A Long Walk to Water One of the best things about a book is that it lets you see your life in a new light. “A Long Walk to Water” was written about a young boy named Slavs and a girl named Nya (different timelines) who struggle in the South Sudan war. A Long Walk to Water shows us the universal in the human experience. Somehow, I can relate to these characters yet my experience of life is so different. It might come as a surprise that a privileged white girl in Minnesota could relate to these characters, but there were many ways I could relate to them. Salva tossed and turned all night, not being able to sleep. (13) When I’m stressed, I can rarely get a good night's sleep. People who were older than Salva assumed he didn’t have much value in their group, or couldn’t carry his weight. They believed this to be true only because Slava was younger than them. (21) I am the youngest in my family, including extended family. It has become a huge pet peeve of mine when people assume I don’t know what I’m talking about because …show more content…
When Salva finally made it to the internment camp he was all alone (67). Family is like the roots that keep you grounded. I couldn't imagine getting to an internment camp and not even having my family by my side. Salva had to walk a year and a half just to get to a different camp in Kenya (78). While first world teenagers are focusing on going to school and playing a sport, third world countries teenagers are wandering for almost two years straight just to stay alive. 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