Linda Tripp

Do you think you could survive traveling between Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia on foot? Salva, one of the the main characters in A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park has to do this, along with staying in dangerous areas, losing his family for a very, very long time, and come out alive. He is able to escape these challenges because of the things he does to survive the long journey he is forced to embark upon. One of these things is hard work, another is the relationships he forms along the way

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

In the novel, A Long Walk to Water, the author teaches us about the effects of the war in Sudan, both physically and mentally. The rebels striked all of the people into a state of intimidation, due to how they abide by them for the most part. And if somebody does step out of line, they use violent tactics according to page 12 when the man was hid in the face with the but of a gun from the rebel. Another example of the intimidation was with the woman in chapter 3, she did seem to want to take Salva

Acceptance is an important thing in life,. In Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk To Water, the main character’s story is based on his life in the past, Salva Dut. For Salva acceptance gets him through a lot. When he was 11 years old, a war broke out in his country causing him to run away from home becoming a refugee with no family. The heat and lack of water in Sudan didn’t help Salva survive at all, but acceptance did. In this book Salva’s group left him, he lost his uncle, and he gets a new family

In the book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva realizes that he should never give up. Salva knew that he has to be confident and he needs to overcome obstacles. Sometimes Salva would think to himself. “There is no one left to help me. They think I am weak and useless. Salva lifted his head proudly. They are wrong and I will prove it.” (Park,66) Everyone thinks that since he is a kid, he is weak and useless. They think that he can’t do the things they do. Salva doesn’t believe that and

Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk To Water is about the story of Salva, he is one of thousands of boys trying to escape the civil war going in their country in the 1980’s also known as The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys had to travel country to country to escape the horrible Second Sudanese Civil war. Salva survived despite starving, dying of dehydration, getting shot, forced into the war, be eaten alive by lions or crocodiles, or going insane from fear because of his persistence, luck, and the people

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

A young eleven-year-old boy named Salva finds himself in a difficult situation during the Sudanese Civil war in 1985. To keep surviving he must continue traveling to safe places by foot. In the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, a young boy named Salva lived in South Sudan where there was a war called the Sudanese civil war in 1985. He walked distances to camps to find a safe place to survive. Salva survives during the war. He faced some difficult challenges such as walking, hotness, and