What is the purpose of the details in the setting prior to the attack on beah’s hometown? to reveal the reasons war entered beah’s life to reveal what beah’s life was like before the war to make his family seem like the enemy to idealize his grandmother’s village

The correct answer here is to reveal what Beah’s life was like before the war. This is about the beginning of Sierra-Leone war when rebels invaded Sierra-Leonean author, Ishmael Beah's hometown, Mogbwemo. The question describes the events concerning the civil war and the question itself concerns the book written by Beah's himself titled A Long Way Gone.

as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

sadly it cannot chuck wood