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The Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

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In south sudan a civil war broke out that shut down refugee camps killed thousands and one of them killed by being tied to a tree and shot. The main character in the long walk to water by Linda Sue Park is a young boy named salva. Salva is a young boy that gets separated from his family and is picked at random to go start a life in the U.S. in his journey for safety he crosses through lion country, fast rivers, and the Akobo desert all with only the support of his uncle. Salva manages to overcome many dangerous animals, dangerous territories, and the lose of many loved ones through his journey to safety. Over the course of salva’s journey he encounters many dangerous animals and still manages to make it out of their deadly reach but his group members aren’t so lucky. One animal that salva has to overcome is the lion, one of the most professional …show more content…

One of the most dangerous areas salva has to push himself through was lion country. This area because of it’s name, there were lion attacks all over this area and only a few lucky people made it out with all the people they went in with or come out at all. After losing one of his friends in this area salva starts to freak out but his uncle tells him that “we will be out of lion country soon”(41). One of the hottest places salva had to go through is the Akobo desert. In this desert the heat was very intense and the people got very dehydrated. In the desert salva started to fall behind the group so salva’s uncle began to set him goals like “can you walk that pile of rocks”(54). Some of the rarest areas salva ran into is the rivers that run through Africa like the Nile river for example. One of the fastest rivers that salva has to cross is the Gilo river. Salva watched as a man tried to cross but “the current takes him swiftly

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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.

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Salva, the main character in Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water is able to survive and overcome a variety of challenges through his hard work and relationships. Salva survives the first few challenges because of his hard work. “It was hard work running back and forth between those weaving,But Salva found that the work was helping him feel a little better” (43). This shows that salva is a helper and hard work because he help his Uncle Jewiir to build canoes.

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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

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A very important theme in the book A Long Walk to Water is perseverance. The first example that perseverance is an important theme is how Nya walks back and forth to a faraway pond 2 times a day, every day, for seven months a year without stopping. Also, on the path, there are thorns everywhere that are painful to remove. Nya only gets a small bit of water and rest even though it is very hot and dry. Even the water that Nya gets with much pain and suffering is muddy and infected with Guinea Worms.

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On this journey of running from war he lost his group of people that are Dinka’s that he was with and stayed in a barn with a woman. He also couldn’t find any of his family at this hard time but when he found a new group of Dinka’s to stay with Salva had found his Uncle. He also made a really good friend. Until they both died and Salva was by himself again with nobody he knew. Some hardships that Salva faced during this time in A Long Walk to Water were lots of water problems, wild animals, and no family.

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