These questions are referring to Ishmael Beah in A Long Way Gone:

These questions are referring to Ishmael Beah in A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and I’d really appreciate your help answering these if you’ve read the book or can read a quick summary of what the books about to help me answer these questions. The culture is based in Sierra Leone.

Discuss how gender influences the person’s intelligence, and schooling.

Discuss how gender influences the person’s work, and/or career.

Discuss how the physical and mental health of the person you read about is/was influenced by the gender roles and scripts of this culture.

Overall how do gender roles either enhance and/or detract from this person’s life. How rigid are the gender roles in this culture?