Compare Ishmael’s initial reactions to the soldiers and rebels and their impact on others when the war first started to his actions and views of the events that happen in this section.

Ishmael was still a child and felt like a child when the war first began. He was confused, disoriented and scared when his home lay in ruins and his family scattered. After becoming a child soldier, Ishmael becomes what he most feared. He becomes a soldier and loses the fear but also the innocence that he once had.