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
Not a quiet, clean, and peaceful place but a noisy, dirty, and dangerous factory, there is a girl who worked very hard. The girl gets lost and has to choose one out of the two doors that will decide her life. The novel, Lyddie, by Linda Sue Park, introduces a girl named Lyddie Worthen who has the responsibility to take care of the family. One day, Lyddie’s cabin on a mountain top gets intruded by a bear and her mother gets convinced that the devil was coming. Lyddie was sent away by her mother to
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
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
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
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
The Sudanese Civil War displaced and killed millions of people and lasted nearly two decades (Marrel). After reading the article “The ‘Lost Girls’ of Sudan” by Ishbel Mathson and comparing it to “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, it is clear that both included facts about the Sudanese Civil War, though they focus on different aspects. The war raged in Sudan from 1983-2005, killing roughly two million people and displacing approximately four million at least once (Marrel). The conflict began
“A Long Walk To Water” was written by Linda Sue Park. This book is based on a true story in Southern Sudan from the perspective of two kids. A girl named Nya, and a boy named Salva. This book two will have to survive, and face challenges throughout their survival. Survival would be one of the many things this book is based on. For example, Salva must travel non stop to get away from the war along with having to find food, water, and shelter. One more example would be Nya. Nya has to walk to the pond