A workshop leader at the United Nations for former child soldiers who coaches them on the telling their stories. When Beah comes to the UN to make a speech about child soldiers, he meets and becomes close with Simms. When, later, Beah is living in Freetown and it is attacked, she promises to take Beah in once he gets out of the country.
Laura Simms Quotes in A Long Way Gone
The A Long Way Gone quotes below are all either spoken by Laura Simms or refer to Laura Simms. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 20
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At the end of these long discussions our faces and eyes glittered with hope and the promise of happiness. It seemed we were transforming our suffering as we talked about ways to solve their causes and let them be known to the world.
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Ishmael Beah (speaker), Laura Simms, Bah, Dr. Tamba
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I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I’ve come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge, then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end.
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Ishmael Beah (speaker), Laura Simms, Bah, Dr. Tamba
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Laura Simms Character Timeline in A Long Way Gone
The timeline below shows where the character Laura Simms appears in A Long Way Gone. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 20
Beah also meets Laura Simms , a woman who works at the United Nations. She promises the children that in...
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Laura Simms accompanies Beah, Bah, and Dr. Tamba back to the airport. The mood in the car...
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Chapter 21
...dies. Understanding there is little left for him in Sierra Leone, Beah manages to call Laura Simms to ask her if he can move to New York. She says yes. But to...
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