a long way gone ch. 8-9

Chapters 8 and 9 were a little bit better than some of the previous chapters. I was glad that in chapter 8 Ishmael Beah was able to find food and water and somewhere to sleep. Although those things were good, the loneliness was probably unbearable to him. I wouldn’t be able to stand not seeing or talking to any humans for about a month. Finally at the end of the chapter, Beah runs in to some people he knew before all of the war and everything and a few others. They helped each other out and if they hadn’t, some of them would probably be dead. Chapter 9 got worse though, because of the heat and walking through burning sand without any shoes on. I think that would be the worst pain ever, to have your feet burned so bad that you couldn’t walk. It was nice to have a break from reading about blood and violence, but I can’t say that chapter 9 was fun to read either.