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    Creech, S. (1994). Walk two moons. New York: HarperCollins. Sal is on a journey, on a road her mother once took, on her way to see her mother. She is rushing and rushing to be there in time for her mother's birthday, along with her are her funky grandparents. On the cross country drive she tells them the story of her friend Pheobe and how her mother too left for a journey. Throughout Sal's story she gives bits of her own life. How her and her father moved from Bybanks to half way across

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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

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    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.

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    These three things could help you through many different challenges in life, Hope, Family, and Persistence. A Long Walk to Water is a story by Linda Sue Park, about a kid (Salva Dut) trying to escape the war (Sudan’s Civil War) he used these three things Family, Hope, and Persistence to get to a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Individuals can survive crazy situations with Hope, Family, and Persistence. These characteristics come into play when Salva ran into a bush to escape war in Sudan. How family

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