Week+3

Just as storms come and go with no clear sense of when it is going to pass, the boys of the story find no clear end to their journey. There is a constant sway of ups and downs that the boys have to endure, through deaths, hellos and goodbyes, and new places. Even though it might have seen like an end to their period of journey and struggle, the boys have only just begun. Now forced to become active members of the war, the boys must now endure the new storm that lays ahead.

//Brown brown -// cocaine mixed with gunpowder //Tafe -// marijuana //Upline// - A Krio word mostly used in Freetown to refer to the backwardness of the inner country, its inhabitants, and their mannerisms. //Sackie thomboi-// cassava leaves with chicken //Soukous -// some type of music
 * Words:**

"All the other boys, except for Alhaji, were having fun, because they though they were gearing ip for more drills, but i knew we weren't going for training, and Alhaji leaned on the wall of the building clutching his gun like a mother would hold her baby. He knew it, too" (115)
 * __QUOTES__**

"You have been great soldiers and you all know that you are part of this brotherhood. I am very proud to have served my country with you boys. But you work here is done, and I mus send you off. These men will put you in school and find you another life." (129)

__**Questions**__ Why do u think they had to watch war movies instead of other movies? Why did they catch the village? Why did he throw the grenades at the boys when he ran? Could have he just ran after them instead? What does the rain symbolize? Why are the gruesome scenes almost repetitive?