If you were in a tough decision about anything, would you care about yourself before others? It’s the question that everybody probably hears and debates it with themselves. I would care about others before me, because it’s a loyal action, and that action can change people’s point of view on you. The novel, A Long Walk To Water tells the story of Salva and Nya, teenagers living in South Sudan that have to struggle each day with their own issues. Nya has to walk 12 hours a day just to get water from a local source, and when Salva got more mature he helped out those people living there. He and his coworkers went down to Nya’s area of the country and they built a well. Another example, is the article, “In South Africa, volunteers deliver water to ease drought emergency.” There was a drought two years ago in South Africa, and government officials sent down trucks of water …show more content…
If my friend and I were in a life crisis when people were shooting at us, I would obviously be scared and try to save myself. Once I got to safety, I would try my best to help out my friends. In the book, A Long Walk To Water, on (58-59 Park) three women from his group gave dying people, their last bits of water. The question Salva asked himself was, “If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?” If I were in his shoes, I would have kept that precious water for myself, because it can save my life and I would savor every sip of it. However, on (Park 56, a person from Salva’s tribe shouted, “If you give them your water, you will not have enough for yourself. It is useless- they will die, and you will die with them!”’ I strongly agreed with this antagonist, because they will die, and so will I if I were in that