1.1.The boys felt welcomed when asked to go hunting and feast with the villagers.
2.2.When he would play tricks on his brother his grandma would call him a spider.
3.3.He missed how he would mess around with his brother and his whole family was always smiling.
4.4.They didn’t want to hear the story of the spider because they had already heard it many times.
5.5.That tells me that the community is very close together and that everyone treats each other like family.
6.6.The dog was the one who took the remaining of the meat.
7.7.I think Saidu had the worst since his sisters and mother were raped in front of him and his father.
8.8.I do think that the people passing by were just ghost because my beliefs state that crows represent the dead.
9.9.I think the dogs saw death that is why they were crying and what a coincidence that one of the boys died.
10.10.I think eating the crow was what had killed Saidu.
11.11.I have when my grandfather passed away I also felt like he did and I just was too in shock I wouldn’t cry.
12.12.The unsettling thing about Ishmael’s journey is that he has good luck evading the rebels but he keeps getting into worse situations.
13.13.The boys are always on the move because the rebels can come at any time and they can all be killed.
14.14.In the beginning of the chapter he is like not fully happy but really concerned.
15.15.He compares his journey with the moon.
16.16.When Saidu says that he means he knows that death is calling him and its just a matter of time before he is gone.
17.17.Spider’s symbolize a tricky person in their culture.
18.18.Well one of my fondest memories with my family was when I actually lived with all of them at the same exact time.
19.19.Musa’s family was separated while a raid in Mattru Jong and he had been running ever since.
20.20.Alhaji was at river fetching water when the rebels attacked and as he went back to his home he found an empty home.
21.21.Kanei’s story was he had escaped the rebels along with his parents by jumping inside of a boat when the rebels shot it down he swam to the shore and had escaped the rebels while everyone else in the boat was killed.
22.22.Jumah and Moriba’s story was that as being neighbors rebels attacked and they ran to the forest to look for their parents but found no one.
23.23.Saidu’s family was unable to leave town because they were also surprised by the rebels and he listened in on his sisters being raped while his dad shouted to stop.
24.24.Saidu’s sisters were all raped while his mother and father watched.
25.25.To me the crow falling form the sky means that death is up ahead.
26.26.The dogs were crying because they could see death around the group of boys.
27.27.Saidu was the one who died and they gave him a ceremonial burial so he can rest in peace.
28.28.When someone dies in my culture they are given a catholic bible speech and sprinkled with holy water.
29.29.The fore shadow of death was when the crow came from the sky.
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•Slender-having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length
•Coaxed-to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.
•Admitted-to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to
•Quarrel-a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
•Obstructing-to block or close up with an obstacle
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