Linda Tripp

“My father started chipping away at a plaster wall in the living room of our house in Bybanks shortly after my mom left us one April morning” (Creech 3).Sal went through tough times. In the book, Walk Two Moons, By Sharon Creech, Sal the main character, goes through tough times when her mother disappears, When she moves to ohio, and when she leaves Bybanks. Sal’s view of Bybanks, Kentucky is important to sal because she made a lot of memories there. My first piece of evidence is, “I’m a country

A Long Walk to Water, Literary Analysis Essay In the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva realizes that perseverance is key when facing life’s challenges. Throughout the book, Salva realizes that when things get hard in life, you have to keep going. “But how can I not go on? They would want me to survive...to grow up and make something of my life… to to honor their memories.” (Park,72) Salva realizes that he has to go on without his family, he has to make something of himself in

Have you ever had to survive on your own? Because in this book “ A Long Walk To Water ” by Linda Sue Park two kids named Salva and Nya had to survive on their own. According to Webster survival means the continuation of life or existence problems of survival in arctic conditions. My definition of survival is to succeed in staying alive against others. The Quote I picked for Salva is “ There is no one left to help me they think I am weak and useless ”. My Example for my quote is, salva has to find

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

A Long Walk to Water Theme Perseverance is an important theme in A Long Walk to Water. It is an important theme because Salva always had hope and perseverance till the end and never quit. If he had quit he would have not gotten this far. The first example is even when Uncle and Martial die he still continues his journey and never gives up. He remembers the advice that his uncle gave him during the Akobo dessert and continues striving for survival. When Uncle dies the group looks at him as a child

In the book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva learns to never give up. Most people never give up on either trying to survive or to succeed. Salva kept running for his life to get away from the gunshots. “He ran until he could not run anymore.” (Park, 9). Salva was wasting every last of his breathe to not get killed. “Salva felt his knees turn to water. If I die now, I will never see my family again. Somehow, this thought strengthened him enough to keep him from collapsing in terror

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

11 year old Salva Dut became orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War, when around 2 million were killed and millions were displaced (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Boys_of_Sudan). In A Long Walk To Water, by Linda Sue Park, one of the main themes is perseverance. The book is about a young boy who is forced to flee his village, due to a war. He meets a few people along the way, he is faced with very catastrophic events. Throughout the book Salva learns how to deal with challenges. Salva

Imagine living in a world of poverty, not having much water, and food being scarce. Along with that your government is being attacked and you are separated from your family. A Long Walk to Water is a true story, Written by Linda Sue Park. Linda is an American author that writes mostly teen fiction. She has written a total of 9 books including Long Walk to Water. The events that occurred in A Long Walk to Water would be horrifying for anyone. Living in a country during war can be hard for anyone,

Sudan desert as teenager. In the documentary On the Way to School, a prime example would be young Jackson Saikong. Every school day, he would have to lead his sister on a nine mile journey, racing past aggressive elephants at only the age of ten. From Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water to the documentary On the Way to School, many of the characters featured show strong motivation toward their struggle, not wanting for it to be meaningless any longer, thus finding their purpose through their