A Long Walk To Water Book Report

A Long Walk to Water is a novel by Linda Sue Park. This novel is about Salva, an eleven-year -old Sudanese boy who grows up in South Sudan. Later in the novel, he has faced challenges one wouldn’t dream of facing, through a long period of time. He has learned, if one helps other people, those people will then help more people, which will result in more happiness in the world. He is a round character, who changes throughout the novel. Salva is a different person at the end of the book. He has gone from hearing his death journey to fighting for survival to helping transform people’s lives forever.

Salva’s uncle (Jewiir) was one of the many factors that aided him in his survival. When Jewiir, pretty much his only hope of protection and his source of

Ruth raised her children as Jewish parents would’ve, even if she wasn’t aware of it. Like other Jewish families, she raised her children to be scholastic standouts. They were kept out of the public school system and kept in certain communities. Ruth was particular about the teachers who taught and disciplined them. She wanted he children to receive the best education.

Students will read A Long Walk to Water, analyzing the points of view of the central characters, Salva and Nya.

I’ve been reading ‘ A Long Walk To Water’ recently and i have realized that salva and Nya have shaped different identities. Salva has an identity as a lost child or a brave child. while nya is known was a good child or a listener. How do you think that you’ve shaped your identity?

In the book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva learns to never give up. Most people never give up on either trying to survive or to succeed. Salva kept running for his life to get away from the gunshots. “He ran until he could not run anymore.” (Park, 9).

He is selected as one of the boys that would take refuge in America, he hears that his father is alive. After visiting a remote part of Sudan, where his father was hospitalized for drinking too much contaminated water, Salva wants to help not only his father, but the many others that are suffering from this issue to get clean water. Another example would be Jackson Saikong. Jackson’s struggle was to get a proper education. In order get the proper education so he could accomplish his dream of being a pilot, he needed to go to school. Each week, he embarked on a nine mile long journey with his younger sister to get to school. Like Salva, his life was filled with much danger, and one moment could determine the difference from life and death. Through the danger that awaited Jackson on each trip to school, he soon realized that his family lived so far away from the school he attended and in a remote area, was because they didn’t prosper very well financially. The two siblings made it their goal and purpose to receive good education to support their

In A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park a boy named Salva has to survive the impossible challenges put in front of him. Salva is very persistent in ways the reader would have never expected.

A Long Walk to Water By Linda Sue Park Describes how How Salva Dut was driven out of Sudan because of war then moves to America and creates a organization to help villages in south Sudan get water. It first started when had to run away from his family and school because of war to a Ethiopian refugee camp. Then forced out of the camp by the Ethiopian government. Then leads a group of kids to a refugee camp in Kenya. After that he moved to America and created a organization that gets water for south Sudan. Also in the book Salva was making a well for a village and runs in to another character in the book.

“A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park. I think in this book the theme is survival. I know this because in Salva’s story he is just trying to stay alive in the war. This is also the theme in Nya’s story because she fetches water every day just so she and her family doesn't die both characters exemplify the theme of survival as they fight through the story. Nya South Sudan 2006-2009 conflicts water, food and war.

A Long Walk to Water Theme Perseverance is an important theme in A Long Walk to Water. It is an important theme because Salva always had hope and perseverance till the end and never quit. If he had quit he would have not gotten this far. The first example is even when Uncle and Martial die he still continues his journey and never gives up. He remembers the advice that his uncle gave him during the Akobo dessert and continues striving for survival.

Salva is a boy who had to go through a war when he was eleven years old. because of the war salva was forced to run for his life leaving every thing his friends, family, and home. After almost dying in a war an old woman found him she fed him and let him stay for a wile. very soon though the lady had to leave to get something. salva begged the lady so he cold go but the answer was still no. salva joined a group of men how were looking for a refugy camp they were less than diluted to hare him they sad he would slow them down. but soon salva found his uncel and made a new friend marild was his name but his friend didn't last long a lion ate him. salva was scared but his uncel sad that he would protect salva after that they had to cross a desertsavas

Nya salva uncle and marial were walking and then set up camp and went to bed they all slept close together so they do not lose each other in the morning salva did not sleep well and he was the first on up but uncle’s gun was lying on the ground and uncle was not there he looked around and there was a blood trail salva thinks a lion killed uncle he wakes up every one and asks them if they saw uncle or what happened they decided it was a lion and they keep walking next day they started to miss uncle also salva took his gun so he can hunt he was tired so he drank some water and keep walking to next camp and then they keep walking every day but marial and nya were getting close really close salva keep walking till they made it to a refugee camp

I chose the book A Long walk to water for my literary pumpkin. I chose A long walk to water because it is a nonfiction book ,about Salva and Nya. The girl Nya is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home, she makes two trips to the pond every day but then at the end of the book she gets good clean water. The boy Salva becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Then one day he goes to America and gets a family and then a couple weeks or months later he gets an email from his cousin and its about his father, then Salva sees his father and gets to hear things about his family and father.

Salva Dut is an 11-year-old boy from South Sudan. One day while at school horror strikes his village. Gun shots. Salva broke off running without turning back, leaving all he had at his village, including his own family. Fortunately for Salva when he arrives at the bush, he meets a group of people also trying flee from the fighting. His luck soon turns to bad as when he awakes the next morning, he finds that his group had deserted him. Salva stays with a fellow village member who he calls Auntie, until one day she tells him that it is too dangerous for him to travel with her. Before Auntie leaves, she arranges Salva to join a small group of men, and a boy Salva’s age named Marial.