A Long Way Gone
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Explain the execution. Chapter 17
Explain the execution. Chapter 17
Three weeks later rebels attack their base; they are repelled or killed, with a few captured and brought back to the base. Lieutenant Jabati identifies the captives as men responsible for the wounds to Beah’s foot. Beah shoots them in their feet and watches them suffer all day before delivering mortal shots to their heads that night because he is tired of hearing them cry.