone heard him.

Tarpaulin- a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax

The tarpaulin was helpful when there was a hole in the roof.

Dilapidated- to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by
misuse or neglect (often used passively)

The dilapidated house was going to be knocked down in a few days, there was no use of it anyways.