Salva s determination to always be motivated and keep going is a major survival factor in A Long Walk To Water. For example, when Savla's uncle dies to the Nuer rogues in the desert, he motivates Savla to keep pushing like his uncle would want him to. Salvas thoughts are described as “What matters now is that Savla is on his own now” (Park, 72). This quote shows how Salva survives with determination. He does this because even after his uncle dies, he wants to keep going because that's what his uncle would have wanted him to do. Another example of this is when Salva, his uncle and the rest of the group are walking in the desert to Ethiopia after crossing the Nile. Near the end of the first day, Salva stubs his toe hard on a rock and is heavily