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As we discussed memorable quotes and scenes in class, I feel like I finally started to understand what "reading in between the lines" meant. This technique is thrown around a lot, so I began to go back and skim the first few chapters again. I wanted to understand what Beah was going through as best as I could. Then I came across one line on page 23. I really feel like this one simple line had so much depth to it, and so much meaning behind it. "Each gunshot seemed to cling to the beat of my heart." Seems pretty plain, right? Wrong! In this one sentence, I think Beah got a point across. That moment is when he really understood that his life wasn't ever going to be the same. It was that quick. Your life can change in an instant, and I really think his did. Every time a gun was fired, things changed. It makes you realize how every time the rebels attacked, a part of him went. These gunshots became the center of his life and the driving force behind all he did. If he was running, hiding, or fighting, it was all because of the war. Everything he did had to do with it, and whatever he did his heart had to be behind it.