In Chapter 9 Beah uses the phrase “ A long way gone.” Locate the phrase and identify the context.

In context, Beah uses this phrase to describe how far away he is from home.... both physically and emotionally.

The men walked us to their village and made us sit outside in the sand in front of their chief. I had been through this before, and wondered if it was a new experience for my present traveling companions. They were all heaving as they tried to hold back their cries. I began to worry, because last time I had found someone in the village who had gone to school with us and saved us. This time we were a long way from Mattru Jong. A long way gone.