Setting
The country where Ishmael lives.
What is Sierra Leone?
The age at which Ishmael first encounters war
Describing a character's traits by showing, not telling
What is indirect characterization?
What is a rap group?
The country that the RUF initially recruited children from after they sought refuge in Sierra Leone
What is Liberia?
Where Ishmael goes after leaving Sierra Leone, as a grown up
What is New York City?
These people give Ishmael and the boys a place to stay after they get injured
The name of the Rebel army
What is the RUF?
This is what is carved into select prisoner's bodies
What is RUF?
The nation Sierra Leone gained independence from
What is "Great Britain"?
The year when the events of the story begin
What is 1993?
The problem the boys have with travelling as a group of six
What is "it scares the villagers"?
These are the six types of conflict
What are: character vs self, character vs society, character vs technology, character vs supernatural, character vs nature, character vs character?
What the RUF calls the act of cutting off all fingers except for the thumb of the people they capture
What is "one love"?
The nickname given to the era immediately after Sierra Leone gained independence
What is the "Plague of Locusts"?
This is the village that Ishmael and Junior meet up with Khalilou, Kaloko, and Gibrilla
What is Mattru Jong?
What the mother gives the boys when they try to steal her child's corn
What is "give them each two pieces"?
These are the three major combatants in the Sierra Leone Civil War
The RUF, the SLA, and the Kamajor
This person foreshadows their own death in Chapter 10
Who is Saidu?
This song by Mr. Bosman's favorite rapper was inspired by the stories depicted in this memoir
"Diamonds from Sierra Leone" by Kanye West
The village where the boys learn to farm, before it is attacked
What is Kamator?
This is what saves Junior from joining the RUF
What is the rebels being killed?
The five major types of narrative points of view
What is first person-reliable, first person unreliable, 3rd person omniscient, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person objective?
How Ishmael learns English first
What is listening to rap music?
This person tells the boys they will be able to see their parents in chapter 11
Gasemu