Linda Sue Park

are all by yourself, you know no one. You can’t go look for your family because there is war in your village and you are constantly running from the war. This is reality for a young boy named Salva, from the true story A long walk to water by Linda Sue Park. Before the war Salva was living with his family, he went to school and helped his dad and brothers with the farming. Until one day when he was at school and he heard gunshots, his teacher told him and everyone else to run into the bush, and to

Fleeing From War When war threatened villages in Sudan, so many people were forced to leave their homes and families behind. That's just what Salva had to do one dreadful day while at school. A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park is a story about a young boy named Salva, who lives in Sudan. He had to grow up with war going on around him, and had to walk away from it all. Salva even had to leave his whole family behind in trade for safety. Throughout all his struggles Salva stayed strong and has

is the one that is most adaptable to change”. This quote relates to Salva because he is not the toughest person neither the wisest person. Although with many components of survival he manages to overcome his challenge. A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park is about Salva Dut, a young boy who travels through southern Sudan to escape from war and seek refuge. He goes through many horrifying things and difficult positions, but manages to survive. Salva relies on family, outside help, and perseverance

ELA 701 Suann Chen Survival Factors Individuals are able to survive challenging environments in remarkable ways. The novel, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park is about an 11-year boy named Salva Mawien Dut Ariik. Salva must flee from his country and leave behind his family for the safety of himself. As Salva goes through a difficult journey of avoiding war, he struggles to find resources and overcome

In “Chapter Nine”, Linda Sue Park continues discussing Tree-ear’s feelings toward Min’s rejection to teach him to make pottery. Tree-ear is bemused at the fact that Min will not teach him, merely because he was supposed to teach his son. Consequently, his son died, leaving Min with no male offspring to teach. Therefore, filled with anger, Tree-ear concludes that the loss of Min’s son is not his fault. Nevertheless, Crane-man greets Tree-ear at the bridge to give him his new sandals for the journey

They say human beings need to learn from a teacher to achieve great success; however there is much more to a success than a teacher, or a person can teach. In Linda Sue Parks book A Single Shard, the main character Tree-ear never goes to school, never meets a teacher, and instead learns from his friend, Crane-man. Tree-ear faces challenges which lead him into a road of success. Throughout the book, Tree-ear faces interpersonal, emotional and physical conflict. Tree-ear faces interpersonal conflict

A boy named salva Nine men collapsed on the sand one made a small desperate motion, another tried to raise his hand but fell back down. Five men lost to the desert that day, but Salva a young boy in Linda Sue Park's book A Long Walk To Water, never lost the fight. Salva age of only eleven, was a happy child. One afternoon at school Salva was not paying much attention to the teacher because he already knew the country's national language. Until he heard loud pops and men shouting. Shortly after

Do People Find Their Purpose Through Struggle? Purpose is formed through various experiences in life. This becomes clear by analyzing the development of Salva from A Long Walk to Water and Zahira from the documentary On the Way to School. Salva is classified as a lost boy which is the term used for people who were separated from their family as a result of the Sudanese War. Zahira lives in Morocco and is determined to get in education so she walks 22 kilometers on unsafe ground to school. Both characters

Some people have to overcome many hardships in life. In the book “A Long Walk to Water,” Nya and Salva have to overcome many challenges. In the 1980s, Salva’s town was being attacked, so he had to join groups to survive, whereas Nya’s town was running out of clean water in the 2000s. Nya had to overcome challenges such as walking a lot daily, her little sister being sick, and also having no clean water. Salva aslo overcame many hardships, such as losing family and friends, tiredness from walking

Sharon creech once said. “Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.” In the story walk to moons written by Sharon creech sal encounters external forces that cause her to grow or change. The first external force sal experiences is between sal and her mother. “There on a little hill overlooking the river and the valley was my mother grave.” I chose this quote because sal is really sad that her mother hasn’t came back so her and