Isolation within a community

Once Ishmael was able to find his way out of the forest , he encountered a group of
teenage boys that where traveling along the road. These boys were brought together to
survive. Last week in class we questioned the formation of community. Do we choose our community? Or does it choose us? In this situation the boys have chosen each other,in their situation 'yes' would be answered to both questions, Ishmael and the boys choose each other in order to survive, they have protected each other while traveling, cared for one another while ill or sad, found food to share wheter it was stolen or brought, and Ishmael himself saved the life's of his group a multiple times when captured.
This idea of 'isolation' within a community is exhibited again when a clash of values and beliefs occur within a set community. When Ishmael and his friends are being care for by the Sherbo fisherman for a couple of weeks, the man choose not to report the boys because he truely believed they were young adolsent boys whom needed help! Suddenly their safety changed when the mother of the fisherman comes to warn the boys that her son was accused of lying to portect the enemy and the men from the village were on their way to capture and punish them.
Fortunately, the boys knew of dangerous risk the fishermen was taking by helping them, so they were sure to place no connectin between themselves and the fisherman when they were being interragated by the tribesmen. At this point and time it is possible to distinguish the fishermens view and sititution within the community, which is becuase he beliefs the Ishmael and his friends are innocent he is risking his life by perhaps being accused of abedding a spy or rebel. That as a result of his following own beliefs and moral vaules, to help the strangers, put his life in jeopardy because his secret actions were overriding the larger power of the community.