Throughout the novel Salva demonstrates determination by pushing himself to do his best and not give up on anything no mater what is going on. One instance where Salva showed determination is on page 65, paragraph 4. “Marial was gone. Uncle was gone, too, murdered by those Nuer men right before salva’s eyes. Marial and uncle were no longer by his side,and they never would be again,but salva knew that both of them would have wanted him to survive,to finish the trip and reach the itang refugee camp safely.
The first factor that made survival possible for Salva in “A Long Walk to Water” was boatbuilding. Evidence from the text that shows how boatbuilding helped Salva survive is on page 44 where it states,” It took two full days to build enough canoes. “This shows that without teamwork Salva’s group would have never
He has to go thru a lot in this book just to survive but he never stops trying each day he got up and did what was necessary to survive another day. You could learn a lesson from this book never stop trying one day something good will
Salva’s labor shows he will do anything to survive, and nothing will stop him. Once Salva started walking, another factor of his survival kicked in, He was a very lucky young boy. Salva was very fortunate because he didn’t get shot or attacked by crocodiles. In the text it states “Stunned, Salva realized that being forced under the water had
Another character in this book is Nya, an eleven year old Sudanese girl, who has to walk eight hours every day to get water for her family. She always keeps going, even though the way is hard because it is hot and the ground hurts to walk on. One example of hope and perseverance in A Long Walk to Water is how Salva never gives up. He is forced to leave his home and family in southern Sudan when his school is attacked, and goes on a long,
This was only possible because the group’s perseverance and they worked through their troubles. In conclusion, we should all persevere like Salva and Nya and we will be rewarded. In the end, Salva makes his dream a reality and Nya gets clean water and can go to school, but only because they worked hard to do whatever they needed to
He tries to help Sudan to the best of his abilities. " Day by day, solving one problem at a time, Salva moved toward his goal. "(ALW 110) While doing this he opens up a world of opportunity for others in Sudan.
Salva was thrown straight on into the Sudanese war to fend for himself, so he was all alone without his family. Later on Salva realizes what has happened
Salva had to have a positive attitude to want to walk 1,000 plus miles. The walk was very grueling and what made it worst is there was very little food and water. Since they ate so often it made a bunch of people get sick. Salva also had a positive attitude to watch his grandpa die and still to keep going. Ha wanted a better life.
Luck is another one of the survival factors that helped Salva survive. Though he was not lucky to be a refugee, he was one of the lucky ones who managed to survive the war. Salva had to leave home from war and was walking across the desert with a group of other refugee strangers. He didn’t know where any of his family was when he saw his uncle and got really excited. Park writes,
Salva never stopped hoping that he could find his family again someday. The next one was love. He loved his loved ones and his friend, Marial. He cared for them and wanted to protect them. At the end, Salva realized that some people have to die to keep you going.
This report was commissioned by The Asian Education Foundation, to analyse the growing number of Asian texts being produced. This report will asses Family life, Resilience and the issue of Racism. Asian tests have had a large increase from the publishing of Anh Do’s autobiography, The Happiest Refugee. 2.0 Representations of growing up Asian in Australia 2.1 Family Life In the autobiography ‘The Happiest Refugee’, Do has a high regard for his family, that he illustrates throughout the memoir.
To sum up, Salva did make it through the stressful journey, Salva has been back and forth visiting his biological family and his forster family that lives in New York.. This journey lead him to the person he is today by inspiring people to not give up on a dream or idea they had. Today Salva is continuing a program for South Sudan “ Water For South Sudan” which builds wells in different villages in South
(pg 73) This shows that Salva is persevering because even though he hates the refugee camp, he
Growing up at a refugee camp in a very poor country is not what an average child has to go through. In Nepal we did not have much shelter to live by. We were given some bamboos, thatch and some rope to build up our home and once a month they would give us some rice. I grew up without electricity therefore television was very rare to me. I was born at the house made up of bamboo and thatch rather than a proper hospital with some form of professional care.
