Truth and accuracy is very important, but memories fade, and Ishmael’s feelings were true, even if the timeline wasn’t.  According to the hournalists, Ishmael had some extremyly dramatic plot twists, such as “the time Beah was shot three times in the foot by an AK-47 and the moment Beah witnessed six murders” (Sherman), which happened at different times, and was known to be a critical error.  Ishmael Beah’s twists may have been different from the facts other people provided, but other people didn’t experience what he went through; nor were they shot or was the witness at the scene, and no one can argue with that.  Stated by Beah’s agent, Ira Silverberg, “when they couldn’t get one thing, they went looking for something else.  I’ve never witnessed anything so lowbrow asan endeavor to disgrace a really well-meaning and lovely person, who actually did suffer enormously” (Sherman), and this is also the truth, so instead of listening to reporters who always seem to tear out people’s privates, why don’t people believe that instead.  Some people say, happy times seem to pass much faster, so two months or two years, it doesn’t matter; the point is, he suffered enough.  Author of A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah claims, “I was right about my family.  I was right about my story.  This is not something one gets wrong” (Sherman), which is quite true because it was his past that no one else can know more about or take away from.  With all his childhood sufferings, it must have taken great courage to write this story, but here people feud over the truth.  If people wanted the truth so darn much, why can’t they go read a history book, and who knows, maybe even the history book isn’t 100% accurate either.