Perseverance In Linda Sue Park's A Long Walk To Water

He becomes friends with one of the boys in the group called Marial, when they keep walking Salva comes across his uncle. His uncle said he would protect them at all costs with his gun, but one night Marial had gone missing, so Salva's uncle had told him that he was eaten by a lion. When they made it to the Nile river they made boats and went to an island in the middle where they spent the night and were attacked by mosquitoes, the next day they got as much water as they could and kept walking until they found nine men lying on the ground. One of the women in the group tried giving his water to one of the men, the men that could still walk came with the group, when one night the group was robber by three solders and Salva's uncle was shot and killed, but they continues to walked until they arrived at the camp where Salva spent the next six years of his life. After six years the camp was attacked by solder and people were forced to cross the river where thousands died, Salva was then the leader of fifteen hundred boys, where they were lead to

“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

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.

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.

Imagine having to run away from your hometown with thousands of other boys you don’t know. Then imagine having to walk 16 hours a day to provide dirty water for your family. Well there’s a boy named Salva that had to run away and walk thousands of miles not knowing where he’s going or where is family is. But for a girl named Nya she had to persevere walking through the hot weather stepping on thorns for 16 hours everyday just to provide dirty water for their family. Nya and Salva have a hard and sad life, but they couldn’t have survived through it without unity, love, and perseverance.

After six years of living in a refugee camp, Salva had learned that they are closing the camps, “they are going to close the camp, Everyone will have to leave” (73). Salva had then began his walk once again. As Salva was walking he was joined by thousands of men, “crowds of other boys followed him”(80). Salva had then stepped up and been the leader. Salva had decided the decisions for the group. Throughout the journey many had lived, but also many had died. Once they had reached a new camp, they had found that it is no better than the one before. There were more

Linda Sue Park wrote a novel A Long Walk to Water based on Salva's story. Salva is only 11 years old when the Second Sudanese war had started. Salva had to run away from his village, leaving his family and everything he knew. Salva has to demonstrate determination, courage, and persistence in order to survive the grueling journey to Ethiopia.

When war threatened villages in Sudan, so many people were forced to leave their homes and families behind. That's just what Salva had to do one dreadful day while at school. A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park is a story about a young boy named Salva, who lives in Sudan. He had to grow up with war going on around him, and had to walk away from it all. Salva even had to leave his whole family behind in trade for safety. Throughout all his struggles Salva stayed strong and has become what we know as a survivor. All the loss of his loved ones, challenges in the wilderness, and him being able to adapt to new situations are all great examples on why Salva would be considered a survivor.

He faced some difficult challenges such as walking, hotness, and no one to help him survive. During his journey, he showed that he was brave, luck, and Confident. In Park’s novel, Salva, this impressive young man, was very brave, lucky, and confident throughout his tough journey. During Salva’s journey across South Sudan, he was very brave with all the situations that were going on.

He is selected as one of the boys that would take refuge in America, he hears that his father is alive. After visiting a remote part of Sudan, where his father was hospitalized for drinking too much contaminated water, Salva wants to help not only his father, but the many others that are suffering from this issue to get clean water. Another example would be Jackson Saikong. Jackson’s struggle was to get a proper education. In order get the proper education so he could accomplish his dream of being a pilot, he needed to go to school. Each week, he embarked on a nine mile long journey with his younger sister to get to school. Like Salva, his life was filled with much danger, and one moment could determine the difference from life and death. Through the danger that awaited Jackson on each trip to school, he soon realized that his family lived so far away from the school he attended and in a remote area, was because they didn’t prosper very well financially. The two siblings made it their goal and purpose to receive good education to support their

Linda Sue Park wrote the novel, ”A Long Walk to Water” in 2010. This story is based on a true event, This event is about two young adults and stories are interwoven but it is in the middle of Sudan. Salva is in the middle of a sudanese war in the 1980’s and Nya is set in current day. In Sudan both young adults have to survive in harsh conditions like war, disease, lack of purified water and high temperatures. The characters in the novel,”Long Walk to Water” survive their challenging environments through perseverance, help of others, and chance.

Salva’s only friend to the trip to the Itang refugee camp, is gone. The third example of Perseverance, “Mariel and Uncle were no longer by his side, and they never would be again, but Salva knew both of them would

In the book, Nya and Salva are both walking towards their goals. Nya has to walk to a big, muddy watering hole twice a day to get water for her family. I can relate to this because I have to clean my room every day to keep the environment of my house cleaner. Nya also has to teach her sister to walk to water, but when she is teaching her