A long way gone Ch 8-9

These two chapters seemed a little happier than the other ones. The only bad parts in this chapter are that his memories continued to haunt him. Even though he was doing fairly well in the forest with good protection in the tree, food, and water, the loneliness was tearing at him. Then he met up with the other boys, some of which he knew, which was much better because he would have strength in numbers and would finally get rid of his loneliness. The best part of this section is when they see the ocean for the first time. At first how he described it sounded like there was a tank coming down the road. Then there was the kind man who brought them food. He seemed so separate from all the violence that was going on in his country, so free from the memories that tether other people down to fear, but as we all know even he had small precautions in not telling the boys his name.