Clean, accessible water is critical to human health, a healthy environment, poverty reduction, a sustainable economy, and peace and security. Yet over 40% of the global population does not have access to sufficient clean water. In the book Long Walk to Water, there are different symbols to represent water, like perseverance, a journey, and hope, but the main symbol that represents water in the book is the balance between life and death. My knowledge of this book is immaculate considering that not only have I read the book, but I have also answered comprehension questions about the book. So, water is a symbol for life and death rather than anything else.
Life and death are symbolized through Nya’s little sister getting a bad illness. Nya had known many other people with the same illness as her sister. Symptoms like cramps, stomachache, and diarrhea are present in this illness.
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Rain was falling and so were bullets, people were shooting at the people trying to cross the river. A boy next to Salva helped him and forced Salva underwater so he wouldn’t get shot. Salva was kicking and clawing rambunctious trying to get back to the surface but in the process, the boy who helped Salva was floating, with blood pouring out of a bullet hole in his neck. The water brought bad luck to Salva’s group and Salva would have died if it wasn’t for the boy who pushed him underwater to save Salva. Thankfully, Salva lived even with a very high chance of dying to the soldiers who were shooting bullets into the water. My concluding example is the lake Nya lives around when there is no fighting. There was a large lake around 3 days from Nya’s village, but they were not able to live there all year long because there was lots of fighting where they could die. Nya and her family have the chance to die at any time when they stay in that village, but they are still