Compare And Contrast 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

Throughout many people that have died during this war, Salva were one of the individuals to survive the hazardous lands of South Sudan. Survival was possible for Salva through the help of his uncle, refugee camps, hope and luck. The first factor that contributed to Salva’s survival was his uncle. Salva had been walking for days until he found his uncle. Uncle had a gun, because he used to work in the military.

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.

He could not think of any other explanation for what he felt, but beneath his terrible sadness, he felt strong” on pages 63 and 65. When Salva’s uncle was alive, Salva always got enough food and was safe in the group. It’s hard enough that Salva’s last family member had just been killed, not he has to beg for food, and is unwanted in the

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.

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,

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.

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.

Would you be loyal enough to stay by someone’s side, no matter how difficult that became? A Long Walk to Water is focused primarily on Salva Dut’s remarkable life. He was a “lost boy” who came to America after having nothing but empty hope for decades. Throughout his odyssey, Salva displayed a number of positive traits- including bravery, determination, and loyalty. His loyalty really shined through, though. He always stood by his family, his father, and the people of southern Sudan.

Imagine you are a lost boy of Sudan, and you are trying to escape the war. While doing this you go through many challenges, that you have to overcome to keep on going. In the book Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, it is based on a real story about a Dinka boy named Salva. In the book, Salva is trying to flee from the war. While doing that he comes to many challenges.

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.

A young eleven-year-old boy named Salva finds himself in a difficult situation during the Sudanese Civil war in 1985. To keep surviving he must continue traveling to safe places by foot. In the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, a young boy named Salva lived in South Sudan where there was a war called the Sudanese civil war in 1985. He walked distances to camps to find a safe place to survive. Salva survives during the war.

In the book A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park one of our characters are leaders that have to go through very dangerous things on his journeys. One of the main themes in this book is dangerous situations make people leaders. Salva and Uncle Jewiir both end up being leaders somewhere in the book, but I think that Uncle Jewiir becoming the leader is more important. One page thirty four Uncle Jewiir came to Salva’s group to help get everyone safely to the refugee camp. Uncle became the leader because he had been working in the army so he was able to take his gun with him, so he can shoot food for everyone in the group. Uncle Jewiir was a very good leader and he always tried motivating everyone to keep going and get to the final detonation

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

Life takes a strong toil when war strikes. People start to lose hope in survival and start believing in the wrong source of power. Revenge and world domination. It takes one to realize what truly matters, and that is life. But there are factors to lead to one’s survival and hope for a better path. In the novel that Linda Sue Park had written; a Long Walk To Water. Tells a story of compassion, bravery, and a little bit of luck, during one of the worst times in Southern Sudan. Told from a perspective of a young boy named Salva. Throughout the book, Salva had many factors that made survival possible for him, they include; Marial, Uncle, some luck on the way. These are the factors that helped him survive, even when tomorrow did not seem