ipl-logo

A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

441 Words2 Pages

People in Southern Sudan have dirty water, wild animals, the many wars and a lot more hardships they need to face. In the book “A long walk to water” by: Linda Sue Park, is a book that takes place in Southern Sudan and features all the hardships Salva and Nya had to face while living there such as wild animals, wars, fights through tribes, lack of water and food. Hardships Salva faced in Southern Sudan are lack of water/ food, the wild animals, and the fighting/ war.

One of the hardships Salva had to face in Southern Sudan is lack of water and food. In chapters 3-4 Salva had gotten water from a woman older than Salva’s mother that he had met after he was left alone, the woman gave Salva a gourd of water and a bag of raw peanuts. By the end of chapter 4 Salva ran out of the resources the older woman had given him.

Another one of the hardships Salva had to face in Southern Sudan is the wild animals. At the end of chapter 6 Salvas' friend Marial was eaten by a lion while the group was asleep, they stayed alert after that incident so it wouldn’t happen again, and no other group members would be eaten by the lions in the area. …show more content…

At the end of chapter 1-2 Salva was in school and war started, it was the sound of gunshots first then bombs Salva looked behind him to see a big cloud of black smoke. Since the war started Salva had to walk away from his home and face all the hardships the deserts had including thorns, hot and rocky biomes, lack of food and water, wild animals and many more. In chapter 3 page 16 Salva talks about how the Nuer and Dinka tribes have been fighting/ battling for hundreds of years, to claim the lands with the richest water, or other reasons like Dinka going on Nuer

Show More
Related

Crossing The Swamp By Mary Oliver

374 Words | 2 Pages

"Crossing the Swamp," a poem by Mary Oliver, confesses a struggle through "pathless, seamless, peerless mud" to a triumphant solitary victory in a "breathing palace of leaves. " Oliver's affair with the "black, slack earthsoup" is demonstrated as she faces her long coming combat against herself. Throughout this free verse poem, the wild spirit of the author is sensed in this flexible writing style. While Oliver's indecisiveness is obvious throughout the text, it is physically obvious in the shape of the poem itself.

Read More

Salva And Nya In A Long Walk To Water

643 Words | 3 Pages

The book “A Long Walk To Water”, features the main characters Salva and Nya. Salva had to escape South Sudan’s dangerous environment (1983 Sudanese civil war) and follow a group to one of Ethiopia's refugee camps. On the way, Salva experienced multiple deaths of people he was close to (his uncle and friend), so when he got to the refugee camp he had nobody. After moving through many refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, there was a program that picked groups of these refugees to live in America, and Salva was picked. In America, he lived with a host family in New York City but then finds out his biological family is still alive.

Read More

How Does Salva Give Up In A Long To Water

842 Words | 4 Pages

Salva had to go through a lot of harsh conditions before outrunning the war. There were plenty of times Salva thought he couldn’t continue and almost gave up all hope. But with determination, he was able to make it to safety. A moment where he showed determination was after Uncle had been shot to death. After that, no one Salva was traveling with thought Salva could not make it the rest of the journey to safety.

Read More

How Does Salva Survive In A Long Walk To Water

774 Words | 4 Pages

Imagine that you had to leave your family in the middle of a school day because of a war and end up walking for years struggling for survival--that is exactly what Salva Dut experienced in the novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park. A Long Walk To Water is the story of a young boy named Salva. As the Second Sudanese Civil War Starts, Salva is forced to run as the fighting comes to his village. Escaping quickly and leaving his family behind, he joins up with fellow refugees—all headed out of their war-torn homeland to find refuge.

Read More

Long Walk To Water Quotes

730 Words | 3 Pages

Linda Park’s A Long Walk to Water follows the stories of Nya and Salva as they experience the effects of the Second Sudanese Civil War. Throughout the novel, Salva has to survive through this war, making it difficult for Salva to live in hopes of finding his family again. Despite his challenges, he was able to go to America to learn and get an education. A Long Walk to Water Salva's factors that made survival possible for Salva in A Long Walk to Water are his determination and the support of others.

Read More

A Long Walk To Water Quotes

733 Words | 3 Pages

One of the things he had to do was walk through the desert. The desert is very intense and he and the other boys in the group had to walk through it with almost no water and caused severe pain, “the pain was terrible. Salva tried to bite his lip but the awfulness of that never ending day was too much for him”(53). The second way that the environment was very harsh was because he wanted to back to sudan but he couldn't because there was still bombs and shootings everywhere so he struggled to lead the group safely back, “They were traveling through a part of sudan still plagued by war”(80). The last way that proves that the environment was very harsh to the group is the heat “The first day in the desert felt like the longest day Salva had ever lived through.

Read More

Salva's Hardships In Southern Sudan In A Long Walk To Water

367 Words | 2 Pages

About 120 people a day die from starvation in Southern Sudan. In A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park Salva traveled across all over Southern Sudan. Also Salva had to walk that whole way with only one gourd on his back holding water that had to be saved and used with great care. Many hardships in Southern Sudan are war, lack of food/water, and shelter. Many hardships in Southern Sudan are war.

Read More

A Long Walk To Water Quotes

434 Words | 2 Pages

Sacrificing something is really hard to do. What if you had to sacrifice your family, food and water. Some people would say “How would you Survive.” In the novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park a young boy named Salva Dut had to flee his home in South Sudan because of war. Salva has no food, water and doesn't have his family.

Read More

A Long Walk To Water Quotes

610 Words | 3 Pages

In South Sudan around 2 million people died and this time period was considered a genocide. Salva was one of the many people that were struggling during this period of time. “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, is a book about how Salva had to leave his home and family due to a war, he was joined by people along the way of his journey, but really only had himself as support and motivation to keep going and not give up despite how hard it was. Salve faced many hardships during his youth including crossing the Akobo desert, crossing rivers, and never having clean water. Salva and almost all of Sudan had no easy access to water, people had to walk for hours on end just to get dirty water.

Read More

Character Analysis: A Walk To Water

838 Words | 4 Pages

Have you ever gone through the desert with only a small gourd of water? Well, the Lost boys of Sudan went through South Sudan to get away from the war, and some other challenges. In the book a Walk to Water Salva and Nya have problems of getting water, but Salva is based on a real person who went through the challenges of losing his family and the brutal Sudanese war. These are some of the challenges he faced and how he solved them with what he had throughout his life. Through harsh challenges Salvas new foster family was always there for him to support and encourage him through tough times.

Read More

How Does Salva Survive In A Long Walk To Water

618 Words | 3 Pages

In Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, demonstrates one of many true stories of many a Lost Boy. Salva an eleven year old had to flee from his village all alone because his village was attacked due to the Second Sudanese War that began in 1983. When Salva was at school and his village was being attacked,he was told not to go home, but into the bush,that's where his whole journey began. Salva had to show confidence, determination,and perseverance in order to survive in a difficult environment.

Read More

Once By Edna Walsh

764 Words | 4 Pages

This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the musical production of "Once," based on the book written by Edna Walsh with the musical’s basis taken from the 2007 film of the same name, directed by John Carney. I had the great opportunity to view this musical at 2 p.m. on December 28, 2014 at the Winspear Opera House. “Once” is a musical that takes place on the streets of Dublin, Ireland. Guy, an Irish musician and Girl, who is from the Czech Republic, share a passion for music. Over the time span of a week, Girl persuades Guy to believe in the power of his music and his love for his ex-girlfriend, the woman who inspired his songs in the first place.

Read More

A Walk In The Woods By Bill Brryson

415 Words | 2 Pages

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson follows Bill Bryson himself as he hikes along the Appalachian Trail; essentially, the worlds biggest hiking trail spanning about 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine. Bryson, a United States native leaves his home in Britain to become familiar with his native land of New Hampshire. The story begins with Bryson finding a trail outback of his new home, which he is told by fellow neighbors is the Appalachian Trail. The piqued Brysons interests and he decided to do research on the topic. Many coworkers and friends told appalling stories of gruesome encounters with disease, wildlife, and weather conditions.

Read More

Nya's Struggle In A Long Walk To Water

881 Words | 4 Pages

Southern Sudan is an incredibly difficult place to live, with unbearable hot temperatures and lack of water. Many people in Sudan struggle each year just to stay alive. In Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water, one character that struggles to make a life for herself in Sudan is Nya. Nya is a young Nuer girl living in a poor village with no plumbing or running water. Despite the harsh environment of Southern Sudan, Nya is able to survive due to her hard work and her family working together.

Read More

At Peace, By John Updike

268 Words | 2 Pages

Although I am not necessarily into classical concerts, I really enjoyed the serene tone that Updike set in place when writing this poem. The poem gives off such an ‘at peace’ vibe and the way it is written, Updike’s thoughts are conveyed smoothly. The theme of this poem is appreciation for music because when Updike says, “that held the holy glowing fantasy together.” , we can clearly see that the way the instruments come together and the way they make him feel. The colors Updike refers to in the poem like, “the vigor from the red, the blazing blue, so that the listening eye saw suddenly the thick black lines” are all examples of symbolism.

Read More

More about A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

Related Topics

Open Document