![]() ![]() ![]() Next Section Metaphors and Similes Previous Section Analysis How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous "A Long Way Home Symbols, Allegory and Motifs". Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Although he is not directly socialized to embrace it as his own religion, he understands it because of growing where it is practiced. Religionīrierly explains, “Although we weren’t brought up as Muslims, my mother moved us to the Muslim side of town, where I spent most of my childhood.” Residing in an environment regarded as an area for Muslims expose Brierly to the religion. If the family were affluent, they would reside in a more decent and sophisticated house made from cement. Our flat was one of three on the ground level of a red brick building, and so had the same cowpat and mud floor." The mud is emblematic of extremes poverty. Mudīrierly recounts, "In our second home we were by ourselves, but in more cramped quarters. If there were adequate infrastructure and resources, poor households such as Brierly's would be shielded from the inconveniencing aftermath of the monsoon. The underpass was a favourite place to play, despite the dust and gravel that sometimes rained down on us when a train crossed." The monsoon inconveniences the residents because it contributes to the river's overflowing. Monsoonīrierly narrates, “In town, the monsoon also meant the low railway underpass filled with water from the stream it crossed and become unusable. Evidently, his adopted mother does not want him to forget that he is Indian. I didn't even know what a map was, let alone the shape of India." The map is emblematic of Brierly's Indian heritage. My mum- my adoptive mother-had put it there to help me feel at home when I arrived from that country at the age of six to live with them in 1987.She had to teach me what the map represented - I was completely uneducated. Mapīrierly narrates, "When I was growing up in Hobart, I had a map of India on my bedroom wall. Accordingly searching for his Indians relatives does not mean that the bonds with his Australian parents are weak. I spent almost all of my life in Australia, and I have family bonds here that cannot be challenged or broken." Brierly's bonds with his Australian family and not mutually exclusive with his bonds with the Indian family. He is narrating the story from some point years later as a high school student living in New York City, and he begins his tale by describing a memory from when he is ten years old in his. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousīrierly affirms, "Even as I poured all my efforts into tracking down my hometown and family, I was never searching in the hope of somehow getting back to the life I had missed. A Long Way Gone is the story of the book’s author Ishmael Beah struggling to survive during the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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