Below are some ideas for projects/activities for you to complete after reading A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah.
- Nature is often personified in A Long Way Gone. Point out several instances of this—from throughout the memoir—and then write a short poem or story that employs anthropomorphism in a similar manner.
- Long Way Gone is a book with much to say on the subject of family:family life, family relationships, and family environment. Write a short paper that catalogs and characterizes the many different families that Ishmael has belonged to over the course of his young life.
