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. He is very calm and tolerant when difficulty He gets through the day one step at a time, focusing on one matter and encouraging other's to do the same. In the desert, Salva was having a horrible day. He was parched, chapped, tired, hot, and his foot was in a lot of pain. He didn't want to move, but his uncle helped him get through the desert. He pointed to a couple of shrubs and asked Salva if he could walk there. Salva did, and his uncle pointed to another thing for Salva to trudge to. That's how Salva got through the desert, and every day of his life. He told himself all he had to do was make it to one point and repeat. Salva is great at coaxing people into doing good things. During the book Salva and his crew were creating a well in Nya's village. There was a giant bag on the back of the truck that sprang a leak. At first the crew just patched it up as usual. The patch sprung a leak again and again despite their efforts. The crew started to feel discouraged but Salva began to persaude them to try. They continued working thanks to Salva who kept encouraging them. I really thought that A Long Walk to Water has a great main character who is a natural leader. It's implied throughout the book that Salva is fit for leading. Salva was very forbearing when he helped the boys in his group. He showed perseverance when he got through the desert and each day in camp. He was very persausive too when he convinced his crew to carry on working. These are all charactersitics of what I would say makes a perfect
...e leadership characteristic that popped out at me was how Cap. John Goodwin was his resilience to overcome all the horrific parts of this deployment and still stayed with it and worked his hardest with no breaks until he was forced to go on that leave to rest and then as soon as he heard something bad had happened, he stopped everything he was doing and got back to his men as quickly as he could it showed how much he cared, he also listened to his men and what they needed and tried helping them all the time. One thing he did not do a good job of was letting Kunk get to him and knock his confidence down and taking care of his own health so he could be awake and alert as company commander each and every day. His soldiers mentioned how weak, and tired and malnourished he looked from being next to the radio 24/7 which should never happen when you are calling the shots.
Running away from your own family and town seems horrible but that’s just what Salva had to do. Salva is a Sudanese child who is stuck in the middle of a war against the Dinka and the Nuer tribe. Salva is the main character in Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water. The book describes the constant struggle of having to live where there is no water, or really bad, not clean, muddy water. The story shows how he ran away into the bush because of a war in his Village. It was not easy to find his family again after Salva ran away. While running from war, he is also separated from his family. Three factors helped Salva survive in a challenging environment, they are Water, his Uncle, and Hope.
Walk Two Moons is a book written by Sharon Creech which tells the story of Salamanca Hiddle, a teenage girl who retraces the journey of her mother who left her. On her journey, Sal is able to relive her own story through her friend, Phoebe, whose mother also left. The book Walk Two Moons is representative of a heroine’s journey rather than a hero’s journey because Sal must leave her home to escape the challenges there, she finds a mentor along her journey which she eventually leaves, and she goes home to share what she has learned on her journey after she has discovered herself. In contrast to a Hero’s journey, a heroine leaves their home in order to escape the challenges or limitations put on them there.
The best example from the novel is when he takes control of his own life after his father dies. His truer qualities as a leader tend to shine brighter than a hero towards the end of the book as he starts to act more independent but still follows in line with all the conditions he is put in. It even briefly mentions towards the end of the book when he says he looks into the mirror and he sees a man he never knew. This shows him as a leader because before he went through the terrors of Auschwitz he would walk around and not help anyone, not even himself. He is also a good leader throughout the book. It is actually quite clear throughout the book in the way he writes. He becomes more independent as a person as he spends more time in the concentration camps. For example, after his father dies he starts to push himself to make it to the end. He shows how he helps himself through all the obstacles that are thrown at him like when he is running from camp to camp and he sees one of his prison mates fall down and get shot. He leads himself and others several times throughout the book as
Follow The River by James Alexander Thom is about Mary Ingles gruesome but yet courageous tale of her remarkable 1,000 mile journey home after she had escaped form the captivity of the Shawnee Indians. Through Mary Ingles hard work and determination she proved that all obstacles big and small can be overcome.
What is a key attribute of a strong leader? Would he be strong, bold, courageous, fearless? Magellan, a portuguese captain during the fifteen hundreds crossed the world through the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Ferdinand Magellan did not deserve defense. He would treat his crewmen unfairly, put himself first, and was distracted from his goal. (Document A, B, C, D, E)
Leadership in Watership Down Many people possess leadership qualities, although they don’t rule a country. Meriwether Lewis, the official leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, has been called “undoubtedly the greatest pathfinder this country has ever known.” Just like Hazel, Meriwether Lewis led a group of followers into unknown territory. The two guides faced many difficult situations that they were able to overcome since they had the qualities of a notable leader.
What characteristics do leaders embody? In today’s society, leaders convey strength and kindness with no attention paid to their downfalls. In A Separate Peace, Phineas is a leader with flaws, despite his high standing amongst others. John Knowles characterizes Phineas as a naive and daring static character in his novel A “Separate Peace” by employing dialogue, action, and Gene’s descriptions and feelings towards him.
During these hard times, Uncle Jewiir said “One step at a time..one day at a time. Just today-just this day to get through,” which reminded Salva of so many things. During the river crossing, Salva had a fear of crocodiles. Pesistence ppushed him to face his fears and continue the walk.In the middle of the walk to the camp, Salva watched his uncle get robbed and killed. Salva’s self-confidence diminished. On top of his insecurity, the group he traveled with complained on how the Salva was a waste to their limited food supply and abandon him. However, Salva realized, “There is no one left to help me. They think I am weak and useless. Salva lifted his head proudly. They are wrong and I will prove it.” When the group grumbled, he felt persistence to prove him them wrong. Somehow, the group’s grumbling and fussing helped him become stronger. He felt more persisted to prove them wrong of their actions and feelings. He was thinking that someday they’ll look at him as a person to look up to or a hero, not the young helpless little boy he was. Eventually, Salva pursued that dream. He became stronger and became a leader during his walks. When Salva became a leader, he was persisted on getting to his destination. “When Salva heard stories, he thought of Marial. He felt his persistence growing, as it had in the days after Uncle’s death. I will get us safely to Kenya he thought No matter how hard it is.” Salva’s thought showed no matter what happened, he would keep on moving. Even though the group before once doubted him, he wasn’t going to let that halt the goal, even for a minute.His thoughts about his family persisted him. Persistence helped him succeed in his
A Long Way Gone, a book written by Ishmael Beah, is a memoir of his own struggle to survive during the civil war in Sierra Leone. A Long Way Gone was the first book Beah publish back in 2007, and has just recently published Radiance of Tomorrow in 2014. The True story of A Long Way Gone describes the life that Ishmael Beah was forced to face without the help of his family. The Title is appropriate because while facing all these challenges Beah changed drastically compared to the sweet child that he was at the start of the book. Beah becomes a long way gone from his younger days and becomes evil and vicious as the war comes to an end. I found A Long Way Gone to be a very interesting and intriguing read, due to the fact that once you started
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
In my book The Winter People and in the show Sons of liberty they both show When you are a leader you are stronger when you are protecting/fighting for someone you love/care for and how does that change our future and how we live today.
One day he would be fun and get high Lecrae another day was church Lecrae, he struggled with an identity issue, he lived two different worlds. Until one day he met God and it changed his life forever but, God had to put him through these trials to show him just how strong he really was. It is only though adversity that one can truly change and mature.
In the book, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva shows perseverance is key when facing life’s challenges.
evolutionary, a builder, a grower. He sees what is needed for people to successfully pass through