Thursday, September 17, 2009
Ishmael Beah
When Ishmael Beah arrived to Ball State, i was ecstatic. I read that book with conviction, and i thought to myself, "Who could live with themselves after such tragic events?" I wanted to meet this man, and possibly get some more insite into the other stories that didn't exactly tie into the story, but played a role in his life as well. His stories really were phenomenal. What really got me is when he read the story. You actually felt that he spoke with some conviction. When he read the first excerpt from his book, I realized there that what this guy has gone through was more traumatic then the live's we supposedly feel we can't live through. It really sends a message to those types of people. The best question of the night was if he would rap for us. It would have been a sight to see him rap. He said that he had met up with a long time friend to hang out with and rap again with. That was just a cool feeling to know that you could rekindle an old friendship through someone elses words.
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Lloyd, I thought of the same thing. Who could live with themselves after those terrible and brutal events? I don't know if I could even get out of bed if that happened to me. I would be traumatized! I agree with your favorite part of the performance. I wish he would have rapped for us, but I understood why he didn't want to. I bet every single person asks him to rap. I think it would be annoying to do for everyone every time he discusses his life tragedies to an audience. Overall, I thought Ishmael Beah was a great and I enjoyed every bit of his discussion to us.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. So often people we encounter today always feel so sorry for themselves for one reason or another. The truth is they don't even realize that they have it pretty damn good and couldn't even grasp the suffering of others in the world even if they wanted to.
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