Memoirs: A Long Way Gone

"If fear alters your behavior, you're already defeated." Brenda Hammond. In "A Long Way Gone" the boys face many different situations that bring them within inches of death. These boys have learned to control their fear and how to avoid these situations and still keep their heads on straight. If they let fear conquer them, they wouldn't be alive anymore. If fear kept them from thinking clearly and altered the way they move and escape they would be killed. By overcoming the fear they have within themselves they have survived as long as they have. Fear is something these kids frankly, don't have time for. They needed to grow up real fast and learn how to survive, and they did. They adapted to the horrors around them and have kept themselves alive this long. They have pushed their fears aside and managed to stay alive.