Comparing Nya's A Long Walk To Water

Before I read the book A Long Walk to Water I never really knew how the rest of the world was in poverty stricken countries. I always thought that it was bad there but not to the extent of what that book showed me. It shows how the war has taken a toll on the people and countries there like the sudan lost boys who most of them never found there family again. I really don’t know how someone could survive out there in the wild of africa by themselves at such a young age. Also it shows that present day Africa still isn’t much different and that Nya has to walk 8 hours a day just to get one container of water.

Salva is a much braver boy then I would have been at his age, he not only survived the war in sudan by himself but also did one of the hardest things to do there which is get to America. When I was at his age I was scared of clowns and to think what he would have gone through with all those animals out at night when he had no place to sleep or live.

Most kids in the United States and in more developed countries over look the small things like electricity, water, food, and shelter all because it has always …show more content…
Salva had to go through with thinking he would never see his family again and also journeying through not only Africa with all it’s dangerous animals but also a war zone of south and north sudan and trying to stay away from the fighting. Nya had to walk everyday to go get water that was 8 hours away! I normally complain if I have to travel to my grandparents which live 2 hours away, but she has to walk that 8 hours, at least I have the comfort of riding in a car all the way there while watching a