Chapter 10 is a about the group of boys that Ishmael is traveling with. The boys are starting to open up more for each other. They still are hesitant with their trust in each other. They pass through more villages. This time, though, they are nicer and welcome the boys more. One village has a feast for them! Ishmael still hangs in the back of the boys. He thinks it is better to stay sad than going from happy to sad again. Unfortunately Saidu dies in his sleep. This seems to bring the boys together. The village Ishmael and his friends were in when Saidu died held a funeral for him. The fact that a village did that, especially in time of war, was a surprise. This village seemed to be held together and the people seemed to trust each other. It was how a village should be like. Some good news came to Ishmael, though. A woman told him that his mother and father and brother were in the next village! This was the first time that Ishmael was really excited! It made me happy to know that Ishmael is close to finding his family. But I have a feeling that Ishmael will never make it to his family. And just thinking about that makes me sad, because he is so close to finding his parents again. Then again, I could be very wrong. I just have a feeling that he might not actually see his family with the way this book has been turning out. I am still enjoying the book even though.
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I was also glad to see some of the villages welcoming the boys. Throughout the book, there has been very little compassion towards the boys from the villages they passed through. I was glad to see that somewhere, there were still nice people in the country throughout this time of war. I also worry about whether Ishmael will ever actually get to see his family. Things haven't really been going in his favor, so unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised if things didn't work out for him in this situation either. :( GREEEAATTT JOBBBB!!!!!! :) :) I really enjoyed reading your piece!
Yeah, I got really excited too when they told him that his family was in the next village and how he was like I want to go see them now! i also have that feeling that he won't see his family again too. I really want him to but the dogs seem to like forshadow, that he really isn't going to.
Nice job to all three of you (Maddy, Ali, and Amber) on noting the foreshadowing!
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