Linda Sue Park

Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva shows that success is achieved through constant courage. Some people think that success is achieved through patience, but Salva shows success is achieved through courage and bravery. Salva is nervous about the gun shooting going on around the school, but he was brave enough to go run out of the bushes. “Salva saw all this with one glance. Then he was running, too. Running as hard as he could, into the bush. Away from home. He tripped and almost fell.” (Park 7-8). Salva

The book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park gives a fascinating story of a real life personal journey. Slava, the main character, was born and for 11 years raised in Sudan in 1985 during the civil war. Slava was a member of a successful family, Slava’s father was the village judge and owned many cattle. Slava was able to go to school, that was not common in Sudan. Slava was at school , his village was under attack and he needed to leave to get safety behind a bush so he would not be hurt , Slava

“Chapter 11” launches off with Tree-ear on the path to the Rock of the Falling Flowers. The author, Linda Sue Park, describes how Tree-ear persistently pushes himself to reach the top of the rock. Nevertheless, he finally reaches the top of the rock, carefully examining the phenomenal landscape. Moreover, he thinks about the story that Crane-man once told him about the special rock. Tree-ear feels the story come alive to him as he is standing on the momentous rock. As Tree-ear scans the scenery

displaced by war, and forced to walk months to somewhere safe. In the novel, A Long Walk to Water, written by Linda Sue Park, history is used as well as slightly altered. The article, The Lost Girls of Sudan, written by Ishabel Matheson, has similar events from the novel. In the other article, The Lost Boys of Sudan by UNICEF, there are some differences when compared to the novel. Linda Sue Park uses history to resettling the lost boys and changes it when they cross the river. A Long Walk to Water and

war. These young children traveled from refugee camp to refugee camp until help from America was received. The historical fiction novel, “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, and the two articles “The Lost Girls of Sudan” by Ishbel Matheson and “The Lost Boys of Sudan” by UNICEF, all convey the hardships of the children. Linda Sue Park, the author of A Long Walk to Water, alters and uses pieces of history when writing her book. She does this by altering the place the boys migrate to, but also incorporates

Water, Linda Sue Park uses history, and alters it by including how the lost boys go to the United States, just like in The Lost Girls of Sudan. She alters history by changing the number of times it took to get to refugee camps, compared to the amount of time used in The Lost Boys of the Sudan. Linda Sue Park uses and alters history by comparing Salva to other lost boys who went to the United States, and contrasting the amount of time going to each refugee camp takes. Furthermore, in Linda Sue Park’s

In the book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva fights through challenges in order to gain a better future. Hope comes Salva’s way in the toughest times. “Even in the midst of his fear, he realized for the first time in the trip, it was good to be the youngest and the smallest: The men would not be interested in his clothes.” (Park, 62). As Salva was lucky to be youngest, he was not stripped of his clothes as the older kids had. He realizes being young has it’s benefits. “Salva! Come

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

In Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water, the characters teach readers that one with hope and persistence will go far in life. Salva and his tribe continue to face the same problems over and over again, like the challenges the war brings, success, or even the loss of close family and friends. Show the readers that each time they succeed is a miracle. The characters actions and opinions towards the struggles they face, makes it clear to the readers what the main idea is in the novel, A Long Walk to

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