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Analysis Of A Long Walk To Water

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“The lost boys. That was what they were being called in America the boys who had lost their homes and families because of the war and had wandered, lost, for weeks or months at a time before reaching the refugee camps”(91). Linda Sue Park wrote a novel based on one of these boys called “A long walk to water.” Salva Dut was a boy alone in Sudan and becomes a survivor by also becoming a leader, adapting to situations, and overcoming dangerous obstacles. Salva was a “lost boy” in a big world that had many problems, but he overcomes them by helping others as a leader (91). Salva’s uncle was the leader of the group he was staying in and he shared all the food he got to the group, “but it seemed they had all forgotten that, for now Salva now had to beg for scraps, which were given grudgingly”(67). Salva was alone now because his uncle was killed in the war, so after he died, the group did not treat him with the same respect that Salva had to his uncle. Much later, after Salva became alone again and was left to fend for himself, “Salva had become the leader of a group of about fifteen hundred boys”(80). After Salva got older the group looked to him to lead them to the new refugee camps because the camps in Sudan were closing. As Salva became the leader of the boys he didn’t just walk with them, he helped them personally “Salva would talk to them, encourage them, coax and persuade them”(81). Salva was a true leader because he actually helped the group like his uncle by talking to them, sharing with them, and showing them the way to get what they need, he also showed them how to adapt to situations. Salva was one of the many who faced multiple situations in America and to overcome them he adapted to them. Salva was in so many camps that he heard the aid workers talk and get a little english down “but after so many years in the camps, Salva could understand a little english”(86). Michael was an Irish aid worker that helped Salva a little english and teach him some letters to memorize. Salva had gone to America because he was chosen to go “now Salva’s arms were piled with new clothes. Underwear, socks, sneakers. A pair of long pants. A t-shirt and a long-sleeved shirt to wear on top of it “(92). Salva got into America

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