Langauge Arts Outline - child soldiers

Most child soldiers don't choose to fight and kill innocent people, thousands of children under the age of 16 have fought in wars. In 1988 alone, they numbered as many as 200,000, they may have been forced to join the army, it could be the only way to survive.

1- keep in mind these soldiers are just children, they are "easily manipulated" and easily brainwashed, their life has basically been turned upside down, imagine being in their place, hearing gunshots every single day.

These children have already seen bad things in there lives and experienced so much horror.

2- innocent

3- they could've been drugged and brainwashed into killing those people, some child soldiers in Africa are threatened to kill people by the army so the army won't kill them in exchange.
Children are targeted by military groups and forced to join the army, they then brainwash and manipulate them into thinking things like killing would save their homes and families, they are tortured, threatened with their lives into killing and hurting people.