Linda Tripp

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

Elders provide wisdom, love and motivation for all younger ones. Like the Okinawans, Sardinians have a plant based diet using sheep cheese, goat’s milk and meat as an accent not the main course. The third Blue Zone is Loma Linda, California. In the Loma Linda community they are Adventists. They volunteer which reduces stress and creates a sense of purpose. It makes an activity for Adventists with the same interests and skills. Volunteering connects them, bringing them closer and closer every

In A Long Walk To Water i about a bay who lived in southern sudan who is forced to flee their home because of a war. salva sat cross-legged on the bench. He kept his head turned the front, hands folded,back perfectly straight Salva is now trying to find her way back to her family.”where are we going?where is my family? Salva and the other people stopped walking when it grew dark to see the path.This proves that she has to travel the world on her own to survive from dying from starvation.This concludes

In this story Salva was an 11 year old boy who lived In Sudan and was living with his family. One day when he went to look at the list he was finally on it to be able to leave and go to New York and have a new home and family. He eventually got enough money to be able to build a water well for the people in Sudan because they never had enough clean water or any water at all. Salva worked super hard so that he would be able to build this well for is friends and family so they will all have fresh

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

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

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.

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

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

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