Long Walk To Water Theme

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I read a book called a long walk to water by linda sue parks. There was a boy named salva, he live in southern sudan and he was at school one day. It was a normal day or so he thought they heard gunshots outside. They were told to run into the bush not back home and so he did. He was considered a lost boy and he could not find his family. He was sure that his family was dead because he has been in a refugee camp for about 16 years. Then he gets adopted by a family in america and he gets some exciting and sad news. I believe that my theme is perseverance pays off . I think this is the theme because when every he hit a bump in the road he shook it off and even fixt the road on the way. Another reason why I think the theme is perseverance pays off because after he perceived walking and made it to a refugee camp he got an invited to go to america.Salva worked hard and he made it happen. …show more content…
When salva was about 17 the refugee camp they were in closed down so he made it passed the river without giving up in the darkest time ever he watched people get killed next to him and even give up on hope . He became a leaded of 150 boys and they had to walk through the part of sudan that still was in war. They had to walk at night and sometimes they walked in circles but they never gave up. Michael a worker at a refugee camp said to salva that he learns fast because you work hard. “But slowly, with oures of hard work over months and years ,his english

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