ipl-logo

A Long Walk To Water Analysis

736 Words3 Pages

A Long Walk To Water
Linda Sue Park’s book entitled A Long Walk To Water is about two people on different paths that eventually meet. One character named Nya is a girl who walks 12 hours a day to get water for her family. While the other character Salva is a boy who is left in a country surrounded by war. In Salva’s story, his survival became possible through three main factors:his uncle, food and water; the memory of his family.

His uncle was one of the most influential and supportive people in his life and he helped Salva throughout his journey. At one point, he was reunited with his uncle who had left to fight in the war he felt safe and he depended on his uncle for anything. This shows that his uncle was very caring, helpful and encouraging. In the book it says “ Salva shook his head, unable to imagine what life would be like in the camp without Uncle.”(?). In another instance, we find out that his best friend Marial was killed by a lion and that he was greatly affected by the death of his friend but through this, his uncle was there to comfort him and protect him. This tells us …show more content…

While his uncle was alive, he helped Salva do everything throughout the journey. Even when he died nobody forgot him and Salva’s memory of his loving uncle gave him the strength to finish the journey. Food and water was the most important factor that led to his survival. He knew that there was barely any water in the desert and that it was hard to find food which taught him to treasure everything he was given. Throughout the book we are led to believe that Salva’s parents and siblings had passed away but he never lost hope that they were still alive. In the end, his suffering paid off as his hope and dream of finding his family alive finally came true. Through the story of a young boy who treasured all his blessings in a harsh environment, I learned to value the things I have and to not waste these special

Show More
Related
643 Words | 3 Pages

The first big problem he deals with is thinking his family is dead in this war and not being with them (Park, 22). The second big problem is Salva losing the close people he was with like his only friend Marial (Park, 40) and Salva's uncle (Park, 63). The next problem is when Salva had a near-death experience (Park, 78,79). The last problem is when Salva had to deal with terrible refugee camps (Park, 84). Even with all of these issues (and more), Salva continued his journey and persevered as by the end of the book, he was in a good situation, living in New York City (Park, 98, 99), performing talks for his company (Park, 109) and being the CEO of a company that was helping South Sudanese villages with their water problems (Park, 115).

Read More
936 Words | 4 Pages

This shows that because Salva was a child and “too” small to do any real work his fellow Dinka village people left him alone but Salva perseveres and finds a women to help him. Lastly, Salva did what his Uncle Jewiir did and said to himself I only have to get through this day. On page 73 the book states “I need only to get through the rest of this day he told himself. This day and no other.” This also shows Salva likes to persevere in hard times and tell himself just to get through that one day and no other.

Read More
834 Words | 4 Pages

Salva lived under the image of his whole family being killed, until he found his father many years later. 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 being efficient, intelligent , and by listening to the group's leaders. Salva survives the first few challenges because, he was extremely Intelligent. For example he ran into the bush to escape the gunfire.

Read More
502 Words | 3 Pages

Imagine this. Kids having to run away from their families in order to survive. In the book called A Long Walk to Water it is about a boy in a true story and he has a book about his life by Linda Sue Park. A boy named Salva is determined, caring, and persistent.

Read More
506 Words | 3 Pages

Along walk to Water is a story based on the challenges of the two main characters, Nya and Salva. Nya an 11 year old girl living in 2008 and Salva an 11 year old boy living in 1985, Both raised in the country sudan. The story follows the two through a war as they face both physical and emotional challenges, though they both face problems not all of them are the same or different. Further into detail on comparing their challenges, we can think about the differences and similarities in their emotional challenges. Salva walks days and days on end,further and further away from where he grew up.

Read More
113 Words | 1 Pages

I think that his journey to Ethiopia will go smoother because now he has a friend by his side. Both Marial and Salva, both have someone to not only rely on, but also just have a friend to talk to on the journey. In the book, they even work well together because it says that they found a bee hive together causing them to not only get honey, but to get the honeycomb. Together the honeycomb and honey are delicious, and can last 3-4 days to eat if you eat it slowly, which Salva did. Marial is also without his family, so they are both worried about maybe never seeing their families again.

Read More
704 Words | 3 Pages

Imagine if you were in the desert and had no food, water, threadbare clothes, and a war is right in front of you. 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, and perseverance. A Long Walk to Water is about an 11-year old boy who is walking away from the war. He had to leave because of a gun fire that goes off while he is at school.

Read More
448 Words | 2 Pages

A very important theme in the book A Long Walk to Water is perseverance. The first example that perseverance is an important theme is how Nya walks back and forth to a faraway pond 2 times a day, every day, for seven months a year without stopping. Also, on the path, there are thorns everywhere that are painful to remove. Nya only gets a small bit of water and rest even though it is very hot and dry. Even the water that Nya gets with much pain and suffering is muddy and infected with Guinea Worms.

Read More
838 Words | 4 Pages

Salva was thrown straight on into the Sudanese war to fend for himself, so he was all alone without his family. Later on Salva realizes what has happened

Read More
1146 Words | 5 Pages

Also when Salva's uncle joined the group he was in, Salva relied on his uncle to look after and protect him. This is proved on Page 35 when the text said, “Uncle was quiet for a moment. Then he patted Salva’s shoulder. “Eh, Nephew!”

Read More
572 Words | 3 Pages

Salva’s life along with others, are in danger. Survival will prove its difficulty as Salva travels without his family. Salva tries hard to not disrupt the group: “determined not to lag behind(...)not to be trouble to anyone” (22). Salva travels with a group he does not even know while struggling with acceptance. The stress from the traumatic event, separation of family, and trying to fit in with the group puts Salva in a vulnerable position.

Read More
864 Words | 4 Pages

Also, family plays a big role in Sal’s life, as her mother dying played a huge part in her mission. “I wished that my father was not such a good man, so there would be someone to blame for my mother's leaving. I didn't want to blame her. She was my mother, and she was part of me” (Creech). Sal wishes many unrealistic things such as hoping that her father was not such a good man so her mother would not have left her in the first

Read More
618 Words | 3 Pages

To sum up, Salva did make it through the stressful journey, Salva has been back and forth visiting his biological family and his forster family that lives in New York.. This journey lead him to the person he is today by inspiring people to not give up on a dream or idea they had. Today Salva is continuing a program for South Sudan “ Water For South Sudan” which builds wells in different villages in South

Read More
321 Words | 2 Pages

“It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin once said. In order for Salva to survive, he needed some basic survival skills. The three I noticed were adaptability, mental toughness, and motivation. Here’s some examples of Salva using these skills throughout the story.

Read More
323 Words | 2 Pages

(pg 73) This shows that Salva is persevering because even though he hates the refugee camp, he

Read More

More about A Long Walk To Water Analysis

Related Topics

Open Document