Character Analysis: A Long Walk To Water

In A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, “Salva’s Bio”, “Water for South Sudan: Salva’s Story,” and “Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War,” many events that happened in Sudan and how people adapted to their challenging environment are shown. The characters I will focus on are Salva, Nya, Salva’s Uncle, the Lost Boy’s, and Sudan in general. The main point I will focus on is that individuals adapt in challenging environments by taking small steps to complete a big task, moving from one place to another, and taking advantage of the current environment and it’s resources. The author uses several literary devices, including a plot, characters, images, language, and other things to show how Salva, Salva’s uncle, the “Lost Boys”, and Nya react to what is

Salva had to adapt so that the group would not think he’s a laggard. Adaptation is a key point that is shown throughout the writings I have read, and all of the authors have demonstrated that people need to change to survive in a harsh environment. The authors of A Long Walk To Water and the article “Salva’s Bio” give examples of how Sudanese people take small steps to complete big tasks. Throughout these sources, there are many situations that must be solved with small steps because just diving in and doing the task could cause problems. “Salva helped provide safe and clean drinking water” (Salva’s Bio). Just installing one well helped Sudan get cleaner water and minimized disease happening. He had small steps of raising money and grew his awareness. On (pg. 9) “Salva…and ran.” Salva had to run away because of the gunfire and the plane, he had to run away with others. Salva and the others just started walking and took stops but at the end they succeeded in getting to the refugee camp. They took small steps of sorting out the matter and deciding where to go. They

The main lesson that you should have gained from this essay was that when you are in a bad situation, you should take small steps, and travel to places when in danger, use resources around you and adapt to the challenging environment The book A Long Walk To Water and the articles are very interesting and describe tons about the war in Sudan, and how they had to adapt to the challenging environment. One thing to remember is that George Bernard Shaw said, "Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their mind can't change anything." This means that change is needed in order to make something happen. In A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park and in the articles “Salva’s Bio”, “Water for South Sudan: Salva’s Story”, and “Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War,” it is shown that many people have to adapt in challenging environments in many