...A Long Walk to Victory How would you feel living without seeing your family for most of your life? In the book “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, about a boy named Salva Dut losing his family when he was younger. Salva Dutch survived even with the obstacles he crossed during his time away from his family. Salva lost his best friend, saw menacing animals, ravenous without food or water, and seen war for most of his life. With Africa being a threat to walk through, Salva made changes on how he lived quickly. One of the changes Salva had to adapt to was the dangerous animals in Africa. One morning Salva had been awoken by Uncle that his friend Marial had been killed by a lion in Lion Country. “A lion had been hungry enough to approach the group as they slept. Afew men had been keeping watch, but in the dark of a night…” (41). They had seen lions everyday they walked in Lion Country. People couldn’t keep up with watching over people because their bodies had been exhausted from not enough food and water in their system. “Everyone was always hungry, and there was never enough food” (85). The lack of food made Salva decide to walk back to the refugee camp, but things were not that much better. “They are going to close the camp. Everyone will have to leave. Not just this camp, all of them” (73)....
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...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...
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...A Long Walk to Water is about a young boy named Salva who has been caught in a brutal civil war and is forced to flee his country. He is leading 2,000 boys across the desert who he doesn't even know.They form a makeshift family and look out for each other but when they get to the refugee camp they are broken up. Salva gets chosen to go to the U.S and he has to adapt to the new culture. But more importantly, he needs to figure out a way to get back to his family. All throughout this book he faces challenges but at the end he finds his purpose in life, to make wells for tribes in Africa so that they can get clean water. The water symbolizes his purpose, because while he was in the US he got a letter saying his dad was in the hospital because...
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...What if you heard that an 11 year old boy thrived in a civil war… for 28 years... without his parents… would you want to know how this boy survived?Salva is a normal 11 year old boy that progresses as the book goes on. When gunshots are heard while he’s in school his journey begins at 1985... and lasts until 2008. 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 determination, relationships, and tough skin. Salva survives many challenges because of the amount of determination he possessed. Salva showed determination when his toenail fell off, but he kept going. The text showcases this to us when it reads, “Salva stubbed his bare toe on a rock, and his whole toenail came off.” “Salva would think of his family and the village and, he was somehow able to keep his wounded feet moving forward, one painful step at a time.” on page 53 and 54. This means that even though Salva was in terrible pain, he continued on because of his determination to return to his family. Determination drove Salva to survive even though he realised most his family is probably dead. The novel informs the reader of this when it mentions, “He would never see them again. How can I go on without them? But how can I not go on? They would want me to survive . . . to grow up and make something out of my life . . . to honor their memories.” on page 72. This informs us...
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...Due to change in time and place or setting, many aspects of the book A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park are affected, aspects like the character salva, theme, and mood are all affected. First, the setting can affect Salva in many ways. As some examples, it can change him physically, mentally, emotionally. While Salva and the group are walking through the Akobo desert,“Salva stubbed his bare toe on a rock, and his whole toenail came off. The pain was terrible. Salva tried to bite his lip, but the awfulness of that never-ending day was too much for him. He lowered his head, and tears began to flow.”(Park 53) Ergo, the setting has affected Salva mentally and physically as he walked through the desert. It affected him physically in the way that is...
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...A Long Walk To Water 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. 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 the group back. 3.) Salva was relieved that the woman was a member of the same tribe as he was. However, he was still unsure if she would be friendly toward him as he approached. I think the woman could be unfriendly toward a child of her own tribe because, Salva was still a stranger to her. The woman didn't know Salva’s past or if he would lure danger toward her. In a result to this the woman could be unwelcoming and inhospitable...
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...A long walk to water is a non-fiction novel written by Linda Sue Park. This story focuses on the life of Salva Mawien Dut and how his character changes from a happy to depressed to a brave and happy person again throughout the novel. Salva lives in Southern Sudan and is 11 years old in the year 1985. At this time, there is a war going on against the government. In page 2, it mentions that Salva has a family of 8 with 3 brothers and 2 sisters. His father is a successful man since he worked as village judge and owned many head of cattle. Salva was healthy and happy since he gets some education, always has enough food and a has a wealthy, loving family. Although there isnt much water in Southern Sudan Salva learns how to adapt to the environment....
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...In the book “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, the main character goes through a lot of loss and gains hope and persistence which he learns will be necessary to succeed. This included loss of loved ones, harsh changes in the weather, and the doubt of his ability which this helped him move through his long journey. In Linda Sue Parks book, the main characters deal with these obstacles, and other plot events by using hope and persistence which illustrates the main idea of the book; “A Long Walk to Water”. Facing the loss of loved ones and the doubt put on your ability is hard to deal with. Especially in the book, “A Long Walk to Water”. According to Linda Sue Park’s book, “A Long Walk to Water”, in chapter 11 page 65-66 it says, “Marial...
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...Linda Sue Park wrote a very interesting novel about the life of a boy named Salva called A Long Walk To Water. He was from a village in Sudan, but was chased out from war and lost his family in his journeys. Therefore, Salva had to go through shootings, tiredness, hunger, pain, crocodiles, and monstrous tides in his journey to find his family. Like Salva, individuals survived challenging environments in A Long Walk to Water with perseverance, hope, and luck. Salva had perseverance during his walk to a refugee camp and that helped him keep going even when he was at the bridge of death. He was starving, had not eaten or drank for a long time, but he kept on going, with every ounce of of his will Salva pushed himself. “He stumbled...
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...What if you had to take half of the day to walk and get water? Or if there were people trying to kick your out of you hometown? Well, in A Long Walk to Water, two people with different stories weren’t asking, but were living those questions just asked. First, you will read about the obstacle that a boy named Salva faced and overcame. Then, you will read about the obstacle Nya faced. Finally, you will read about the obstacles that Salva had to face in his project. Nya and Salva overcame many obstacles in A Long Walk to Water. One obstacle that Salva overcame was the loss of Marial. A Long Walk to Water is a novel written by Linda Sue Park. It is about an eleven year old boy from a Dinka tribe in South Sudan and another part is about an eleven year old girl from the Nuer tribe in Sudan. According to the novel, “A cold fist seemed to grip Salva’s heart.” (Park page 38). Salva made a friend named Marial. One night Marial disappeared and Salva was downcast. The novel also states, “He clung to Uncle like a baby or little boy[...] Marial was gone-vanished into the night” (Park page 40). Salva was so upset that he shut...
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...In A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva encounters many different types of conflicts throughout his journey. For example, when Salva was going to join a group, one of the group members said, ”Another mouth to feed? It’s already hard enough to find food” (21). This shows that Salva will be facing a form of conflict which is person versus nature. Salva will be experiencing this because he is adding to the amount of people in the group which means that there will be less food for everyone. Another form of conflict that many people faced on Sudan is a person versus person conflict. This form of conflict is represented because there were many people fighting in the Sudan’s civil war. After the village was attacked the crowd spread the...
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...In the novel Long Walk To Water,Salva is persistent .”Nobody.Nothing.They had left him.He was alone”(Park,13).After everyone had left him salva never stopped he kept going he needed some help even though he was put down a lot but he didn't stop he kept walking to get across the desert.”Marial was gone--vanished into the night.He would have never wandered away from the group on his own.His disappearance could only mean one thing(Park,40)After Marial his best friend vanished he still didn't stop walking because they needed to get to a refugee camp and without his friend its very difficult to continue his journey,but because salva has hope and persistence he will keep on going and complete his goal.”He heard them laughing.As Salva Watched one...
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...Before reading A Long Walk To Water, I disagreed that there really isn’t a point to learn about other cultures. I was kind of neutral about this and just decided that I was more on the disagree side because cultures didn’t really matter to me and it wasn’t that interesting. To me, culture was just another thing that I just ignored. Now, after reading the book A Long Walk To Water, I strongly disagree with this statement because it was really cool learning about the Dinka and the Nuer culture. From the book, it explains that the Dinka and the Nuer both have scar patterns on their forehead. The Dinka have v shaped scars, while the Nuer have lines and dots scars. When Salva finds Auntie, he notices scar patterns on her forehead. In the novel it...
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...Aren’t you always frustrated when a movie is made of a book you always enjoyed and the character looks nothing like you had imagined? This can only happen when the author does an excellent job crafting the character so you can see it in your minds eye. A Long Walk to Water is a perfect example of such description. In this book Linda Sue Park does an astonishing job in bringing the unwavering character, Salva, to life. One reoccurring theme Park used to craft Salva was his undying determination to survive. Not many people would be able to carry on their journey after losing their family, their best friend, and their only uncle. However, Salva does just that and in the process he managed to save 1 thousand 2 hundred peoples lives. It is not...
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...Have you ever had a dry mouth or dry skin? If you have, those are the few signs of dehydration. These conditions were normal to the characters of the novel “A Long Walk to Water”, Salva Dut and Nya. In this novel, Salva and Nya are survivors of two different conflicts of both war and nature. According to Webster’s Dictionary survivor defies as,“ a person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died.” but the definition I get from this book is to be determined to persevere instead of quitting. By the end of the novel, Salva leaves a note in which he states, “Stay calm when things are not going your way. You will persevere instead of quitting. Quitting will lead to less happiness in your life then...
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