Comparing The Lost Boys And Girls From A Long Walk To Water

Why were the kids from the Lost Boys and Girls article treated differently than the boys and girls from A Long Walk to Water? The Lost Boys and Girls were treated very poorly compared to the boys and girls in the novel. Linda Sue Park uses or alters history in her novel by comparing and contrasting the novel and the articles. The story of how The Lost Boys of Sudan went to America is quite similar to the one from A Long Walk to Water. The novel says, “There it was”. Salva Dut. Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America.” Park, Linda Sue. 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.” The State of the World’s Children, 1996).

All rights reserved. Nya’s story is quite different from the story of The Lost Girls of Sudan in many ways. The article says, “She lists her chores: cooking, cleaning, washing, fetching water from the distant stand-pipe, looking after her guardian’s children.” (Matheson, Ishbel. “The ‘Lost Girls’ of Sudan.” BBC News, 7 June 2002. The Lost Girls had to do a lot of work and labor and were not treated very well. They didn't have family to care for, they were on their own. The novel states, “‘What do you think we are building here?’ Nya’s father asked, smiling. A house?’ Nya guessed. ‘Or a barn?’ Her father shook his head. ‘Something better’, he said. ‘A school.’ “ (Park, Linda Sue). A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Nya had a loving family that cared about