Diconnecting

This was a more subtle chapter for me. Except for the imam no one was really hurt in the major events.  Still this a big part of the story.  This is when Ishmael begins to lose everyone he knows to the war.  When the village was attacked I expected him to be recruited or tortured, but he managed to escape without so much as a few pains and bruises. Even those were caused by the work he did at the farm, and not from the rebels.  More importantly he was safe from being recruited for the time being.  The major point in this section I believe is the fact that he was separated from his friends and family and they are no where to be found in the next few weeks.  I believe that they may have been captured and are in the process of being recruited and I fear that the next time Ishmael and his friends meet it won't be a very happy reunion.  The time for Ishmael to be recruited is drawing near as well it seems because he is at the stage where he has lost almost all of his ties to his fellow peer and he will begin to descend into madness.