A boy named salva
Nine men collapsed on the sand one made a small desperate motion, another tried to raise his hand but fell back down. Five men lost to the desert that day, but Salva a young boy in linda Sue Park's book A Long Walk To Water, never lost the fight.
Salva age of only eleven, was a happy child. One afternoon at school Salva was not paying much attention to the teacher because he already knew the country's national language. Until he heard loud pops and men shouting. Shortly after the shots stopped the teacher told the boys to fun, run far away from the school, “do not go home!” he told them. Salva did as he was told, he ran as far and as hard as he could until he could not run anymore, Salva walked for hours farther and farther away from his family.(9)
Salva eventually joined a group that was walking to no destination in site. Until he awoke alone in a barn the next morning.. The group he was walking with up until that point had left him, the only logical reason he could come up with was ‘because he was a child . . . Who might tire easily and slow them down, and complain about being hungry, and cause trouble somehow.’(15) after some time he decided to try see who was in the house next to the barn. A lady from him tribe was sitting on the porch. The Dinka lady saw him and …show more content…
Ones again , Salva felt the pain of losing someone he loved. Later in the book the group was walking through desert when the group walked by nine men laying on the ground for barely alive(58). Even though he wanted to help he could not because he does not have enough water. After getting to a pool of muddy water and about to eat some people came to the group and mugged them. Took everything they would. And when they were done, they shot Salva's
Nine men collapsed on the sand one made a small desperate motion, another tried to raise his hand but fell back down. Five men lost to the desert that day, but Salva a young boy in linda Sue Park's book A Long Walk To Water, never lost the fight.
Salva age of only eleven, was a happy child. One afternoon at school Salva was not paying much attention to the teacher because he already knew the country's national language. Until he heard loud pops and men shouting. Shortly after the shots stopped the teacher told the boys to fun, run far away from the school, “do not go home!” he told them. Salva did as he was told, he ran as far and as hard as he could until he could not run anymore, Salva walked for hours farther and farther away from his family.(9)
Salva eventually joined a group that was walking to no destination in site. Until he awoke alone in a barn the next morning.. The group he was walking with up until that point had left him, the only logical reason he could come up with was ‘because he was a child . . . Who might tire easily and slow them down, and complain about being hungry, and cause trouble somehow.’(15) after some time he decided to try see who was in the house next to the barn. A lady from him tribe was sitting on the porch. The Dinka lady saw him and …show more content…
Ones again , Salva felt the pain of losing someone he loved. Later in the book the group was walking through desert when the group walked by nine men laying on the ground for barely alive(58). Even though he wanted to help he could not because he does not have enough water. After getting to a pool of muddy water and about to eat some people came to the group and mugged them. Took everything they would. And when they were done, they shot Salva's