In the novel, A Long Walk To Water, by Linda Sue Park; Nya is a young Nuer gir. She lives in Sudan during the 2000’s, walking for water daily. When rather Salva is a young Dinka boy. He is living in Sudan during the 1900-2000’s time period; facing many challenges living in a time of war, and trying to make his way to America. Both Nya and Salva are children during two different time periods, and two different tribes; in on country. Salva is an eleven year old boy living in Sudan. His father is the judge of their village, and that means they are more wealthy than others. Salva was at school one day when they got attacked by the Nuer, and he had to flee. Since then he faced many challenges, and is now twenty-two; and made it to America (Rochester, NY). In the novel, A Long Walk To Water, the factors that made Survival possible for Salva were having uncle Jewiir there to calm …show more content…
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
Riva was forever grateful of all the magnificent friends she had and the unique treatment she received at Mittlesteine. While Riva was at Mittelsteine she got blood poisoning, and the doctor at the camp negotiated for Riva to be sent to a trained hospital where she was treated of her contamination. Riva was too fragile to work, so she instead worked at the first aid station for German soldiers rolling gauze pads into bundles. Riva also got additional helpings of food (mashed potatoes and vegetables) that was sneaked in for her by a nurse, and the nurse let her have a hot bath for the first time since she left her home. Riva also had many friends in the Łódź Ghetto that looked out for her well being such as Mr. and Mrs. Berkenwald, who acted as Riva and her brother’s parents. They would save their servings of food, wood, and water for the kids because they knew they were vital for their daily life.
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.
When I was sixteen, I performed on the stage of Carnegie Hall. This is a very special memory to me. New York will always be in my mind because of that experience. What makes a place live on in one’s mind? The essay, Untying the Knot, as well as other selections from this unit demonstrate how experiences can make certain places live on in our memory.
“All of the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.” Walt Disney. The books A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, a fictional book, and Iqbal a fictional book, share the same theory. A Long Walk to Water is a book about the true story of Salva; a little boy that gets separated from his family because of the war in South Sudan and later becomes the leader of a group called the Lost Boys of South Sudan. This novel also includes a fictional story of Nya, a little girl that can’t go to school, because she has to walk to the water well twice a day, taking up most of the day. Salva helps Nya get a water well in her village years later by using his organization, Water for South Sudan. Iqbal is the true story of Iqbal Masih, a little boy that became a child slave, but was able to set himself and his friends free from slavery. This book is told in the point of view of Fatima a fictional little girl that was one of the children who was enslaved in the same factory as Iqbal. In each book, the characters grow stronger because of a cultural conflict. Cultural conflicts can force people to become stronger.
Lisa Delpit’s book, “The Skin We Speak”, talked about language and culture, and how it relates to the classroom. How we speak gives people hits as to where we are from and what culture we are a part of. Unfortunately there are also negative stereotypes that come with certain language variations. There is an “unfounded belief that the language of low income groups in rural or urban industrial areas is somehow structurally “impoverished” or “simpler” than Standard English” (Delpit 71). The United States is made of people from various cultures and speak many different variations of languages. As teachers we must be aware of some of the prejudices we may have about language and culture.
The third person omniscient point of view in The Street by Ann Petry helps show Lutie Johnson’s feeling of victimization. A parasitic relation is revealed between herself and the setting. Lutie Johnson’s perception and relationship with the urban environment is established through extremely vivid imagery and personification.
Gianina, my twin sister, has an irrational dislike of bananas and cheese. She will not knowingly eat anything that has bananas or cheese, and in fact, the simple mention of bananas may very well throw her into a fit. Bizarrely, one of her favorite foods is mango cheesecake and she will quite happily eat anything so long as no one mentions it contains bananas or cheese. Gianina’s predilection annoys me not only because my favorite thing to eat is new york style pizza, but also because it reminds me that as a kid I had an even stranger quirk: I refused to eat Asian food. A word of background is in order. My mother is Chinese, originally from Shanghai. I overlap two cultures because I am half-Chinese and half-Caucasian. As a child, I would walk around the fresh markets in Hong Kong every day with my maid to buy the fresh fish and vegetables that were sure to be steamed and sautéed with vast amounts of oyster sauce. Some days, my father and I would stroll the streets seeing what was out there for I was a curious. As a child, I did not understand why my Dad would turn heads on the str...
This leads Salva to his new family in New York, and finding his father in a clinic in Sudan. In conclusion, all of salva’s hardships and obstacles was caused by the war between the government and rebels, but it also led to Salva finding a new family in New York.
The essay I choose to respond to is "I Stayed to Fight" by Mona Eltahawy. I picked this essay because I still remember very vividly what I was doing and my exact location when I saw the towers burning for the first time. I was in the fourth grade walking down the hall on my way to the rest room, I peered into an empty classroom because I noticed that a huge fire was on the screen. I figured it was just some building and recall how big and tall I thought they were. When my siblings and I walked in the door that day after school it was already on our living room television. My mother then explained to us what the importance of those buildings and how they had caught on fire. I couldn 't believe it when she had told us airplanes had caused the explosions and giant flames, I knew it wasn 't an accident at that point.
Alice Walker is the pride of African Americans, who are considered as the most suppressed community within United States. She was born on 9th February 1944 in Georgia. She started her career as a social worker activist, followed by teaching and writer. She has secured many awards for her unprecedented works. The third novel of Alice Walker “The Color Purple” was published in 1982, which gave the real flight to her publications; as she received massive credits from around the world. Her works basically include short stories, novels and essays that are always evidently centered on the struggles and adversities of black women particularly in United States. Walker uses the writing as her standard to spread her voice and to process experiences of
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Georgia O'Keeffe, born November 15, 1887, was an American artist praised for her unique and awe-inspiring artwork that contributed to the development of Modernism in America(okeeffemuseum.org). Her piece, From the Plains I, created in 1953, was a similar version of her previous painting From the Plains I, with a medium of oil paint on canvas. The reason this painting was chosen for analysis was because of the vibrancy of its colors, the grandeur of its size, and its specific placement within the room which made its presence easily distinguished. Each individual in the audience's eyes were directed towards the striking artwork as they entered the room. This work is considered successful due to its visuals, the application of art elements, and
In the book, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva shows perseverance is key when facing life’s challenges.
“A Worn Path” is a story by Eudora Welty that narrates an elderly woman’s trip through the woods. Welty uses certain literary devices such as setting, symbolism, and characterization to convey the theme that with determination one can succeed despite physical setbacks such as old age.
Edgar Allan Poe’s 1849 poem, “Annabel Lee”, explores the common themes of romance and death found in many of Poe’s works. The poem tells the story of a beautiful young maiden named Annabel Lee who resides by the sea. The maiden and the narrator of the poem are deeply in love, however the maiden falls ill and dies, leaving the narrator without his beloved Annabel Lee. Contrary to what many might expect from a poem by Poe and yet still depressing, the poem ends with the narrator accepting Annabel’s death and remains confident that they will forever be together despite her parting.