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Suffering is an important theme in A Long Walk to Water. One example of suffering in the book is when Salva had to cross the Akobo dessert, “Salva reached for his gourd. He knew it had to be half full, but suddenly it felt much lighter, as if there was hardly any water left in it.” (58). Salva’s uncle also tells him to stop drinking his water because the will not survive the rest of the walk with only a little bit of water. Salva also sees men dying of thirst and thinks if he was older if he

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. To begin with, Salva needs determination. Salva has to be determined in order to make it through the obstacles of the desert, on his journey to Ethiopia.

In Linda Sue Park’s book A Long Walk To Water, the main character learned that one with hope and persistence will go far in their life. The main character had hope and persistence on his journey when he lost loved ones during the war, went to the refugee camp, and to his “new” family in the United States of America. The main character showed that he had hope and persistence to keep him moving throughout this marjory journey. Slava faced many struggles in his journey, some were mentally

The day returns,but nevermore returns the traveler to the shore,and the tide rises,the tide falls(Long Fellow). The meaning is showing that your adventure may not take you where you want to go. In the book “Walk Two Moons” written by Sharon Creech, Sal goes through a lot in her life as it goes on. In the beginning of the novel “Walk Two Moons”, Sal is going through acceptance. Sal goes through an external conflict when the author writes “In the back of my closet,under the floorboard I left something

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. In this story long walk to water salva shows a lot of persistence in the book. Salva was remembering

Salva the Survivor Imagine walking your entire life and staying in refugee camps in Eastern Africa until your mid twenties. In A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park, Salva does just that and survives everything that was thrown at him, to get to safety. Salva is a survivor because of his ability to overcome challenges such as mother nature, the loss of family, and being lost. Salva survived even when some of the hardest challenges he faced on his journey came from mother nature

Throughout A Long Walk to Water, Salva goes through many struggles and hardships. Perseverance and hope were some things that helped Salva survive through them. Salva always had hope that his family was out there somewhere throughout the years he was separated from them. His hope was one of the things that kept him going throughout his hardest times. Salva also had many moments of perseverance. Moreover, Salva’s journey through the Akobo desert is a superb example of Salva’s perseverance. Salva had

In A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva showed that in tough times he had to overcome challenges without losing hope. When Salva had problems, or he thought that the events that were occurring weren't going as well, he stayed hopeful it would all work out. “Weeks passed, then months. One day a notice was posted at the camp's administration tent. It was a list of names, but not Salva’s. If your name was on the list, it meant that you might have a chance to go to America,” (Park, 88). Salva

Perseverance The short story By the Waters of Babylon written by Stephan Benét has three main points that relate to the theme of perseverance; when Jon disobeys the rules, he decides to cross the river and discovers that the east should not be forbidden. Jon starts to head east, and express his dilemma when he states “My heart was troubled about going east, yet I knew that I must go.” (Benet 85). Going east is forbidden and you are punished if you go to the there. But Jon must follow his gut feeling

Survival- A Long Walk to Water essay Survival is a big overall theme for A Long Walk to Water. The first example is that while Salva goes across the Akobo desert him and the group must survive the treacherous walk with very little food and water. “No one in the group has eaten anything in two days. Their water is nearly gone.”(Page 61) This means that the group is starving and is very dehydrated because of the heat of the desert and people may not survive. Salva also must survive with no toenail