The book "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park explores the life of Salva, an 11-year-old boy living in South Sudan, after he is displaced by the Sudanese Civil War. First, in 1985, Salva and his classmates are instructed to run into the bush to escape the gunfire that was heard not far from the school. Then, he joins a group of travelers who are walking away from the war in Sudan, but they abandon him in a barn one evening while he is still asleep. After spending a few days with the barn's owner, Salva is sent away with a different group of travelers, must of whom accept him grudgingly. The group walks for a month toward Ethiopia, and eventually they arrive to the Itang refugee camp in Ethiopia.
In the historical fiction book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. The character statement, though Salva has gone through so much, he persists, is proven in many ways throughout the story. Two pieces of evidence to prove the statement, are shown towards the beginning and end of the story. The claim is generally expressed shortly after the main character, Salva’s, uncle gets shot by the Rebel soldiers. Though Salva was feeling down at times, he always remembers his uncle's words, “You need to walk only as far as those bushes.”
In the historical fiction book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, the main character Salva is persistent throughout the entire story. When 11-year-old Salva, who is a member of the Dinka tribe, is forced out of his country by the fatal South Sudanese war, he is confronted with many life-threatening obstacles. Yet, he still finds a way to make headway and persevere. When grieving with the loss of his uncle, and leading a group of young men out of a refugee camp, Salva persevered. One way Salvator persevered, is when grieving with the loss of his uncle.
Imagine you’re Salva, attending school and suddenly hearing a gunshot. The story “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, tells about the journey of a young boy named Salva, living in a village called Loun-Ariik, located in Southern Sudan. Southern Sudan was in the middle of a war, this is one of the hardships Salva faced, along with lack of water, and lack of food. One day while Salva was in school, he heard a gunshot. He runs to a near bush, and this is what begins his long walk.
In The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down, Anne Fadiman reflected on ways in which cultural dissonance can have detrimental consequences for those who are caught in the midst of two cultures. In this influential story, the cultural and language barriers between Lia Lee’s family and her doctors caused Lia’s life to be negatively impacted due to improper diagnosis and treatment. The Lees preferred traditional and spiritual treatment that clearly differed from the doctors’ Westernized treatment. Through a constant battle between proper treatment and the Lee parent’s compliance, this caused Lia to live in a persistent vegetative state for the majority of her life. The language barrier that the Lee’s faced at Merced hospital was discouraging,
The short story, “Good enough” by Rachel Vail, speaks about the main character Dori and how she starts as what the poem, “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco would say as a flower but transform into a weed at the end. Dori tries to impress or fit in with the popular girls by getting an Orion shirt they all wear for Dori’s birthday. However, Dori’s family is not in the best financial situation, so this makes it really hard on the parents to get this. On Dori’s birthday she opens a present to find that her mom has given her a fake, which hurts her, but she does not tell her parents, so they do not feel bad. When Dori wears it to school the next day one of the popular girls goes up to her and taunts her about it, Dori ends up crying but catches herself and remembers that even though its fake her mom had so much love behind it and did her best which makes Dori get over it and know that it's okay to not be in the popular group or be different.
Have you ever thought about how difficult it might be to go into a different country knowing absolutely nothing, not even language, and something horrific happened to you or anyone in your family? Don’t you think you would feel so powerless, so helpless, so clueless? This happens commonly and it has never had any attention brought to it, at least not until 1998. Anne Fadiman wrote a book entitled, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. This demonstrated a collision of two complete opposite cultures, but they both have the same goal to help the child get better.
The book Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park where a young boy named Salva walks across South Sudan during a civil war and eventually he gets to the United States and helps South Sudan by planting wells across the country. The poem “Lost boys of Sudan” is by Leslie Lane. Many young boys survive walking for hundreds of miles through disease, war and starvation to live, but their lives will never be the same again. The theme of both texts is in the face of obstacles, maintain perseverance in order to overcome them. Though both texts present the common theme in similar ways, there are also differences in their approach and development.
Every so often, it is essential to learn and unlearn details about individuals. With my new knowledge on Indigenous peoples, I commit to reconciling Indigenous peoples history, whether it be by advocating for the protection of stolen Indigenous lands, understanding the proper terminology that should be used to address Indigenous peoples and finally, educating myself about the injustices and false promises made to Indigenous peoples through Treaties and how to resolve them. To begin with, I would like to advocate for the protection of Indigenous lands that were stolen from Indigenous peoples by colonialists. In the article, “To be Indian in Canada today.” , Canadian author and journalist, Richard Wagamese discusses the agonizing experiences that
Although often used interchangeably, disease and illness differ fundamentally in their meanings and implications. Disease is the commonly thought of concept in which a person suffers due to a physiological or psychological ailment, while illness refers to a culmination of physical, emotional and social suffering of a person. Disease is perceived as the phenomena that affects an organism, while illness affects not only the patient but also their loved ones and community. This distinction is vividly apparent in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, in which Anne Fadiman relays the approaches to a Hmong child named Lia’s epilepsy by her family and her doctors as well as the tumultuous interaction between these caregivers. It is interesting to understand how Hmong culture and a doctor’s
The book i’m reading is called “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” by Judy Blume. Margaret is an almost twelve year old girl who already thinking about her first period. Margaret family found out they have a house in Farbrook. She moves with her family from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey, just a week at her new house she meets Nancy a girl who is about the same age as her, Nancy lives not far away from her.
The term “melting pot” has been used since the early 1900s, and it means a place where people, ideas, theories, cultures, etc. are mixed together. Although this may seem like a harmless thing, the idea that one must give up part of their culture to obtain parts of a new one undermines the importance of cultures in one’s life. In chapter 14 “The Melting Pot” of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman shows the challenges and hardships that Hmong immigrants faced when immigrating to America to show the power that an environment has on a person’s connection to their culture, and the impact that people have on the culture of the society they are entering Fadamin provides examples of the action of Americans towards to Hmong people
Throughout my childhood, I’ve always enjoyed reading Judy Blum books. My all-time favorite children’s novel is “Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret” written by Judy Blum in 1970. It’s a book about Margaret Simon, an eleven-year-old girl, growing up in New Jersey. She struggled with the changes that accompany adolescence.
Traditional and Modern Gothic Literature may sound the same, but they have drastic differences. In traditional gothic literature, there are eight key elements which are the setting in a castle, an atmosphere of mystery and suspense, an ancient prophecy, omens, portents, visions, supernatural or inexplicable events, overwrought emotion, women in distress, and lastly, women threatened by a powerful male. Modern Gothic literature has evolved by exploring new settings, themes, and character dynamics, moving away from the typical Gothic, while typical literature stayed the same. A great example of traditional and modern gothic literature is "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Where is Here" by Joyce Carol Oates. Both stories' similarities
Her inquisitiveness causes her to begin to disconnect from the pressure that Catholicism
