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    In Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water, the characters teach readers that one with hope and persistence will go far in life. Salva and his tribe continue to face the same problems over and over again, like the challenges the war brings, success, or even the loss of close family and friends. Show the readers that each time they succeed is a miracle. The characters actions and opinions towards the struggles they face, makes it clear to the readers what the main idea is in the novel, A Long Walk to

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    Strong Sudan Survivor. He was forced from home, watched his uncle die, and didn’t see his family for 19 years. This describes Salva Dut a boy from Sudan who lost everything to run from war the main character in, “a long walk to water” (by linda sue park). Salva was a refugee in Sudan a hot arid place. He fled to Ethiopia, and later Kenya to escape war, and eventually went to america where he lives now. After hearing of Salvas struggle with walking, animals, and war you should realize that he is

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    On the way to Lewiston, Idaho, Sal sees beautiful green trees, bright sunny sky, and the long road ahead to very important places. Many settings change Sal and impact her with their great importance. In the story, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Sal visits many places which have importance, including a hospital, graveyard, and her Bybanks home. First, when Sal, Grams, and Gramps arrive at the hospital, this setting becomes important when Grams dies there. From the story it states, “At Coeur d’Alene

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    A Long Walk To Water Based on the first chapter and the title of the novel, where is Nya going? 1.) Based on the first chapter and the title of the novel, I think Nya was going to the water hole to collect water for her family. Why do you think the other people left Salva behind? 2.) I think the other people left Salva behind because he was a child. The others thought Salva would complain about hunger and the heat. They felt that Salva would hold

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    If you were to live in a house all of your life and suddenly moved miles, even states away would you be sad? I mean you grew up there all of your family and friends are there. That's kinda what had happened to Sal when her mother left and she was forced to move far away. In the novel walk two moons by Sharon Creech , Sal’s house in Bybanks kentucky is important to her because she grew up there, it’s the last place she saw her mom, and the singing tree is there Sal’s house in back in Bybanks is

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    “Just over a year ago, my father plucked me up like a weed and took me and all our belongings… and we drove three hundred miles straight north and stopped in front of a house in Euclid, Ohio” (Creech, 1). Sal moved away from her home, in Bybanks which she adored very much. But what were the reasons? In “Walk Two Moons,” Sharon Creech uses settings that show significance to the protagonist Sal, by connecting it to how long she’s lived there, features of the setting, and her loved ones. Bybanks

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    Sudan was the largest country in Africa and the Middle East until the country split in two in July in 2011. In addition, it's ranked the 10th largest country. Surviving like Salva did would be a difficult task for me. Due to the fact that he was very determined and strong. For I am very stubborn a little lazy and hopeless to be able to survive in such a harsh environment. I wouldn't be able to survive with hy horrible stubbornness. I wouldn't want to eat the gross food they found ones

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    Walking for eight hours to get water that's not even clean isn't easy. “Nya” had to do walk everyday.“Nya’s” journey means both literally and symbolically and what she went through. Nya had to walk 8 hours a day twice to get water that wasn't clean. You would need a lot strength and courage to walk 8 hours a day like Nya did. She didn't even complain or argue she just did it. Walking was Nya’s life, she didn't do anything just walk all day. She found out there was water between beneath

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    Surviving a long walk Imagine, you are an 11 year old boy living in south Sudan. You are forced away from your home due to war, you 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

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    The next survival factor that helps Salva survive in a harsh environment is the drive to find his family. When his village got attacked Salva has to run away from his home and his family. He kept on walking farther and farther away from his home. He thought he might not ever see them again. In a Long Walk to Water it says, “ That evening they found a barn in which to spend the night. Salva tossed restless in the itchy hay. ‘Where are we going? Where is my family? When will I see them again.”’(Park

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