Character Analysis: The Waterfall In Lo Valley

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.

When they arrived in America a cowboy helped them settled into their new house. He paid the rent three months ahead. Mother could not believe his generosity until Brother Quang says the American government gives sponsors money, she was even more amazed by the generosity of the American government until Brother Quang says it’s all to ease the guilt of losing the war.” Ha and her family will now have to adapt to her new surroundings because it’s different from Vietnam. Most of the things will be unfamiliar to Ha because she has to learn English. Ha then started school at first it was ruff because she was getting bullied, “They pulled my arm hair, they threw rocks at me, they promised to stomp on my chest.” It twisted inside out, for her at school. The first person she told was brother Vu, she then asked him to teach her defense. After he taught her defense her life came back again, she started to understand English much better and no longer gets

In the novel Legend by Marie Lu, there is one character in which I would be delighted to be my friend. Day is everything you ask for in a friend. He is an honest and humble person. Day has a charisma as well as a loving personality to him that makes his loved ones like to be around him. If there were two words to describe Day, it would be daring and caring. Day completes all of these stunts to annoy and anger the Republic. He gets hurt sometimes, like his three story fall out of the hospital, but always springs right back life. Day is a caring person because of his actions towards his family and dearest friends. In the book on page 6, Day shows that he cares for his family. “I dig through the little pile of goodies inside the bundle, then hold up a used pair of goggles. I check them again to make sure there are no cracks in the glass. ‘For John. An early birthday gift.’ My older brother turns nineteen later this week. He works fourteen-hour shifts in the neighborhood plants friction stores and always comes home rubbing his eyes from the smoke. These goggles were a lucky steal from a military supply shipment.” Even while Day is constantly living on the run and off of his steals, he still manages to take care of his family. John is the messenger that gives most of Days care packages to the family. No one else knows in which Day is still alive and that he is now the Republic’s most wanted criminal. While living on the streets with Tess as his only company, he still cares about

Does Vinny really mean it when he says Joe-Boy is his best friend In the story, “The ravine”? Vinny and Joe-Boy are 15 year old boys that were born in Hawaii. They are heading to the ravine to swim and jump off a 50 foot precipice.Vinny and Joe-Boy are best friends . Also Joe-Boy and Vinny are different that doesn’t mean they’re completely different, they are still similar in a few ways, they might be friends , but they are also very different and still alike.

The story, A Soldiers Home, is about a man in conflict with the past and present events in his life. The young man’s name is Harold Krebs. He recently returned from World War 1 to find everything almost exactly the same as when he left. He moved back into his parents house, where he found the same car sitting in the same drive way. He also found the girls looking the same, except now they all had short hair. When he returned to his home town in Oklahoma the hysteria of the soldiers coming home was all over. The other soldiers had come home years before Krebs had so everyone was over the excitement. When he first returned home he didn’t want to talk about the war at all. Then, when he suddenly felt the urge and need to talk about it no one

Life can bring unexpected events that individuals might not be prepared to confront. This was the case in the short story “On The Rainy River” written by Tim O’Brien. Young Tim is drafted to the military to fight the American War in Vietnam. He faces the conflict of whether he should or should not go to war after being drafted. The thought of giving up the future he has worked so hard for and instead fight a war “for uncertain reasons” terrifies him. He must make the agonizing decision of whether to pursue his personal desire and in turn be shamed by society or conform, sacrificing his ideals in the process.

Going through an era when the Vietnam War was a smash hit in your town, many high school senior boys would be drafted out if their number was on the list of people. The men drafted had to leave behind their families and aspirations. Tim O’Brien uses different perspectives in The Things They Carried to show if something tragic happens in life, consequently dealing with it may be hard. Moving on will help in the future.

Wes starts to flunk out of private school. Wes doesn't want to go on living in poverty. He was determine to get an educations one way or another. He eventually decided to join a military school and enlisted in the armed forces, in expectations that he will have one more chance at getting a good education to change his life. Wes didn’t feel like he was able to survive the military school, but with time he was able to adjust.

War can be a stressful time for people and families everywhere. At the current time in the book, world war II is happening. Gene and his friends learn about what is going on across the world. All the lives losses and all the tragedies. Its a difficult time to be a child. In times like that, the kids have to grow up and act serious. Gene and his friends mature quickly and want to help out in the war. Kids are maturing quickly in order to help the country.

Two weeks later he got a letter in the mail, he read the letter is quickly turned into a bad one,he was drafted into the United States Air Force. As he walked inside, it was like there was a boulder on his shoulders. And his wife the bad news, and she cried into his shoulder.Thoughts were racing through his head, what if I die? My wife is expecting, what if my child grows up with no father like me?two weeks later taxi picked him up and drove him to the airport where he would go to train for the U.S. Air

Wes Moore’s mother Joy tried very hard to make Wes a well rounded person. She made sure Wes go to Riverdale Country school, which was one of the best school in Bronx. Even though Wes didn’t feel like he belonged there. When Wes got into horrible habits such as attending school irregularly. Wes’s mother warned to Wes if he doesn't straighten up, she will send him to military school. Wes knew if he didn’t start to behave there were be consequences. Wes said, “ I knew my mother was considering sending me away, but I never thought she’d actually do it” (Moore 87). Joy made Wes go to Valley Forge because he wasn’t behaving. Valley Forge is what shaped Wes into well rounded person. Joy’s disciplinary attitude is what influenced Wes into good person. Unlike the other Wes’s mother

Two young and naive children fell in love. Tim took her life and relationship to heart and gave him a better understanding of the true meaning of love. All of Tim’s fellow soldiers and friends helped him learn new things about building a strong friend relationship. He talked to and learned new things about new people everyday. From his war experience, he was able to understand the importance of friendship.

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

This shows the effects of the Vietnam War and how it can cause separation between the family not just physically but also mentally.

At 12 years old, his father began leaving him in charge of his automobile repair shop.“I got to do things that were probably ahead of most kids today.” With a smile on his face, he described how he gained confidence from working in his Dad’s shop, and how his community had a similar attitude concerning responsibility. “Those kids were growing up on the farm. My uncles at 8 years old, were driving the cows 3 miles!” “My mother at 8, was babysitting her 2 year old brother!”. This work in the shop made Dennis feel as though he was growing up, and that he could handle himself like an adult. The fact that his father was incredibly loose, and allowed him to work at such a young age, taught Dennis about work ethic and responsibility. These experiences would make him the confident and nimble leader he would need to be, later on in the Vietnam