Long Walk To Water Quotes

Linda Park’s A Long Walk to Water follows the stories of Nya and Salva as they experience the effects of the Second Sudanese Civil War. Throughout the novel, Salva has to survive through this war, making it difficult for Salva to live in hopes of finding his family again. Despite his challenges, he was able to go to America to learn and get an education. A Long Walk to Water Salva's factors that made survival possible for Salva in A Long Walk to Water are his determination and the support of others. Salva’s determination helped him in dire situations. One way is how he was with around 1500 boys, but instead of giving up he starts helping and turns into a leader and gives everyone jobs so they can all contribute. A bunch of soldiers forced everyone

He was a good leader and taught kids to persevere and gave everyone jobs so they could all contribute.Later, he would learn that at least a thousand people had died trying to cross the river. How was it that he was not one of the thousand? Why was he one of the lucky ones? Salva started walking and crowds of other boys followed him.” This quote shows how Salva's determination helped him survive the soldiers and the crocodiles. After that, he became the leader of about 1500 boys, so this quote proves that his determination was so strong, that he was able to persevere through the troubles. At one point in the novel, Salva, his uncle, and the group they are with are walking through the desert. It was very hot; Salva wanted to drink some water, but could only take tiny sips to save water and hit a rock so hard his tonenail came off but he kept on going.“Salva had never seen anything like the desert. Around his village, Loun-Ariik, enough grass and shrubs grew to feed the grazing cattle. But here in the desert, nothing green could survive” (Park 52) This quote shows how hot and dry the desert is, as barely anything grows or exists in the