Character Analysis: A Long Walk To Water

In the novel, it states, “A lion had been hungry enough to approach the group as they slept…It sought out pray that was small and motionless: Marial, sleeping” (Park 41). Thus proves, that Salva was lucky that he wasn't eaten by a fierce lion when he was sound asleep, though he could have easily been eaten just like Marial. Salva rested for the night near Uncle Jewiir who would protect them from predators. On the other hand Marial slept further away from Salva and Uncle so he was vulnerable and was easily eaten by a lion. Additionally, the text states, “Stunned, Salva realized that being forced under the water have probably saved his life” (Park 78). This illustrates that when Salva was attempting to swim across the Gilo River, a boy cling to his neck and quickly forced Salva under water without warning him. Soon the boy was shot in the back of the neck, being pushed under water saved Salva from being shot and killed while crossing the Gilo River He was one of the few lucky refugees to survive crossing the crocodile-infested stream, though any of them could have easily been shot, drowned by the current or eaten by the flesh hungry crocodiles. Salva had survived many of the dangerous events by pure luck, his skills, and personal traits had no involvement when surviving some of the

“Mawien Dut sprinkles water on his son’s head, the Dinka way of blessing someone who was lost.” This reveals that Salva’s father and Salva have made it. The protected land in Africa. This also shows both of them being delighted and speechless to see each other. No words could come out of their mouths. Sobs of joy between both of them. Infinity love between both of them. Success between both of them. Amazement. Joy. LOVE. Additionally, they were one family again and were safe from the 21-year old civil war. If you look closely through the lenses of culture, you could see Dinka family members pouring water over their kid’s head. Later in the novel, Salva, delightful and solicitous. Began helping the other big tribe; the Nuer. The tribe killed his Uncle. The tribes have been fighting with his tribe for hundreds of years. The tribes have many similarities. Salva has helped make the Nuer think. “The Dinka and the Nuer were enemies-had been for hundreds of years. Why would a Dinka bring water to us?” This shows, Salva was resourceful to everyone in Southern Sudan. He gave everyone in Southern Sudan the right resources to eat and drink. Even his worst enemies. This also shows that Salva changed hundreds of lives in Southern Sudan. Furthermore, this idea makes people’s mind change about killing the other big tribe. If you look closely through the lens of place, you could see everyone feel joyful. Lucky. And mostly caring. This all happens

Don’t let people misunderstand you by you age and bringing you down.“He is too young to do any real work, he will be no help to us.”(Park 21)The other villagers think that Salva will slow them down because he is too young. They want to leave him, alone. Salva feels sad and he feels unwanted. It makes him feel like he cannot do anything. “One step at a time. One day at a time. Just today, just this day to get through.”(Park, 77)Salva is thinking of ways to keep going and believing in himself, not letting anything bring him down so he can accomplish. So he can accomplish being somewhere safe and finding his family.Salva didn't let them misunderstand him just by his age and being brave. So he kept on showing them how wrong they were for thinking that he couldn’t do it and proved them all worn when he grew up and went to the United States.

Early in the novel, Salva is clearly terrified, but still strong emotionally. Salva, courages and hopeful. Has started his life by hearing a gun shot,

Matters: If Salva didn’t go through these hardships he wouldn’t be the same person today. For example if he still hanged on those memories of grief he would have stop walking, because the path he walked was cluttered with thorns and needles. By also surviving the event with Nile River, Salva’s shown that he’s become a strong person and that he wants to live. ____________________________________________________________________________________

In life we have significant challenges we are faced with. In the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, we learn about a boy named salva dut, he is a lost boy in south Sudan, who is forced into many environments that are difficult. Two factors that helped Salva survive the difficult environments he faced throughout the novel A Long Walk to Water was his persistence and his determination.

In the novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, We meet Nya and Salva and we learn that Nya is walking for water. Then we learn that Salva is running away from the war between nuer and dinka Salva keeps on running until he runs into some rebels Salva saw that he wasn’t the only one who ran into the rebels he tried to find his family but there was no luck. Then the rebels took all the men salva was left alone again and he started to run again he ran found another group he passed out and found his uncle. Then Salva still was running he got to a refugee camp he signed up to go to america but it was no luck he practice english and when he was done he was about to learn volley ball but people said that Salva gets to go to new york. Then he

Family because of war, I could name one person that has been through a lot”. A young boy named Salva was separated from his family because of war, Salva has been through the hard deps and struggle of Southern Sudan. In many things Salva went through he met and lost the people he cared about. Salva can prove that he could survive and be strong. In the “A Long Walk to Water” many factors helped Salva.

In the beginning of the book Salva’s village is being shot up and he is told to flee/run into the bush. Once Salva is in the bush him and the other kids start walking. After a couple days they more and more people join them. They then are stopped by a military group that took all the men and left the women and children. (pg.12). While salva was with his big group after he had found his uncle he had made a good friend,Marial. Salva and his group had a late night and salva slept for a long time. When he awoke he awoke to the sound of crying and his uncle told him. That Marial had been killed in the night.(pg.38) Salve overcame this by telling himself that Marial would want him to make it safely and that kept salve going. Another thing that happened to him was when salva and his group were stopped by a group of nuer soldiers. The soldiers raided the camp, Tied Salva’s uncle to a tree, And shot him with his own weapon.(pg.63) Salva overcame this the same way he overcame Marial’s death, by telling himself that he had to finish the trip for uncle and Marial. Salva also overcame many obstacles in the United

“The men laying on the hot sand and his own mouth felt so dry that he nearly choked when he tried to swallow. If you give them water you will not have enough for yourself, you will die.” (Park 56) Salva had to keep walking and not give people water because if he did give them water he would have died along with them. In order to survive he had to keep his water and keep walking. Salva felt sorry for the people on the ground but for his own survival he had to keep going. Salva was making a hard decision about leaving his family to go to America or to stay and try to find his family “Salva was going to America.” (Park 89) On the way to New York, Salva got a Coca Cola and it reminded him of his family “With each sip he remembered his family passing the bottles of Coca Cola hand to hand laughing at the tickly bubbles” (Park 93) Salva decided to go to America in order to survive. He felt sad because he was leaving without being able to find his family. He did not know if they were alive or dead. Salva knows that sometimes he has to make hard decisions in order to

He goes through many horrifying things and difficult positions, but manages to survive. Salva relies on family, outside help, and perseverance to overcome his challenges. Family is an important way to overcome dangerous conflicts. In the book, Salva is separated

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.

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 thought of how his Uncle encouraged him in the desert and he wanted to encourage others as well, so they could make it to Kenya.

Imagine that you are in a desert for three days and you have little to nothing amount of water and no food can you even stay in there for a day while kept on walking? The answer is probably no, but that is what Salva had to do. Which leads us to the first reason on why Salva is a hero and that is that he never gives up. Let's go back the desert which Salva went through. In the desert that Salva had to walk through took him not one day but more than two day to walk through, with little water and with no food. But he didn’t gave up in the desert even through in the text it said that he felt like that he was nausea and was going to fall at anytime. But he just kept on walking because he knows that if he just wait there he would just die but if he just