a long way gone ch. 13-14

These two chapters were, like most of the other recent chapters, very intense. There was a lot of blood and gore and fighting. It was almost hard to read because it was so graphic and violent but I got through it. I can't even begin to imagine how terrified Ishmael Beah must be, to be strung out on drugs and witnessing all of these deaths. Especially when he is watching his friends be killed, and then taking their weapons from them. It's awful that he's killing people too, although he can't do anything about it. It's like kill or be killed, because if he refuses then he will get killed. In chapter 14, it seems like all Beah does is smoke marijuana and do other drugs. I can't believe that he would do those things, considering the way they make him feel from previous experiences. I would probably go crazy if I had to experience that. At the end of chapter 14, I think what they are doing is sick. They are having a competition on who can kill someone the fastest. I didn't really enjoy reading those chapters.