Theme Of A Long Walk To Water

A Long Walk to Water is a remarkable story written by Linda Sue Park. The genre of this book is nonfiction, and the theme of this story is hope. Hope is an interesting topic for this book because two children from different time periods show this theme. Nya is an eleven year old girl who lives in the time period of 2008-2009. She walks for water everyday. Salva, however is different from Nya. He lives in the time period of 1985- 2007. He is a “lost boy,” or a refugee who ran because of the war. Both of these characters exemplify a kind of hope. The hope they share is the one that keeps you going in times of difficulty. Nya is an eleven year old girl whose events happened in the time period of 2008-2009. She deals with the problem of carrying

In the book, he finds his uncle and is overjoyed to see him. He says, ““Uncle!” He cried out, and ran into the man’s arms” When Salva finds Uncle, he thinks that he knows where his family, he gets disappointed when Uncle tells him that he doesn’t know where his family is. In this section, Salva shows the same hope as Nya did with the muddy water. Salva hoped to find his family, but is disappointed and grieved when he finds out the opposite of what he wants to hear. The last time Salva shows hope is in Rochester, New York. When he finished a long day, he sat down and looked at his e-mail. Surprisingly, he found out that his father was alive. In the book, his cousin says this, “...United Nations Clinic… your father… stomach surgery.” Salva finds out that his father is still alive, but in a grave condition. This shows a desperate kind of hope because Salva hopes that his father can be healthy and live. Salva showed two kinds of hope in this book that were very surprising. The first one was determination. 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. Uncle and Marial died for Salva to find his family again. Salva shows types of hope to help him