Salva's Journey

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.

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.

This quote shows that Salva's Uncle him goals. Salva needed determination on his journey, because of obstacles like that.

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.

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.

Even through the devastation, Salva continues to hold on to his will to live and perseveres “a step at a time” solving “one problem at a time,” while “[he] moves toward his

In the novel, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, A girl named Nya was walking to water. A boy named salva was running away from war. Nya finally reached the water, and went home. Salva has started walking to a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Nya has moved by a lake to have water during a dry season, but after a couple months she goes back home. Salva finally reaches a refugee camp, but he eventually moves to different ones. The villagers in Nya’s village are improving their living space. Salva goes to live in America, but eventually goes back to Sudan to see his father. Nya’s village finished the improvements to their village. Then, Nya saw salva and went to say thank you for improving her village. Salva’s age changes throughout the story, at

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.

While on his journey Salva met a friend his age, named Mariel, as they were walking they stopped to rest, fully knowing that they were in lion’s country. Salva and Mariel laid down to sleep. After they fell asleep an uninvited guest had came, a lion, “It had sought out prey that was small and motionless: Mariel sleeping”(41). Salva woke up later on to find that his friend had been taken in the night by a lion, this hurt Salva deeply. It hurt Salva this bad, because this had been Salva’s only friend, and the only person he really trusted was gone. That wasn’t the only person he lost. When Salva left running from his village when it got attacked he made the decision to leave his whole family that he had lived with his whole life until that point. “Away from home”(7), was the direction Salva was running, away from home, away from his family. Imagine one day your town is attacked and you have to run from your entire life, everything you have, just running without anything. This was exactly what happened to Salva when war came to his village. Even though that this was hard for Salva, this was not the last nor hardest loss he has to face. While traveling with his Uncle, Salva had been so happy to have him with him because of how scared he really was while on the journey. This all changed fast when Salva’s group ran into some Ethiopian soldiers. The soldiers noticed that Salva’s uncle

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park highlights the life of a boy from Sudan that is forced to leave his country as a refugee. Salva Dut, 11, was living in South Sudan when the civil war came to his village. He was forced into the bush, leaving his family and all he knew behind him. He met up with local village members and walked East, not sure where he was headed, just knowing that he was away from his family. On the journey, he became friends with a kid named Marial and he also found his uncle Jewiir. Unfortunately, on this difficult journey, Marial was eaten by a lion in the middle of the night. Salva and the others kept walking East on their way to a refugee camp. They had to cross the Nile River in handmade boats and the Akobo

''A Long Walk to Water'' is a novel by Linda Sue Park. It's based on a true story about a lost boy named Slava. He was Eleven years old and a member of the Dinka tribe living in the village of Loun- Ariik in Sudan. Slava runs away from the village because of the civil war. When Slava’s teacher told everyone to go into the bush, Slava eventually ran out with other people and then to a another place. Salva had a difficult situation because he faced the challenges of civil war and being separated from his family. Slava started his journey to find his family's. He walked with other people and to overcome many challenges to get foods. Salva survived his challenging environments because he had help from his uncle Jewiir and was able to live in refugee camps.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you were very distant from home and your family? In Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water, is based on a true story Salva Dut, who was a Lost Boy. Salva and his family live in Southern Sudan, in a village called Loun- Ariik. When the rebels invaded, Salva had to run away from home and family to elude war. He came across some people that aided him on his journey to Kenya, but Salva had to be abandoned and abandon some of the people that were important to him. The lesson that can be learned in this book is that sometimes you have to abandon things to help you survive.

The book that I decided to read over the summer was A Long Walk to Water. To be honest, I chose this book because it had the least amount of pages compared to the other books listed. It’s nearly August and I haven’t finished all of my summer homework, so I thought that I might as well pick the shortest book, making the work quicker and easier for me to do. As I read the book though, I felt myself getting more drawn and interested to the story. The book starts with an eleven year old boy named Salva who had to leave South Sudan due to rebels from the North attacking his village. He flees to Ethiopia and Kenya by foot with others to live in refugee camps. During these years, he encountered many hardships: having to travel without his family,

Nya salva uncle and marial were walking and then set up camp and went to bed they all slept close together so they do not lose each other in the morning salva did not sleep well and he was the first on up but uncle’s gun was lying on the ground and uncle was not there he looked around and there was a blood trail salva thinks a lion killed uncle he wakes up every one and asks them if they saw uncle or what happened they decided it was a lion and they keep walking next day they started to miss uncle also salva took his gun so he can hunt he was tired so he drank some water and keep walking to next camp and then they keep walking every day but marial and nya were getting close really close salva keep walking till they made it to a refugee camp

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