"A Long Walk To Water" by Linda Sue Park describes the life of a female child living in poverty. Nya is 11 and Nuer, a rival tribe with the Dinka. She has to walk a very long way to get water for her family because she is a girl. Her younger sister, Akeer gets sick from the muddy water that they all have to drink, because they don't have a well. Then Nya's father, the chief, talks with a visitor and the visitor tells him there is water between two trees.…
Linda Sue Park wrote the novel A Long Walk To Water; about a young boy named Salva who made a 10,000+ mile trek completely isolated from his friends and family. At 11 years old, he ran into the bush with other boys after fighting broke out near his local school. After more than 7 months of walking in a deadly and mortiferous terrain, Salva Dut Ariik makes his way to a refugee camp, first in Ethiopia, then in Kenya. Despite the fear of his future, Salva had to demonstrate courage, being resourceful, and persistent.…
Connected Life Journeys In “A Long Walk To Water” written by Linda Sue Park. There are two stories, one of a boy named Salva, and the other of a girl named Nya. They both lived in Southern Sudan; although at different times. Salva’s taking place in 1985, and Nya’s taking place in 2008.…
Sudan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Constant war is always going on, and to be a child in the mix is very horrifying. It’s very hard and scary to try to be a leader knowing you could die at any given moment. In the book, A Long Walk to Water, two different stories with two main characters, Salva and Nya. Both stories take place in Sudan.…
I have been living here at 100 Oakway dr. Richmond, VA for over a year now. As you know, I am in apartment number 2b with apartment number 32c above me. For 3 months now, I have been experiencing loud barking and banging from above. I know already that there should be no animals here in Oakway, but it seems to me that apartment number 32c is not aware, or are not concerned with the rules. I have made several attempts to speak to Ms. Dale about the dog and how loud they are, but she always tells me they are her kids and “kids will be kids.”…
On Saturday, the 6th of February, I was working at my station when Lorena, the supervisor arrived. She asked me if I had changed the lock on the locker that was behind the Whiskey Down. I told her no because I thought she was referring to the big locker that everyone has a key to. She told me that they told her that the lock would not open. I then proceeded to show her that with the key that was there on the lock, the lock could be opened without an issue.…
It all began during the summer of 2015. I had just taken my beat- up fossil of a john- boat off of Gun Lake to fish in a different lake, and were going to put it back on Gun Lake at my grandparent’s house. After rinsing the multitude of worm guts and dirt out of it, we were going to put it back into the lake. My grandparent’s neighbor, Hal, got the chance to come along with me. We vaulted into what we called the “Rhino”, a quad equipped with a driver’s and passenger’s seat.…
It was July 2nd, 2010 and we were at my brother’s last freshman baseball game of the year. After that we got home and got our bags made sure we had everything and then we hit the road it was about 4:30 p.m. when we started to head to Chicago. I was excited because it was my first time being out of the state of Iowa. On the way down to Chicago we were listening to the Cubs game and they won that game and the next day was the game we were going to.…
On a warm starry night, I was out at a softball game of my dad’s at the Eureka Lake. I was with friends, we were messing around. Little did we know what was going to be hit upon us. I was at my dad’s softball game and my friends were there too. Their dad was on the other team.…
We didn’t need to choose where we wanted to go over the winter break, my mom was very eager to go to Lake Tahoe. My sister and I just wanted to stay home and sleep, but my mom said we needed to go out, after all, she’s the one that makes us stay ome. I didn’t have a clue what Lake Tahoe was. I found about that Lake Tahoe was a lake far up north and on the border of Nevada.…
One night my friend Andrew McBride had a party at Hampton Inn. As soon as we got there we jumped into the pool. Me, Jordan, Dalton, Aidan,Ty,Andrew, Sam, and Landen were all there. We went into the hot-tub and back into the pool. After that we went upstairs to our room and ate Razorback Pizza and Cookie Cake.…
First Day at the Lake “Brooklyn, wake up. It's time to get up and get dressed and get ready to leave.” My dad said as he shook me awake. It was mid summer and my plane awaits my family and I. As I rolled over and opened my eyes, looking at my alarm clock, I noticed it was 4:08am. I was really excited to get up and get ready to leave.…
The spotlight is in my eyes. The hubbub dies down to an anticipatory, judgmental silence, daring me to break it. I look back, making sure the band is ready. Thumbs up: it’s time to roll. I tap my foot to the rhythm.…
My vision started to fail on mile four of the six-mile hike. Small white specks flickered across my field of vision. The next thing to go was my hearing, followed by my ability to walk in a straight line. My platoon sergeant saw the signs of heat stroke and forced me to stop. I should have stopped myself, but all I could think was: you will finish this, or you will die trying.…
Salva and Nya thirst for more than the water as their parallel stories unfold in Linda Sue Park A Long Walk To Water. Even Though there stories are far apart Sudan's struggle is still a active problem.…