A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Give an example of a detail that the author has included to ​add complexity to the setting​. Use a piece of textual evidence from the text and explain how this detail added complexity to the setting.

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Consider the UNICEF camp that was supposed to be a refuge free of violence for the child soldiers "rescued" from the army. Ironically, these boys have become habituated to perpetrating violence and find the child safe camp to be ridiculous. Many of these boys had been killing each other and now they are sharing a dormitory. Most of them want to return to the army or rebel army.