Ishmael Beah From First They Killed My Father

Childhood experiences are very fundamental to growth and affects our lives significantly. Throughout the two informational text, both authors Ishmael Beah and Loung Ung describes how they lost their childhoods to war and how these childhood experiences in war has shaped their lives to who they are today. In excerpts from the memoir, "from First They Killed my Father", Loug Ung describes a personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge years. In excerpts from the memoir, “A Long Way Gone”, Ishmael Beah tells the story of how he swept up in the war as a child and how he survived this life changing event.
In Ishmael’s memoir, “A Long Way Gone”, he describes how his childhood wartime experiences affects his life significantly. He describes how these experience affect him emotionally and mentally. According to the memoir, “A Long Way Gone”, it states, “I was worried about living with a family. I had been on my own for years and had taken care of myself without any guidance from anyone.” In the memoir, Ishmael is worried about living with his uncle. He is worried about moving on after what has happened with his family, and because of the his childhood experiences spent in war he has been emotionally affected. He had to take care of himself without any guidance, as stated in the passage. The author feels sorrow and must adapt to living with a new family. According to the text it also states, “I only smiled and I was very quiet that night, as i was to be for a while more. But gradually I adjusted to being around people who were happy all the time.” The author shows another example of how he is affected by his childhood experiences. During his childhood, he lost his family affecting him mentally and because of this childhood event it has shaped his life. The author does is not familiar with people who are happy all the time because he has moved in with his uncle. This is hard for the author because he must move on from a tragic childhood experience and adjust to a new family who is happy all the time. In the memoir “from First They Killed My Father”, the author Loug Ung describes a personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge years. …show more content…
Loug describes how her childhood wartime experiences affects her life significantly. According to the memoir, “from First They Killed My Father”, the author states, “Capitalists should be shot and killed, someone yells from the crowd, glaring at us. Another villager walks over and spits at Pa’s feet.” With this detail, the author introduces the hostile attitude of the villagers toward the new arrivals, including the author and her family. According to the text the author also states directly in her memoir, “In this village… we all live in a communal system and share everything. There is no private ownership… Everything belongs to the Angkar.” The author her childhood in war has affected her because she was ruled by a dictator and was forced to share everything. They were to believe that everything belongs to the Angkar. The author describes her account of the experience during the year of Khmer Rouge. In the two informational texts, "from First They Killed my Father", by Loug