A Long Walk to Water Essay

Although the movie “A Good Lie” and the book “ A Long Walk to Water” are very similar, they also have many differences. The stories talk about different perspectives of the war and how each of the characters went through that war and what they did when the Northern Governments destroyed their villages. They were forced to run away from their burnt villages in essence that if they stayed there, they would be killed. The characters are part of The Lost Boys in both stories and are on their way to…

The Sudan: A Long Walk to Water The Sudan is a North African country sharing borders with the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, has been the concern of the world due to its civil war, the lost boys, and the many people who have lost their homes since its independence from British and Egyptian rule in 1956. The countless conflicts have caused millions of Sudaneses to died and fled the country in hopes of surviving, so one day, they can…

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. Salva and Nya’s life journeys both involved war, walking, and family. In the end their lives connected each other together in a beautiful way. Salva and Nya’s journeys are alike because they both had to…

The Journey in Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water was very challenging to everyone who traveled. Though the main character, Salva, went through many challeges in the journey, he survived the journey with determination, and the knowledge to survive. Salva did many things in his long journey, and he definetly worked very hard, for his survival. On page 43 the text states, “‘Salva staggered forward with yet another enormous load of reed in his arms. Everyone was busy’ (43).” This means that…

Never Give Up What if you were forced out by rebels and had to leave your own family behind? A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, is a realistic fiction novel. This story is a dual narrative. In the first storyline, Nya is a eleven year old girl, who is in the Nuer tribe, she lives in South Sudan. She must fetch water two times every day. In the second storyline, Salva, who is also an eleven year old boy, part of the Dinka tribe, and lives in South Sudan. Salva is forced to leave South…

people get through life. In the novel, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, acceptance comes in and out of the story, many times. One example was that the old woman let Salva stay in her barn for many nights before he had to go walk to the refugee camp. Another example was that Salva accepted another part of a Dinka tribe and the Jur-Chol into their group to walk with them to the refugee camp. My last example was that Salva accepted fifteen hundred boys to walk with him to the refugee camp…

Over two million people died during the 30 year war in Sudan. In the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park there is a story about a boy named Salva and his journey through life, and the struggles of being in Sudan during the war. Somehow, Salva managed to survive through adapting to new cultures, winning the battles of dangerous situations, and losing loved ones throughout the book. In A Long Walk to Water, Salva had to adapt to a new culture to become an American. When Salva discovered…

A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, is about an 11-year-old boy named Salva. He lives in Southern Sudan in 1985, during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He ends up having to flee his village, Loun-Ariik, not knowing if he will ever see his family again. The factors that made survival possible for Salva are individuals, such as Uncle, groups/organizations, like the refugee camps, and Salva's strength, both physical and psychological. Salva would not have been able to make it to 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…

supplies. The people of south sudan had to have confidence, persistence and hope. The book Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park has two main characters, Salva and Nya. The book follows their story through different time periods in Southern Sudan. Salvas life is affected in 1987 by warfare. Nyas life is affected by the lack of water and food and having to journey every day on foot to get unsanitary water. Salva and Nya persist through life threatening events and are able to survive.…