A Long Walk To Water Quotes

The story “A Long Walk To Water” is about the factors Salva Dut used to survive during his incredible journey. Salva was on of the lost boys who had to walk tirelessly across the desert because of and attack on his village. Salva stayed at a few refugee camps in his life until he eventually got the chance to got to America. Salva had many survival factors too get him through his journey. The first survival factor salva had that helped him finish his journey is his hope to find his family. Salva has mentioned how his family has pushed him to continue going when he wanted to give up multiple times. In the text it says, “Each time Salva would think of his family and his village it would push him too keep moving one painful step at a time” This quote proves that the thought of his family pushes him to push through the painful journey that he has to go through to survive. Salva cared about his family a lot which is great because he won't ever give up looking and that's why he found his father at the end of the story, In the text it's says “Where are we going? Where is my family? When will I see them again?” an what are they going to do to us? Where is my family?” these quotes both show how he cares for his family, every time something extremely bad happened Salva would ask

Salva may have not of survived if it wasn't for his uncle. Although he survived after uncle's death, he's still could've died without the extra care he had for a small amount of time. In the text it says “Eh nephew, he said in a cheerful voice we are together now, so I will look after you know.” this quote shows how uncle promises to care for Salva until he gets to the Refugee camp. The group always complained about Salva until uncle came. A quote to prove this is “Now that Salva was without uncle's care and protection, the group's attitude changed toward him.” This quote shows how the group stopped caring for him once uncle was