A Long Walk to Water Essay

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…

In Linda Sue Park’s Novel A Long Walk to Water, the main character Salva goes on a long journey to escape the Second Sudanese War. Salva is one of the Lost Boys. The Lost Boys are the boys that escaped the war without any family. Although Salva’s journey was overwhelming and difficult, he was able to survive with hope, memories of his family, and perseverance. Salva’s hope helps him survive through challenging situations. For example, when he hoped he would live through crossing the Gilo River…

A long walk to water Salva relied on not giving up and mental toughness and motivation. Imagine your town is under attack and you're in school then your teacher tells you to run but you want to go get your family but you alsodont want to save yourself from the horror in your city that is one of salvas problems. I probably could survived like salva because i’m pretty tough all you need is a positive attitude,mental toughness and motivation. A positive attitude is like you not…

A Lost Boy is Found Salva was one of 40,000 lost to survive a life in Sudan. Linda Sue Park wrote the book A Long Walk To Water. The book is about a boy named Salva and his journey while growing up away from him and walking from refugee camp to refugee camp in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Eventually he got selected to go to The United States of America and still loves in New York today. Salva is a survivor because he persevered through new settings and areas, overcame wild obstacles, and…

Plot Summary: The story takes place in China where the Leader of the country declares war on the sparrow population. Farmers blame sparrows for eating too many of China’s wheat grains and causing hardship for them. When Ming-Li learns of the plan to eliminate the sparrows by making noise for three consecutive days, she is afraid of the consequences of this terrible din. The next morning a tremendous noise of clanging gongs, crashing cymbals and exploding firecrackers wakes Ming-Li. She joins the…

In A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park tells a true story about one of the thousands of Lost Boys of Sudan, named Salva. Salva ran when the Second Sudanese Civil War hit his village. This story takes place in Southern Sudan to Ethiopia to Kenya. He moves from country to country to get away from the war. Also Linda made up a character, named Nya. Just to incite how life was after the war. Linda Sue Park’s main character, Salva survived by being strategic, by getting help from others, and by…

As once said by Marcus Samuelsson, “For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.” Dirty water is just one of many things that Salva had to go through in the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, where he faced many survival challenges such as thirst and loss of friends and family. All these challenges were very difficult for him, both mentally and physically. Even so, through all those…

In the book A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, the characters, Nya and Salva, share multitudes of analogies and distinctions. Salva's story takes place in 1985, during wartime, where boys were being recruited to serve for a side in the war. Nya's story takes place in 2008, after the war, but there are still cultural dilemmas. In both stories, culture, time, and place affect their future, who characters turn out to be and their survival. Culture is the beliefs of a certain group of people.…

Before I read the book A Long Walk to Water I never really knew how the rest of the world was in poverty stricken countries. I always thought that it was bad there but not to the extent of what that book showed me. It shows how the war has taken a toll on the people and countries there like the sudan lost boys who most of them never found there family again. I really don’t know how someone could survive out there in the wild of africa by themselves at such a young age. Also it shows that present…

“A Long Walk To Water,” a book about two kids who have obstacles to overcome. This amazing novel was written by the Newbery Medalist, Linda Sue Park. Who also wrote,” One Single Shard and Seesaw Girl.” Linda Sue Park writes realistic fiction. This story is about Salva Dut, a boy who is part of the dinka and separated from his family at a young age, due to war. And about Naya, a girl who is part of the nuer tribe, and has to walk eight hours a day to get water for her family, that isn’t even…