CH. 21 response

Just when I thought Ishmael had finally found peace, the Gov. "cry havok, and unleash(maybe it was "let slip") the dogs of war"(Shakespear, play on Julius Ceasar) upon his new home yet again. I feel very sorry for him as he kept bringing up: "this feels too familiar". He has to go through a living nightmare as every thing he did was being acted upon him since he is a civilian, which is ironic. At least he has the sense not to go back to the army, like some of his fellow Benin home recoverers. Another heart breaker was when his uncle died, because i think that Ishmael could have had a pretty good life, and that he loses another loved one. He then decides to leave Sierra Leone, and makes a long trip to a neighboring country. that was a very nerve wracking thing, because if he gets caught, then he would most likely have to go back, and would get captured since he had to sneak out. While we do know that he gets out of seirra Leone, it could have been he has to stay for alonger time, and perhaps joining the army again, then gets freed, etc. I do find one more thing strange, which is the two sides, the army and the RUF combined to make the sobels (at least thats the impression i got), which is very very ironic. After all the torture, the fighting, bloodshed, all that ended up was that the two sides combine and gang up on the Gov, and of course after the chaos was extreme. At the end the "unanswerable" question is tough, and i really dp not know what i would do, unfortunalty i would have to make choice, and, I am sorry, but i would have to shoot the monkey, for the same reasons as Beah. Because no matter what i would lose someone dear, whether i shot the monkey or not. but if i did not shoot the monkey, i would lose one loving parent, and the little monkey would live on to kill off more of the people, so i might as well , dare i say it, kill the monkey, lose a loved one but atleast take solace in the fact that i prevented harm of another family. How ever no matter what choice i made i would essentialy become depressed because i would have to live with the fact that i killed one of my parents, which i know would not be my fault, but i would still have to choose which one. "knocking on wood" hope that never happens to anyone.