An Analysis Of Salva's A Long Walk To Water

In the book “A long walk to water” authored by linda sue park,salva has to go on a personal journey to survive and it impacted him majorly. What is a personal journey? One might ask. Well a personal journey is when someone or something goes on a journey and on their journey they go along and meet allies and friends,they have struggles or obstacles,and they change (mostly in a good way) throughout the story.One lesson this story suggests is that “Sometimes the pain and struggles that you encounter will help you succeed”. In the story “A long walk to water”. Salva went on a personal journey and it impacted him drastically. He had to get away from the war in sudan and he met many people that helped him, he had many conflicts and struggles,and he even witnessed his uncle passing away. But when things were at his worst he found a miracle.

The story a long walk to water is a true story and is based on a real person except for Nya she is a fictional character in the novel.Right now Salva Dut is working on providing clean water for South Sudan.A interesting fact is that due to Salvas actions at this time he has now saved thousands of lives and transformed them.Learn more at http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/ at the websit you can see Salvas story and how he got to where he is.Next will be the comparisions and contrasts between Salva and Nya.

In the novel “A long walk to water” by Linda Sue Park, Salva, a young man that lived in South Sudan throughout his childhood to his young-adult years, had faced many difficult challenges the young age of eleven. Salva had to flee from home because of Sudan’s civil war. He soon experienced a horrifying and dreadful life, his family gone, no resources in his group, he watched people die, walked for months, and lead twelve hundred boys to a refugee camp in Kenya. Salva survived this terrible life with the help of three factors, perseverance, luck, and relationships with others. Without any of these factors, Salva might not have been able to survive or possibly become the leader he is today.

Salva keeps going even though he was devastated when he lost his friend Marial. Salva explained the loss of his friend as: “A cold fist seemed to grip Salva’s heart”(pg 38). He also kept going even though his uncle was shot dead. His beloved uncle who protected him, guided him, and loved him, was gone. “Now that Salva was without Uncle’s care and protection, the group’s attitude toward him changed”(pg 65). Salva faces traumatic events while crossing the river, he watches people get shot and killed. Later, Salva learned that thousands had died trying to cross the river, either drowned or shot or attacked by crocodiles (pg 79). After crossing the river only a few boys were alive, so Salva led the young boys to shelter. The boys kept walking, and walking till they found a safe

After six years of living in a refugee camp, Salva had learned that they are closing the camps, “they are going to close the camp, Everyone will have to leave” (73). Salva had then began his walk once again. As Salva was walking he was joined by thousands of men, “crowds of other boys followed him”(80). Salva had then stepped up and been the leader. Salva had decided the decisions for the group. Throughout the journey many had lived, but also many had died. Once they had reached a new camp, they had found that it is no better than the one before. There were more

Salva lifted his head proudly. They are wrong, and I will prove it.” When you’re dealing with loss you have to be positive and think for the better, that’s exactly what Salva did, in the book A Long Walk to Water. In the quote above it shows that Salva can accomplish anything he can as long as he has hope and persistence.

When war threatened villages in Sudan, so many people were forced to leave their homes and families behind. That's just what Salva had to do one dreadful day while at school. A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park is a story about a young boy named Salva, who lives in Sudan. He had to grow up with war going on around him, and had to walk away from it all. Salva even had to leave his whole family behind in trade for safety. Throughout all his struggles Salva stayed strong and has become what we know as a survivor. All the loss of his loved ones, challenges in the wilderness, and him being able to adapt to new situations are all great examples on why Salva would be considered a survivor.

Linda Sue Park’s intriguing novel A Long Walk to Water reveals the impact of the devastation of war on Sudan's inhabitants and the ultimate struggle for survival. Even though giving up continues to be the easiest option, Salva Dut, an adolescent from South Sudan, fights for his life while holding on to the little hope he has. In spite of the devastation and conflict, Salva remains strong and continues to persevere to survival, saving numerous lives along the way. Salva, still with hope, struggles to survive while persevering thorough the countless hardships he encounters.

Salva used his positive attitude to survive.Even though Salva got separated from his family he stayed hopeful that they were still alive.This keeped him going and looking to find them.When Salva left for America instead of forgetting his family he came back to Sudan to help bring water to his village and to the other tribe.This gave thousands of people clean drinking water.

Have you ever gone to a sleepover or camp where you went a couple days without your family? Imagine not seeing your family for months, or years, or ever. Imagine if you didn’t even know if your parents were alive. This is a similar situation that Salva, a young boy in A Long Walk to Water, has to go through. Salva isn’t only separated from family forever, but he has to journey through Africa with little food and water, specifically food. Luckily for Salva, he finds his Uncle, Jewiir. He joins the group that Salva traveled in, and marked himself as a leader to the others. While learning about the journeys of both characters, many traits are exhibited. However, after careful analysis of the two, Salva’s hunger is the most prominent

Perseverance is an important theme in A Long Walk to Water. Salva has to persevere through his doubt, pain, and fear. One example of Salva showing perseverance is when he doubts that his family is alive. He realizes that they would have wanted him to live so he puts his sadness behind him and decides to move on. This shows that Salva perseveres through doubt and that he is persistent. Another example is when Salva decides to keep walking and pushing through the pain of his chipped nail and thorns in his feet. This proves that Salva perseveres through pain and he is determined. Being determined is also showing perseverance Salva was determined to keeping walking even though he is in a lot of pain. The last example is when Salva is scared to

Try losing your family and friends walking through the worst desert with lions getting shot at, then getting to go to a special place. Have you’ve heard of Salva Dut he is the main character of this book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Salva does many things in this book loses family, be in life threatening situations, and being a leader at a young age. It would be hard to lose family members well salva did and but how.

Many people died on the journey from starvation, a disease, even being ate by an animal. The group number lessened by the weeks. The more countries they had traveled through the more people they lost. Salva had traveled through Kenya and Uganda, ut no place was safe for them to stay. Salva didn't want to give up, he didn't want to stop like other people in the group did. He had an idea to set up a “ Itang Refugee Camp” in Ethiopia because to him he thought that was the safest place to be. So Salva and the surviving people traveled back to Ethiopia to set up camp. It took them a few weeks to travel and set up camp, but by the time they got there the United States had realized what had been happening. The United States were going to select number of people in ethiopia to rescue and bring to the United States so they can have a family., food and fresh clothes. Salvas name was chosen so he had to leave his group to go live his new life in New York. When Salva arrived in New York he began to live his new life with a new American family , but one day his new family got a call from someone in suda ! It was doctors calling telling them they had found Salva’s dad and he was in the hospital, if Salva wanted to see him he would have to come to Sudan right away. So Salva hoped back on a plane to Sudan. When he arrived he was taken to the hospital to see his dad. On the way he had saw all the destruction the war had caused. It

This shows that even if you are different from each other, help each other out through rough times and accept them for who they really are. In the story Nya was from the Nuer tribe and Salva was from the Dinka tribe. The Dinka and Nuer tribes have been fighting violently for a long time and have been fighting over water for their cattle since the climate is very dry and the geography doesn't have a lot of water available to them. At the end of the story Salva came to help the Nuer tribe on getting water once he had all his own needs in America. On page 114, in the story A Long Walk to Water, it states “The Dinka and Nuer tribes were enemies-had been for hundreds of years. “Why would a Dinka bring water to us” she wondered aloud. “I heard Uncle and Father talking about him,” Dep said. “He has drilled so many wells for his own people. This year he decided to drill for the Nuer as well.” This displays that Salva knew the Nuer needed some help but he decided to help them and accept them for who they are and not judge. It also says on page 107 “an idea of what he might be able to do to help the people of Sudan.” This is an example of helping people all around even if they are different. Nya and Salva had accepted each other despite their different ethics, opinion, and

The second survival factor that made survival possible for Salva was Uncle Jewiir’s advice. Not only was his advice a survival factor, but he himself was a survival factor. While Salva was crossing the desert in chapter 7 he found himself losing hope. But Uncle Jewiir didn’t let that happen. He made sure to stay by Salva’s side when he needed somebody for comfort and he gave advice. According to chapter 7 (page 41), it states that “If it hadn’t been Uncle, Salva might have gone crazy with fear. Uncle spoke to him all morning in a steady, low voice.” This shows us that Salva was afraid of the lions and he needed someone to comfort him. This also shows that without Uncle Jewiir Salva would probably be long gone. It also says in chapter 9 (page 53) that “As if by magic, Uncle was suddenly at his side. “Salva Mawien Dut Ariik!” he said, using Salva’s full name, loud and clear. Salva lifted his head, the sobs interrupted by surprise. “Do you see that group of bushes?” Uncle said, pointing. You need to only walk as far as those bushes. Can you do that, Salva Mawien Dut Ariik?” This shows us that Uncle Jewiir’s advice helped him a lot and what Uncle was trying to imply to Salva was to take a step at a time instead of taking it all in one time. Not only did Uncle Jewiir’s advice help now, but years later too. He was