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Sometimes it can be difficult overcoming grueling challenges. The book A Long Walk to Water is written by Linda Sue Park and is a historical nonfiction book about a young boy named Salva. In Sudan there was an awful war that killed many. He was in school when war first struck and he was sent to the bush. After this Salva has faced many challenges fighting to survive. The Cremation of Sam Mcgee is a long poem written by Robert W. Service. This poem is about Sam McGee and his friend cap. After finding out about the Canadian gold rush they had traveled to Northwestern Canada. It was freezing and Sam knew he was going to die of the cold. Sam's last wish to his friend was to be cremated. During Caps time in Northwestern Canada alone he had faced …show more content…

Salva was all alone in a war after being left in a barn. Salva was tired, hungry, and weak. He met a thoughtful older lady that shared some food with him and let him stay in her barn. Salva worked day after day hoping he wouldn't be sent out of the barn with no food or water. “He worked hard so she would not send him away. For three days, he fetched firewood from the bush and water from the pond.” If it wasn't for Salvas strength he would not have a roof over his head during some of the war. In addition to Salva another person that showed strength was Sam Mcgee. Sam Mcgee was dying of the cold and his last wish to his friend Cap was to be cremated. Cap really didn't want to cremate his friend but he wanted to fulfill his last wish. He was strong and did not refuse. “Well, he seemed so low that I couldn't say no”.If it wasn't for Cap's strength he wouldn't have fulfilled his friend's last wish. Cap would have lived with more doubt if he didnt agree. If it wasn't for Salva and Caps Strength they wouldn't have been able to face many …show more content…

Both Salva and Cap needed Determination to get through challenges. Salva and others made it to the Refugee camp in Ethiopia and stayed there for six years. By the time Salva turned 17 he and the others were kicked out of the camp and forced to cross the Gilo River. After he and others had crossed the river Salva thought walking south to Kenya would be best and others started following. After he had noticed that he was their leader, he grew determined to lead the group to Kenya safely. “I will get us safely to Kenya, he thought. No matter how hard it is.” If it wasn't for Salvas' determination he and thousands of others wouldn't have made it to Kenya safely. Cap was going crazy after Sam Mcgee died. He would believe that Sam's dead body was talking and grinning. Cap was depressed and not mentally stable and fighting the stinging cold. But Cap's determination helped him fulfill Sam's last wish. To be cremated. “Now a promise made is a debt unpaid '' If it wasn't for Caps determination he would have found himself with a last wish unpaid that he had promised. If it wasn't for the determination that Salva and Cap gained they would have ended up not getting through their

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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.

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It was almost as if they had left their strength with him, to help him on his journey.” Another example is “ So he had to shake the fear of to continue the journey” These examples prove that Salva was determined because he knew that his family would want him to make the trip.

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He had a new family, a chance to be educated, food to eat, clean water and everything else necessary to live a healthy life. The third and final life-changing event that gave Salva hope was the start of and the success of his organization called “Water for South Sudan”. The goal was to help villages in Sudan get clean drinking water. Salva’s organization gives him hope for his future because “Water for South Sudan” is helping thousands of people and drastically changing their lives for the

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Salva’s labor shows he will do anything to survive, and nothing will stop him. Once Salva started walking, another factor of his survival kicked in, He was a very lucky young boy. Salva was very fortunate because he didn’t get shot or attacked by crocodiles. In the text it states “Stunned, Salva realized that being forced under the water had

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Salva settled on the fact that “there is no one left to help me. They think I am weak and useless.-… They are wrong and I will prove it” (66) Salva no longer has anyone to support him and his group believe him to be incapable and unworthy. But Salva didn’t care one bit and was determined to get through the e trip alive. Salva fed on his uncle's words by saying to himself that “I only have to get through this day…”this day and no other” (73) Salva promises to focus on how to survive the refugee camp and to not plan for the future. Salva had been determined to survive for his deceased friend and uncle, he hadn’t let go of his will to live even through

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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Salva was going to America and he would see places outside of Africa. The article states, “But many of the boys who became known as the Lost Boys were resettled in the United States.” (“The Lost Boys of Sudan.”

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A part where he is confident is after his Uncle got shot by the soldiers from the North. In the book it says “Despite the numbness in his heart, Salva was amazed to find himself walking faster and more boldly than he had before.”(Park 65). It also says “Salva lifted his head proudly. They are wrong and I will prove It.”

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One of the reasons they struggled so much is due to lack of water. As stated above the heat and harsh conditions that they had to live through for the 3 day walk was intense and challenging. Salva might not have been able to do it without his Uncle’s motivational tactics to get him through

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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.

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When Salva was walking with the only family he had, his uncle, they got robbed. The robbers captured his uncle and shot him right before Slava’s eyes (63). That tragic event would leave most people in shambles, but Salva, he kept going. Salva and Nya went through many hardships but they never let that get in their way. We can all learn a thing or two from these resilient

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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

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As he runs away, he lacks water and shelter and depends on his life skills to get by. War occurs in South Sudan, and Salva Dut has to run away from his village and family to remain safe. As a "lost boy" refugee, he must journey on foot across Africa, searching for his family and safety. After surviving three refugee camps, Salva has been allowed to escape the war for a lifetime. Because many of the camps he stayed in were closed, Salva had to travel to other camps.

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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.

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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

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

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