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Throughout A Long Walk to Water, Salva goes through many struggles and hardships. Perseverance and hope were some things that helped Salva survive through them. Salva always had hope that his family was out there somewhere throughout the years he was separated from them. His hope was one of the things that kept him going throughout his hardest times. Salva also had many moments of perseverance. Moreover, Salva’s journey through the Akobo desert is a superb example of Salva’s perseverance. Salva had

A Long Walk to Water is a novel by Linda Sue Park, a true story of a young boy named Salva in war-torn Southern Sudan who survived despite all odds and the inconceivable challenges he encountered. Park shined light on the innumerable obstacles he faced as a Lost Boy. The Lost Boys are the thousands of young men who dared to make the journey to safety and refuge in Ethiopia by foot. Salva, only eleven years old when the war began in 1983 between the Muslim Arab north and the non-Muslim and non-Arab

Short Swim to Land The Second Sudanese Civil War was an intense battle between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan Liberation army. The extensive fight lasted 22 years, one of the longest civil wars in history. Many people in Sudan were affected during this hard time, including Nya and Salva. In the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, the theme is perseverance. Salva faces many bumps in the road becoming one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, but he works through all of his issues while

be controlled by elite corporations would create more of a dictatorship. While, having a majority based representation would be sensible if you are trying to form a democracy based government, because the people that would be in control is who the Sudanese has chosen to represent them. On the other hand, Jarstad has a better approach to reforming the government. He plans first to focus on resolving conflict of war and violence by having shared government powers. Which having shared powers is more of

United States Military Stabilization of South Sudan South Sudan is the newest country in Africa; it received its independence in 2011 from Sudan after a prolonged 22-year civil war. The war between the government of Sudan and Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement/Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA) started in 1983. The civil war ended when the two parties in conflict signed a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005. The CPA ended the war leading to South Sudan independence through a referendum

If you were forced from your home due to war, how would you overcome challenges that head your way? Salva, is a young sudanese boy whose village is bombed because of the war. He is forced south toward Ethiopia, traveling on foot. As he walks there he experiences many obstacles such as, death, predators, and loss of shelter. Salva, the main character in Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water is able to survive and overcome a variety of challenges through his hard work, relationships, perseverance and

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 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

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

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