Linda Sue Park

the story, A Long Walk To Water, by Linda Sue Park faces multiple challenges going through the South Sudanese War having to find ways to survive. When Salva's uncle and friend Mariel dies on the long, excruciating journey to Ethiopia it gives Salva the strength to keep going knowing that if they were still living they would want him to continue going a not quit “You need only to walk as far as those bushes. Can you do that, Salva Mawien Dut Arrik?” (park 53). He expresses that he feels as though

Salva was running, running fast into the bush, they heard pops lots of them.Salva is a character in Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water.He is only 11 when he starts this long trek.He had to survive many difficult obstacles that were on his way to get away from the horrible war.The factors that helped Salva survive was his self-motivation, his Uncle, and drive to find family. His first survival factor he uses is his self-motivation when he is running away from from war and through all the

Survivors The definition of survival is; “The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal or difficult circumstances.” My definition of survival is; to overcome something. “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park was a book mostly about survival. In this book, both Nya and Salva are trying to survive. One example of a survival quote from Salva was; “They went in the opposite direction from the rebels for wherever they went, there was sure to be fighting

she died at the age of 15 in a German concentration camp.(By Washington Post,(adapted by Newsela staff)and how people if that person helped them then they would have live to 77 years old but was not carented. in the book a long walk to water (linda sue park) a 11-year-old boy who is displaced from his home by the Second Sudanese Civil War. In search of family and safety but is chased around reflashing camps and how me almost died on the way there. And yes people may care disease and thing but that

A long walk to water by Linda Sue Park is about survival because the two main characters Salva and Nya are trying to survive in one country, Sudan, in two different timelines 1980s and 2000s. My definition of survival is like crossing the border by foot or getting lost somewhere. According to wiki the definition is the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances. A quote from the book is “No one shared anything with salva

My question is: How and to what extent can everyday Americans help and support Sudanese refugees in and outside of America? I finished reading A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, and after, arrived at this question. A Long Walk to Water was based on a true story about an 11 year old boy who had to flee his home and walk his way to safety. It was 1985 and a war broke out. Sadly, it came to his village when he was in school. The school master told them to run away as fast as they could. He ended

Have you ever seen soldiers fire at children for religious purposes? Well, eleven year old Salva Dut has. In A Long Walk to Water, written by Linda Sue Park, Salva Dut, Parks main character is a “Lost Boy of Sudan”. Despite the gruesome challenges Salva faced, for instance, the loss of family,the merciless war, and the hostile environment of South Sudan. Salva was able to survive because of his persistence and his uncle. The first factor that helped Salva survived in his journey is his persistence

In Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water, two Sudanese children take readers on a journey through their world. At different times in history, the stories of Nya, a young and carefree girl, and Salva, a boy with a humble heart, weave together to create an intriguing story with a hopeful message. Salva and Nya use perseverance to help them find success despite difficult circumstances, namely crossing the Akobo desert,leading the boys to Kenya, and the daily routine to receive water. Using determination

The book A long walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is about an eleven year old boy named Salva. First in the beginning of the story he is going to school when out of no where his school is in the middle of a war zone, his teacher tells him to run for the bushes but he keeps running until he could run no more. Then he meets some other people that had also ran away from the war, they had broken of into groups separating the men from the women and children, Salva was put with the children. They kept walking

In A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva shows that when you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. When Salva was getting to the end of his rope, his uncle was the one who always tied it for him. Salva’s uncle prepared him for all the challenges that were thrown to him. “Salva was amazed to find himself walking faster and more boldly than he had before.” ( Park, 65). After Salva’s uncle got shot, Salva didn't give up. The words of encouragement from his uncle stayed with him