Character Analysis Of A Long Walk To Water

The book A long walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is about an eleven year old boy named Salva. First in the beginning of the story he is going to school when out of no where his school is in the middle of a war zone, his teacher tells him to run for the bushes but he keeps running until he could run no more. Then he meets some other people that had also ran away from the war, they had broken of into groups separating the men from the women and children, Salva was put with the children. They kept walking until they came across a barn in which they spent the night, when Salva awoke in the morning he was the only one there, the group had left him. He walked outside of the barn and found a lady rocking on a chair, she gives him some peanuts to eat

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.

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,

A Long Walk to Water is a book about a young refugee named Salva Dut. Said boy was also part of the Lost Boys of Sudan, a group of over 20,000 boys displaced and/or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Salva found himself joining group after group along the way, as he had been separated from his family. He faced many challenges, ranging from loved ones dying, crossing dangerous terrains, and having to travel far distances seeking security. His sheer determination and willpower urged him on in these circumstances, as well as some other key factors I will not be elaborating upon.

Salva was undoubtedly loyal to his family. Anytime he would enter a new refugee camp or join a new group of people, he would scan the faces of everyone, hoping to spot someone from his family. This was thoroughly demonstrated when Salva was at the Itang

Kobe Bryant once said, “Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise”. This quote is demonstrated in both A Night Divided and A Long Walk to Water as in both books the characters face great challenges that allow them to rise above others. In A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen Gerta and her family are divided by the Berlin Wall. Gerta’s oldest brother, Dominique, and father are in the west and Gerta her other brother, Fritz, and their mother are in the east. They decide to tunnel under the wall to get to the west for a better life and to get back to their family. This is their escape story. In the story, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Salva is in Sudan and his village is under attack by the rebels. He is separated from his family and must learn to survive the harsh conditions of Sudan to get to peace. The Salva’s family gets divided as and he is by himself. This is his account of his escape to the refugee camps. In both books, A Night divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen, and, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park the authors use plot sequence to develop the theme, times of hardships and danger develop perseverance.

Sadly, a group of nuer that was against the Dinka had killed salva's uncle."They buried uncle in a hole about two feet deep, a hole that has already been made by some kind of animal."(64) Not only did Salva loose Marial but he also lost the only family member that was close to him. Salva couldnt hold on to this forver. This was the best they couldve done for his uncle, bury him. There was no way that his unc couldve cam back to life so Salva had to get over this tragic event to keep going. Even though he was in shock, he kept on traveling the next day.He couldnt stop moving. He knw that in his heart. It was logical that he continued with the group, othrwise he wouldve been left behind as the group didnt care for him any more since his uncle died. Following his uncle's death, "..the group's attitude toward him changed."(65) they had all thought that he was too small and weak to go along with the group. So as predicted they've started to neglect him again. Even though times were tough, Salva still begged for scraps because it was all he was going to get and he had to accept that. One of Salva's goals was to reunite with his family again.But deep in his mind he always knew that ther was a possiblity that he could never see his family again bcause they couldve ben kileld. But slava nevr chose to accept that reality, instead he looked on the bright said and

Salva was motivated which help him survive. He was derterm to see his family agianand his little brother. Which motivated him to walk thorugh the war.He didn’t want any one to die,so he help younger kids because they remind him

Have you ever read long walk to water, well you should it's a good book. What obstacles did Nya face. What obstacles did Salva face. What did Nya and Salva face together. Nya and Salva overcame obstacles in A Long Walk To Water.

Survival is a good theme in the book “A Long Walk To Water” because Salva (the male character) has to go through a lot of discomfort, and needs to survive without his family. The first upcoming example of survival is when Salva gets left behind from the group of rebels in the barn, this happened because war came to Salva’s town and killed about everyone, while this was happening Salva was in school and needed to run into the brush where he found the rebels. When Salva gets left behind he doesn’t know what he’s going to do, but when he goes outside he finds a woman sitting on a bench, Salva didn’t know if this woman is Nuer or Dinka for Salva to know this he has to see the scar mark on the woman’s face. The woman

Imagine living in a world of poverty, not having much water, and food being scarce. Along with that your government is being attacked and you are separated from your family. A Long Walk to Water is a true story, Written by Linda Sue Park. Linda is an American author that writes mostly teen fiction. She has written a total of 9 books including Long Walk to Water. The events that occurred in A Long Walk to Water would be horrifying for anyone. Living in a country during war can be hard for anyone,, it can change your future in a big way.

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

The book Long Walk to the Water by the author Linda Sue park was about an 11 year African boy whom lives in South Sudan. During school he hears gunshots and flees into the brush. He than meets up with a bunch of other people who ran away and meet up with his village. Salva and the others rest in a barn but when he wakes up they had left. He stays with the barns owner and than leaves when other of his tribesman arrive. He learns from a friend that they are going to Ethiopia. Salva meets his uncle and his friend was eaten by a lion. They build a boat and travel across the Nile river and than go through the Akobo desert. After they cross they meet soldiers that shot Salva's uncle. Salva arrives in the Refugee camp.

Stephen King once said in his book, The Long Walk “They walked through the rainy dark like gaunt ghosts, and Garraty didn't like to look at them.” In King’s novel Germany won World War Two, and they force 100 kids to walk at least four miles per hour. If they do not maintain this speed, they are “ticketed”, but really shot. In a similar fashion, The Lost Boys of Sudan were forced to walk for survival. It is estimated that over 20,000 children took a voyage from war torn Sudan to Ethiopia and Kenya. The cause of this voyage is the Second Sudanese Civil War, a war that killed an estimated two million residents.