A Long Way gone- Production Designer

1:http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2011/12/road-trip.html

2:This Picture relates to the text because in the near the village where Ishmael is supposed to finaly see his parents again, the people there work the feilds which can include coffee farming or banana forest. They harvest the hands of bananas and take them back to the village. The village where they take the bananas is being burned and the people being killed by the rebels.....is Iahmael to late????
3:A character from this section is Gasemu a older respected man of this village. A person to play him would be Morgan Freeman. Gasemu was an older man and Morgan Freeman is an older actor as well.  He plays in alot of popular films and i think he would suit this role very well.

http://nigeriantimes.blogspot.com/2011/06/hollywood-icons-gather-to-honour.html

4:He would be wearing some simple shorts and a elaborate shirt with designs.
I can picture his shirt looking like this.....just picture this man as Morgan Freeman and you see the character.                                                                 \/

http://www.hebrewinspirations.com/Mens-Clothing.html

5:Gasemu is the character which i have chosen to find a actor for and costume. I chose Morgan Freeman because he and Gasemu share some similar qualities such as.... They are both older men. They are both very respected people. Morgan i thought would best fit this role he is very popular in different movies and people could recognize him as once again another character.

A Long Way Gone-Director

1:How did you feel about the way the village took Ismaels crapes and made him walk on the hot sand????

I thought that this was a crule and horrible way to punnish someone for being mistook for a child soldier. He was walking to a village and they thought that he and his friemds were child soldiers. After they found out that they werent child soldiers they released them but took their crapes and made them walk without them.. By walking on the hot sand cause them to burn the skin right off their feet.

2:What do you think caused the village to mistake Ishmael for child soldier????

I think it would be pretty common considering all the rebels that go around and recurit child soldiers. It wasnt the first time they have been cought believeing to be child soldiers. If anybody saw or heard about young boys walking in groups them they automaticly assumed that they were child soldiers comming to kill them so they always jump and surprise Ishmael and tie him up.

3:How would the story have been changed if the author had not let the village where Iahmael's family was staying at burn down happen??

If they had not let that village burn down he would have gotton to see his family. Ishmael could have stayed with his family and they could have left the place together and go to a safer place. Gasemu would have still be alive not shot and dead. When Ishmael gound the village burned he went berserk and started to attack his friends and hit Gasemu in the face.

4:What questions did you have when you finished this section???

Some questions I had  after i finished this section were.....
        Did Ishmael's family die during the attack?!?!?!
        When will they be captured by the rebels????
        Will he escape?

5:What do you think caused Ishmael to attack Gasemu???

I think Ishmael attacked him because if they wouldnt have stoped on the hill to take a break then Ishmael would have been able to see his family before the attack. Ishmael was really mad and attacked Gasemu blaming him for not being able to see his family before the rebels burned down the city.