A Long Way Gone

What was the topic you decided to write on?

I just talked about life as a child soldier and stuff like that and how Ishmael had to take day by day to survive.

Conclusions offer a re-wording of your thesis to restate your main ideas in a way that concludes your essay. Consider something like:

Ishmael's experience is, unfortunately, not unique. Countless children have their childhoods ripped away from them because of war in places like Sierra Leone. While many children in developed countries worry about what the tooth fairy might bring, boys like Ishmael worried about surviving until the next day....

Something like that is an example of the tone your conclusion can take.