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 * DIRECTIONS: Each student in the group is responsible for inventing one discussion question. This discussion question must be posted on the Monday of each week, ensuring time for discussion of each question. Each member of the group, including the person who invented the question, MUST respond to the discussion AT LEAST twice EACH week. Your participation in these online discussions, along with the amount of effort and reflection put into your responses, will account for a portion of your Literature Circle final grade. Each time you post a discussion question or a response,you MUST skip a space from what was written above, and you MUST begin your writing with your last name and first initial so I can mark your participation. It would also be helpful if you choose a specific colour and stick to that colour each week to identify yourself with also.

Week 4 Discussion Question: Smallk- Would you be able to adapt yourself in New York City after living in Africa all your life with the war and hard times?

Week 3 Discussion Question: Smallk- How would you react to the Goverment Army recruiting you to their army and have to battle against the rebels? Would you kill people if you were in Ishmael's situation?  GirouardC- If i was recruitrd into the goverment army i dont know what i would do just because you wouldn't know if they were actually bad people or they had know other disusion. If i were Ishmael i think i would pretend to kill people and just try to kind my familt and friends and see if they were all still all alive and ok.

Smallk- Ya i think i would almost be relieveed because I would feel much safer with weapons in that country. Although i would also be scared because Ishmael didnt know what the Army was at the time and maybe he thought they were the rebels or other bad people.

ClarkS- I would HATE being in that country during war time, infact... i wouldnt enjoy being in any country during a war. To have to kill people, And face starvation and your freinds and squad members dying left and right would be way to much for me. I think Ishmael is an extremely strong man becuase he can go thruough all of that and still recover after and be normal. 

GirouardC- I think that i would react in a more peacfull way just because i would know by them picking me up i would be safer then being with the rebels. I dont know if i could kill any body just because i know the tarrible situation there going through and the horror they are facing. I think i would just pretend that i was killing people but really i was helping them out to go to a safer place

ClarkS- It would be a good idea to pretend to fight the rebels, And secretely try and find your family, Or get some information on your family. But it is almost 100% garentee that you are going to get cought. Either by the RUF, or the Government Army.... And knowing those two forces, i dont know which one would be more freindly to a traitor/ Enemy.

Smallk- Ya trying to find your family could be a possibility although really risky. The army Ishmael was in went to so many villages that he had good chances of finding them, but he couldnt really do much if he would have found them. His squad would have killed him for trusting civilians.

Week 2 Discussion Question: GirouardC- What would you do in Ishmael's situation when he is all alone in the forest?

GirouardC- If i were in Ishmaels sirtuation i think i would do every thing in my power to find my way out of the forest and get some were were there is fesh water and more food then just wild fruit to live on. It would be also very scary as well just because you would not know what is going to be your next challange just wondering if you are ever going to get out  Smallk- I think I would be very scared and lonley. I would have to keep myslef busy all day to estrain from thinking about how lonley I am and of the dangers I could possibly encounter. There are tons of dangerous animals where Ishmael is as well, so I would make sure I had a quick get-a-way in case any animals tried to attack me. I would make sure I have something to protect myself at all times.

Week 1 Discussion** **Question: Clarks- Do you think it was a good idea for him to return to the village to try and find his family? Explain why you think he should of returned or stayed away from the village.  GirouardC- I think i would of dun around the same thing he did even though it is a very dangerous situation but i would of gone back just to try to find my family. And by him going back and trying to find his family he has a better chance finding them then walking in the oposite dicection and having know idea where he is going and hvaing a less of a chace of finding his friends and family  Smallk- I think that whatever he chose to do, it would still be very risky and dangerous. If he had chose to keep going, then he would have no idea where he's going might walk right into the rebels anytime. Although family is very important and I would defiantly go back to search for family members if I were in his situation, it would also be extremely dangerous going back into the village where the rebels just attacked. So I think it was a good idea to go back and search for lost family members. **