Theme. A theme describes the message or the lesson that the author is trying to share. In the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, the theme is nature can present many challenges to humans. For example, on page eight it states, “Then she picked up another thorn and used it to poke and prod at the first one. She pressed her lips together against the pain.’’ This shows how Nya stands out from the rest of us when instead of crying to her mom like most of us would, she took another thorn and got the first one out. She is spending half of her day walking to get limited water for her and the rest of her family. Most people cannot relate to Nya in this situation; because of the fact she dealt with the pain and continued her journey when she
