Child Soldiers The 4C's

Connections:
 The connection i have towards the video and text are is : Violent video games rated "R" an d movies (action/horror) which is eventually leaving an impression on teenagers that this behavior is normal. If i had to connect to towards my life this "act". I've been playing violent video games since i was 6 and always acted normal but there was one point in middle school that i noticed that I was being more aggressive. But snapped out of it, also one of my cousins also told me that he was driving one day and literary almost ran over people because he's been gta 5 for a long extended period of time. The way that they teach kids to kill versus the way that kids in Canada learn in school is extremely different. They are forcing the kids to become what they want and not what the kids want such as killing machines.

Challenges:
Explaining that Ishmeal didn't/forced to join the army and had to do what ever they said, as soon as he received an weapon and was eventually sent into war. I was wondering why couldn't he run far away into an area where he could start a new life without killing. It's highly risky but why couldn't he turn against the leader with some friends. Or even better yet why couldn't Ishmael think of the leader as a father figure.


Concept's:
Within the text, their were some concepts that were really important towards Ishmael about his experiences. In his life, he was separated from his family at such a young age and were killed by the rebels in Sierra Leone. Later on, he was forced to join the military and became a child soldier. Afterwards he was later on drugged and was given weapons to kill whoever the leader dieresis. Ishmeal was later on rescued by a UNICEF group.

Changes:

Within the text, listening to what Ishmeal was saying in the video... I was able to understand that during hes childhood years he had a  hard time through life and that he had became a child soldier in many different countries. They were separated from their families and are turned in killing machines. Even though they not even mature to understand enough of what they are doing.

The Silence of Slavery

"Is not the slave trade entirely at war with the heart of man? And surely that which is begun by breaking down the barriers or virtue, involves in it continuance destruction to every principle, buries all sentiments in ruin. When you make men slaves. you ... compel them to live with you in a state of war" - Olaudah Equiano, former slave This article talks about the act of slavery in North America (Present day USA) 1619 - 1865. The main reason slavery started was because when the North American land form was once settled by Europeans, the territory was enormous, the work given was cruel. After on, the article continue to talk about the lifestyle and the treachery the slaves been through. Text to world. Even though the article is world it's related to many events, since there are countless events of slavery even still acts of slavery happen today. There are even international days to represent the abolition of slavery. But most people in the world wouldn't have a change of heart. Even when it comes to someone special. Also this can be related to the world because other countries show their own aspect on terms of slavery.