The novel, A Long Walk to Water is a written by Linda Sue Park where it tells the story of the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” who are refugees who have fled from their villages during the Second Sudanese Civil War, whereas in the 1980s. Each boy traveled gruesome walks and threaded on survival, where the danger of both nature and violent human-works threatened with danger. But the main character of the story, Salva Dut was one of those “Lost Boys” who is based on a real-person, and have strikingly survived through all the tough trials of the war, to getting stung by bees for food to walking for several months to arrive at a refugee camp. But there were certain factors that made survival possible for Salva and go through the challenges of the war. One of the factors that have created his survival possible is because of his friends and family. Marial, a boy around Salva’s age was his friend who have kept him accompanied and led him cheered up during the journey at the time. Mentioned on page 30 through 31, “I can’t go to another country, Salva thought. If I do, my family will never find me…. Marial put his arms round Salva’s shoulders. He …show more content…
As mentioned on pages 24 through 28, “‘The bird. The one I was listening to. He led me right here.’” Buksa’s smile was even bigger now. ‘You see that?’ He pointed up at the branches of the tree. ‘Beehive. A fine. large one.’ Salva hurried off to call the rest of the group. He had heard of this, that the Jur-chol could follow the call of the bird called the honey guide! But he had never seen it done before. Honey! This night, they would feast!” Thanks to Buksa; a young man who walked among the group of people who was trying to avoid war, have discovered a honey guide, who has led themselves into a beehive. With that bird and the hive, the people can feast on the honey, finally satisfying their hunger from the everlasting
In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
In Sandra Benitez’s novel, A Place Where the Sea Remembers, we get to know the lives and struggles of the residents of a small town in Mexico. Each character faces a conflict that affects the course of his or her life. The conflict I chose was the conflict that Marta was with her child and how her anger about the child made her do things she wished she could take back. It all starts with Marta and her sister. Marta is pregnant and thinks she can't take care of the kid so she wants an abortion. Then once Choyo Marta’s sister husband found out he insisted to take the kid once he is born. So then Marta decided to take care of the baby until it was born but then after time went by the husband of Choyo said that he wouldn't be able to take the kid because he was already going to have a child with Choyo. Once Marta was told this she let her anger get the best of her which then lead her to
People have goals everyday, believe it or not some people think that dreams aren't worth it. I believe that it is worth it to dream because it gives a person a goal, it makes them feel good, and it makes them stronger. I know this from The Pearl, A Cubs video, the Susan Boyle video, and We Beat the streets.
The book, "Long Walk to Water" tells the journey of refugee boy in Southern Sudan, 1985, named Salva. It all started on that unfortunate day that he began his walk. Salva was at school when the war had reached his village. Successfully he fled from the school into the bushes before being spotted. From there he traveled with a Dinka group, heading east. During most of his walk he felt very lonely, that is until he met Marial, who soon became his friend. Soon after that Salva reunites his uncle and later becomes the leader of the traveling group. His journey was not just walking and it wasn't easy. Salva's only friend goes missing in the middle of the savanna. Then he crossed a river in a reed boat, be stung by many mosquitos and they are dangerous,
The book, A Long Walk To Water, by Linda Sue Park describes that Salva doesn't give up in his walk that he finds a better life to survive. Salva is 11 years old boy, he is from Sudan Africa his tribe is Dinka. His village is in a war he escape during school, leaving everything behind. He is trying to find refuge, finally he finds a refuge cross the desert . By the time he can not stay their he is forced to leave but first he needs to cross the river and they are crocodiles in that river eventually, he survive now he is the boss of 1500 boys . After a long walk he doesn't like the refuge he lives and finds another refuge, as a result of a good news he finds out that he id going to New York he to New York in New York he finds out that his
Salva promised himself that he would stay alive for his family, so he finds a way to get food in the refugee camp, so that he could make it to America alive. In the text, Park writes, “ No one shared anything with him, neither food nor company. Uncle had always share the animals and birds he shot with everyone in the group. But it seemed they had all forgotten that, for now Salva had to beg for scraps, which were given grudgingly. The way they treated him made Salva feel stronger still. There is no one left to help me. They think I am useless...They are wrong, and I will prove it” ( Park, P.66). This evidence proves that Salva had to beg for food so that he wouldn't die of starvation. Therefore this helped Salva survive by allowing him to realize he was to take care of himself now, because he has no one to hunt a full meal for him anymore. So now Salva knows to get food he has to beg. Overall, Salva got food and survived by begging for food, and believing in himself that he will survive on his
Imagine being at school and hearing loud gunshots. The teacher yells and tells the class to hide in a bush not knowing where their family is or if they had survived the attack. This is what happened to Salva. Salva is a character from Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water. He is on a difficult journey without his family. He faces many challenges along the way but he has people in his life that make him want to keep pushing through the struggles. The factors that helped Salva survive were his immediate family, Marial, and Uncle.
A few years ago, my uncle Jack passed away from a heart condition at age 80. I was crying through the funeral, I was feeling sad and hopeless that I would loose someone else close to me again, but what I learned in the end was that I had love, hope and plenty of friends to comfort me in my struggles. I know I will be ok when I had these things in my life, and the reason is that I can count on them to help me. I get love from my family, hope that he is in a better place and friendship to support me in what I was going through. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the author explains two characters Laila and Mariam that have been through the struggles and have the same feelings as I do. Love, hope, and friendship. Not to mention
In the book Walk Two Moons By Sharon Creech, A teenage girl named Sal Hiddle goes through many many changes where she has to face her fears. Sal goes through lots of internal feelings losing her mom,moving away from bybanks, and losing her grandma.
Not his death but the deaths of his loved ones. “Marial was gone, vanished into the night,” (40)and also “As S alva watched one the men aimed his gun at uncle, three shots rang out,”(63) are two examples of deaths he has grieved through. It is impossible to tell how many lost boys’ lives were lost traveling to the new camp. Salva has also gone through abandonment, one example is when the adults in the group (the one before Uncle died) kind of just leave him to fight for himself. This example works because they would not give him any resources they found because they thought he was a burden to the group. Another example is when the first group left him while he was asleep. “Why had they without waking him?”
Jimmy Dean once advised, “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination.” The novel A Long Walk to Water authored by Linda Sue Park, is a work of realistic historical fiction and a dual narrative focused on adjusting to change. One storyline is about a young eleven year old girl named Nya who is apart of the Nuer tribe and lives in Sudan. Nya lives the life of a young Sudanese girls because they collect water for their family every day. The other storyline is about an eleven year old boy named Salva who is in the Dinka tribe and lives in Sudan, but travels throughout many countries and states in his life. Salva’s story line shows how getting attacked by rebels and escaping from civil war changed his and many others’ lives. Both characters face many changes throughout the story. Linda Sue Park wants readers to know to accept change for good or bad.
Another survival factor that helped Slava’s in the novel were refugee camps and Michael. Refugee camps were one of the main survival factors for Salva because, if he wasn’t there that time at the camp, he would die and not able to go to America. Also Michael was his survival factor too, because if Salva didn’t meet Michael at the Kukama camps, he would not have been able to learn English and have never been able to go to American. According to the text,’’ one day after the morning meal, Michael spoke to Salva.’’ You seem interested in learning English.’’ he said. ‘’ How you like to learn to read?’’ The lessons began that every scrap of paper… So Salva learned two thing from Michael how to read and play volleyball’’. Salva is really interested
A Long Walk to Water is an engrossing true story about an African boy named Salva. It takes place in a war ravaged country named South Sudan. Soldiers scour the country, snatching children to join their ranks and burning villages in spite of the government. Salva manages to escape and join a herd of frightened people from his tribe. He encounters his uncle who quickly becomes leader of the group for having a gun and being related to the chief. Salva's uncle teaches him important lessons but meets his demise at the end of a soldier's gun. Later on in the book Salva has to become leader of a group of boys. Then a group of men. Salva shows many characteristics of being a good leader in these situations.
As their journeys progress, each man is forced to overcome certain obstacles and hardships. At the end
“ Or should they begin the long hard walk, and hope they reached hep in time?” A book “ A Long Walk To Water “ is when Salva and the lost boys go through difficult times in South Sudan. Nya had to walk miles a day for water. It happened around 1985-2009. There was a war in Sudan, and they were facing challenges. Love, unity, and perseverance were the most important values Nya and Salva needed to survive.