How does Beah use structure in A Long Way Gone?

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier begins with praise from news outlets such as "The Wall Street Journal" and "Newsweek." The included quotes are followed by a third-person narration aboutcthe author, which detailes who he is and offers a brief biography. Following the title page and dedication page, there is a map that depicts Ishmael's journey through Sierra Leone and into Guinea. The author then includes a brief section about why the book was written. There are 21 chapters in the book that are numbered without titles. The end of the memoir is followed by a chronology, detailing the political history of Sierra Leone from the 1400s to 2006.