Analysis Of Salva In Linda Sue Park'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.

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.

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.

In A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park tells a story about one out of a thousand Southern Sudan lost boys named, Salva. Salva is a boy who ran away during the Southern Sudanese War. Salva moves from country to country to get away from this war. During the war he loses touch of his family. Salva soon escapes the war, now he’s trying to find his way to safety. Salva was able to survive In A Long Walk to Water, by having bravery, courage, and showing grit.

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

It took 648 miles to walk from Southern Sudan to Ethiopia. Salva did this on an empty stomach with no food or water. Do you think you would survive in a 100 degree weather with no food or water, with the same cloths that you been wearing for a year? Because salva did. In the book “A Long Walk to Water” written by Linda Sue park, she talks about Salva's journey that took years and years to get to safety after the war stated. The war came to his village while he was in school he had to run to the bush with not knowing where is his family or even knowing if they are alive. Salva was running from the war for 24 years before he finally found safety in the united states. He was 11 when he started to run, he met a friend along the way but he sadly died due to being eaten by a lion. He also meant his uncle along the way which help Salva gain confidence that he was going to make it out alive, but again the uncle passed away due to three men shooting him, because he was trying to keep everyone safe. In this essay I am going to prove that we can learn to never give up even if things are at the worst point possible and if you take things one step at a time you will get through whatever you are struggling with. The key aspects I am going to be talking about are how did Salva learn never give up and even when salva is at his worst he never gives up and still has hope that he is going to make it out alive. My first body paragraph I am explaining how salva never gave up.

Durning Salva’s adventure he had lost everyone he loved. When Salva had first lost someone that he love it was when the war had started. When the war started Salva and the other kids in his class were told to run, “as hard as he could, into the bush”(seven). Once Salva had to run away he left behind his family. Throughout the novel Salva losses a few more people in his life. Salva was then on his own, he then had found his uncle and met a friend that had lost his family as well. Salva’s uncle was shot, “three shots rang out. Then the men ran away”(63). After the death of his uncle Salva was then forced to have to watch out for himself. His friend however died before his uncle when they were sleeping out in lion country, “as he opened his eyes, he heard wailing, someone was crying” (37). This had hit Salva hard, because he did not have any friends anymore, especially ones that had also lost their family. So after the deaths Salva didn't have anyone anymore, he was on his own again.

To begin with, Salva needs determination. Salva has to be determined in order to make it through the obstacles of the desert, on his journey to Ethiopia. Salva had stubbed his toe so hard that his toe nail came off. Salva came close to giving up, but his uncle kept him determined by giving him goals. ”When they reached the bushes, Uncle pointed out a clump of rocks up ahead, and told Salva to walk as far as the rocks,”(P.54)

Salva was running, running fast into the bush, they heard pops lots of them. Salva is a character in Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water. He is only 11 when he starts this long trek. He had to survive many difficult obstacles that were on his way to get away from the horrible war. The factors that helped Salva survive was his self-motivation, his Uncle, and drive to find family.

Now Salva’s 22, he’s learned how to play volleyball and how to speak English. Then one day there’s a rumor going around camp that some people with good health and who don’t have families will be chosen to fly to America. Salva is chosen and later travels to New York and lives his life there, he then starts an organization for building wells back in Sudan and once he raises enough money he flies back down to his home country to help the people still living there. He built wells and schools for the children there not only for his tribe but for the all the other ones as well. Many people believe that the theme would be too help others although none of that would have happened if Salva didn’t persevere through all the sorrow he’s been through. He had a lot of questions with unknown answers but he still kept walking. When he saw his own Uncle get murdered he kept going. Even when he swam through the bloody crocodile river he never stopped. If you really want something you need to keep an open mind and don’t give up on yourself, until you achieve your goal, keep on persevering, just like Salva

Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk To Water is about the story of Salva, he is one of thousands of boys trying to escape the civil war going in their country in the 1980’s also known as The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys had to travel country to country to escape the horrible Second Sudanese Civil war. Salva survived despite starving, dying of dehydration, getting shot, forced into the war, be eaten alive by lions or crocodiles, or going insane from fear because of his persistence, luck, and the people who helped him.

Imagine walking your entire life and staying in refugee camps in Eastern Africa until your mid twenties. In A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park, Salva does just that and survives everything that was thrown at him, to get to safety. Salva is a survivor because of his ability to overcome challenges such as mother nature, the loss of family, and being lost.

Salva the main character of “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park was an 11-year old boy when his village was attacked. His teacher urged him to run away from the village and to run to the “bush.” After that attack, his life made a turn for the worse. With no family around him, he was completely lost. During his journey, he had some problems, but overcame

If you were forced from your home due to war, how would you overcome challenges that head your way? Salva, is a young sudanese boy whose village is bombed because of the war. He is forced south toward Ethiopia, traveling on foot. As he walks there he experiences many obstacles such as, death, predators, and loss of shelter. Salva, the main character in Linda Sue Park’s

There are many factors that helped Salva survive. One way persistence helped Salva was when he kept going after the rebels stopped him. “A soldier approached Salva and raised his gun”. Another way is when Salva’s uncle died. One more way is when Salva’s friend Marial died by a lion.