War Destroys Trust: a Long Way Gone

War Destroys Trust In the book Long Way at rest(p) pariah Beah struggles between trust and survival in the midst of a grue most war. He laments how, the war had destroyed the enjoyment of the very get laid of meeting people throughout the book there are galore(postnominal) standards of this upsetting truth. The consequences of this mistrust in people are clear as he travels through Sierra Leon while being incessantly imperil and assumed a member of the RUF. Most of this book is about the ongoing struggle within shipwreck survivor between trying to stay vivacious and deciding who to trust.The phenomena of war and trust can coexist only if you wee an ability to differentiate your friends from enemies. Ishmael struggles throughout the book to stay alive, and frankincense decides to trust no one, but this could be detrimental to his survival. Ishmael gives an example of the repeated mistrust he encounters saying Many times during our excursion we were surrounded by muscular men with machetes who almost killed us forrader they realized we were just children running away from the war. A rest period old man in a closure once told Ishmael and his friends, My children this country has lost its good heart.People dont trust from all(prenominal) one other anymore explaining just how much trust had been destroyed and replaced with timidity and accusation. Because of the continuous mistrust in the country when Ishmael has any stir with a new person they automatically suspect each other, and things take very tense. In chapter fifteen Ishmael and his travel companions come across the ocean for the first time, but the excitement is short lived. They soon gravel themselves in a virulent fishing village which heard the gossip about the, s thus far boys and believed them to be rebels.They attacked the boys and took away their shoes, chased away from the village they were forced to walk on burning sand for hours. The mistrust of the pekan caused these boys grea t pain and suffering, but luckily they got through it with the help of a benevolent fisherman, we stayed in the hut for a week. Our host brought us feed and water every morning and night. After spending months in the forest a morose Ishmael finally comes into contact with some young people his age, Alhaji, Musa, Kanei, Jumah, Saidu, and Moriba.They all immediately froze in business organization until Ishmael smiled to break the tension, and then lambasteed about how they were going to Yele and he decided to constitute them. This was most likely a lifesaving decision, he decided to trust them and in turn they trusted him and helped each other survive. They provided emotional support for each other throughout their journey such as when Kanei tried to talk to Ishmael for the first time, He tapped me on the shoulder as if he knew what I had experienced.Circumstances will change and things will be fine, just adopt on a little more, he said, tapping my shoulder again and cernuous. M istrust and war are two inseparable concepts, mistrust leads to war and war leads to mistrust. This is clearly shown throughout the novel Ishmael conveys how war and fear combined can lead to savage thoughts and behaviors. He did not tell apart himself any longer because he did not trust others or even himself. Through what he had seen and what he had done he was permanently confused from who he once was. Within a three year yoke Ishmael became in his own words, a long way kaput(p).