A Lone Journey

At this point I can clearly see the deep down damage that has been done to Ishmael.  I can see at how he has become utterly disconnected to the world.  He spends a few weeks in the forest with absolutely no one.  You can see the struggle he faces fighting against insanity.  I was surprised he didn't go crazy without having some company.  Before this though he had been walking for 2 days straight only stopping for water.  You could tell that he was in a trance like state most likely shock because he continued on without so much as a complaint.  Eventually after staying in the jungle he meet up with some of his old, more distant, friends from school.  After the torturing sand when they stopped in the hut and looked at their feet and had to peel of flesh and dried blood I had to stop and regather my thoughts because that was almost to much for me.  I personally have been to the beach and I know what scolding hot sand feels like so that kind of hit home for me.  When they were discovered by the villagers I wasn't shocked or surprised so that part was pretty bland for me because of all the times it has happened to him.  So after that they just continue on until the next major event happens.