The Long Walk

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

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 evolve as a result of their struggles. Salva’s identity

A true story that shows two sides, each having an important message. Even in rough times in a troubled county, survivors may find the future they were looking for. In Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water, Salva Dut and Nya faced many difficulties, Salva had to face the loss of his parents, and the rest of his family, and learning to become a leader, and as for Nya she had no pure drinking water. Durning Salva’s adventure he had lost everyone he loved. When Salva had first lost someone that he

Long Walk To Water is about Salva, an 11-year-old boy who used to live in Southern Sudan in 1985. Salva ran away from his home because soldiers destroyed his village. This is the reason why Salva is lucky to find his uncle. First, he was lucky to find his uncle because he brought him to the refugee camp. He was also lucky when he came to America. The first reason why Salva is lucky to survive the war in Southern Sudan is because of his uncle. In chapter 4 in Southern Sudan 1985 Salva was alone

A Long Walk to Water is a novel by Linda Sue Park. This novel is about Salva, an eleven-year -old Sudanese boy who grows up in South Sudan. Later in the novel, he has faced challenges you wouldn’t dream of facing yourself through a long period of time. He has learned that if you help other people, those people will then help more people, which will result in more happiness in the world. He is a round character that changes throughout the novel. Salva is a different person at the end of the book.

A Long Walk to Water is a novel by Linda Sue Park. This novel is about Salva, an eleven-year -old Sudanese boy who grows up in South Sudan. Later in the novel, he has faced challenges one wouldn’t dream of facing, through a long period of time. He has learned, if one helps other people, those people will then help more people, which will result in more happiness in the world. He is a round character, who changes throughout the novel. Salva is a different person at the end of the book. He has gone

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

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

Linda Sue Park had written; a Long Walk To Water. Tells a story of compassion, bravery, and a little bit of luck, during one of the worst times in Southern Sudan. Told from a perspective of a young boy named Salva. Throughout the book, Salva had many factors that made survival possible for him, they include; Marial, Uncle, some luck on the way. These are the factors that helped him survive, even when tomorrow did not seem

In the book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva learns to believe in himself and not let anyone bring him down. Don’t let people misunderstand you by you age and bringing you down.“He is too young to do any real work, he will be no help to us.”(Park 21)The other villagers think that Salva will slow them down because he is too young. They want to leave him, alone. Salva feels sad and he feels unwanted. It makes him feel like he cannot do anything. “One step at a time. One day at a time