Salva. He was once just a regular kid in southern Sudan but, he didn’t know his life was about to change forever. His struggle for survival is his village is attacked while he’s at school and he has to go out into the “bush” alone and survive through all his hardships throughout this novel. It changes his struggle by having to cope with his friends and family dying and also getting to refugee camps.In this time of war, Salva has to keep dealing his group leaving him twice and on his third group having his only people he’s close to being killed.
Nya. She is a girl also in Southern Sudan but, she is in the Nuer tribe and also she lives in a different time. Her village struggles to get water so, her struggle for survival in some ways is close to Salva’s struggle. Nya each day has to travel back and forth once a day to get water at the pond(we don’t know the name of the pond). Her and Salva both struggle to survive through each day but, not in the same ways and at the same age.
“Salva stopped walking. Ethiopia? That is another country! We can’t walk all the way there.” -Page 30
This quote is from the scene where Marial (The first friend Salva made in the group) tells Salva the group is heading east toward Ethiopia. This means Salva was heading farther and farther away from not only his home but, his only chance at finding any remaining …show more content…
I’ve been taught this by reading about how Salva has been traveling through countries and had to survive in many different ways throughout the novel. Nya has taught me this through even though she had to travel to get water, her village eventually gets water and she can go to school much like Salva before he became a refugee. If you read the book entirely the book can paint a different image in everyone’s head but, the last thing I will say is Salva and Nya both survived through each of their
Nya. She is a girl also in Southern Sudan but, she is in the Nuer tribe and also she lives in a different time. Her village struggles to get water so, her struggle for survival in some ways is close to Salva’s struggle. Nya each day has to travel back and forth once a day to get water at the pond(we don’t know the name of the pond). Her and Salva both struggle to survive through each day but, not in the same ways and at the same age.
“Salva stopped walking. Ethiopia? That is another country! We can’t walk all the way there.” -Page 30
This quote is from the scene where Marial (The first friend Salva made in the group) tells Salva the group is heading east toward Ethiopia. This means Salva was heading farther and farther away from not only his home but, his only chance at finding any remaining …show more content…
I’ve been taught this by reading about how Salva has been traveling through countries and had to survive in many different ways throughout the novel. Nya has taught me this through even though she had to travel to get water, her village eventually gets water and she can go to school much like Salva before he became a refugee. If you read the book entirely the book can paint a different image in everyone’s head but, the last thing I will say is Salva and Nya both survived through each of their