Character Analysis: A Long Walk To Water

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In the novel a long walk to water by Lind Sav Park, Nya was a person who would walk for water. Salva ran away from war so he won't die, and Salva found Nya and he build a well in Nya village. Salva found his uncle. Salva learned how to speak english because he went to america. Salva was the age of 11. Salva was in the dinka tribe. The factors that made survival possible for Salva is that he learned how to read and write english and has to take care of himself. The first survival factor Salva used was that he left the camp and went to a new one. Salva left the camp because it felt like a prison . “After two years of misery at kakama, Salva decided to leave the cam for the south and west”. This evidence proves that Salva survive because he

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