“Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope.” Said Salva Dut, the founder of water for South Sudan, Inc. In a long walk to water by Linda Sue Park there is a true story about a man named Salva Dut.
Linda Sue Park used onomatopoeia and personification In the beginning of this book, 11 year old Salva Dut was in school when his village was attacked by rebels. The craft move Linda Sue Park used was onomatopoeia. Linda wrote in the story “crack, pop, pop” (pg. 5) this craft move shows what a gun sounded like for Salva when he was 11. A few months passed Salva was walking to Ethiopia through the desert when he saw his uncle. Salvas uncle helped Salva persevere through the desert. The will to keep striving in life