A Long Walk to Water Essay

'In the book, A Long Walk To Water, a sudanese boy named Salva had to overcome hundreds of deadly challenges, survive a war, walk for over one thousand miles in harsh terrain with unknown dangers, lead thousands of boys to safety, and even live in an entirely new country but no matter how hard the challenge was Salva always came through. In this essay I will talk about how Salva overcame all his challenges with his persistence, help from his his uncle, and memories of his family. Salva’s Uncle…

who live in the third world countries such as Ethiopia and Sudan, even a few dollars or a cup of water is a great help. However, in today’s society, most people only care about themselves and forget to think of others in need. Less and less people are willing to help others. Moreover, some people once accepted help, but they forget that many are like them that need help. The book A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, is a story about Salva, who is forced to leave his family and village…

In 1985 war in South Sudan caused many people to starve, dehydrate, or get sick from the water. Salva Dut faced most of these throughout his life. In the book A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park wrote about Salva’s journey away from the war, and everything that happened during his trip to safety. It talked about everything from him leaving school because the war to him moving to New York. Salva went through so much throughout his life one major issue being war. “CRACK! POP-POP-CRACK!…

A Long Walk To Water LINDA SUE PARK Have you ever been in a life threating situation? Salva Dut has. Salva has been in many life threating situations. Salva has been without food and water for long periods of times.Salva has also lost his family in a war that broke out while he was at school. Salva had it rough not much food, water, friends, and not much family at all. He lived life as it hit him he never back down and never gave up. He was…

exploring nature’s life cycle. Titled, ‘Life and Living’ our young Science and Technology investigators; experimented, discovered and examined Bee Pollinators and used their I-Pads to photograph dissected flowers and annotate their diagrams. ‘A Long Walk to Water’, was read and studied. Its cultural importance and linguistic contexts were investigated, culminating in a new appreciation of Australian History. The Junior School Swimming Carnival saw term one end with a splash. Term two, had our…

A few weeks ago, we began to learn about a country in Africa called South Sudan. The lesson started when we read the book, A Long Walk To Water, everyday we went to class. Often times we get to discuss more about South Sudan and the events happening within the country and the countries bordering it. There are a lot of information to know about South Sudan such as the location, war, religion, history, culture and how it was considered the world’s newest country. Sudan and South Sudan are…

In book “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park a character named Salva describes, “The soldiers fired their guns into the air and chased the people away from the camp… They are driving us back to Sudan,”(Park 75). This showed a community not accepting someone. In Ethiopia, they were driving out foreign refugees, rejecting them, just like the community did right when Ha, a character in the book “Inside Out and Back Again” by Thanhha Lai, showed up, but in a more forceful way. This relates to Ha…

Violets Point of View Year: 1864 As I’m sitting here outside of my old family home I think about what led up to this moment. What led me up to this point? What brought me to the point where I killed my best friend, my only friend. Nate my best and only friend who has ever cared for me and the only person I have ever cared for. I think back to the moment I first met Nate. At the time we were 7 years old. We had quickly become best of friends over only a few months…

with new challenges and people. Social justice novels do just that. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park and Don’t You Dare Read this, Mrs.Dunphrey by Margaret Haddix are both great social justice novels and when put against each other both do well in telling a story and presenting challenges to be overcome by the main character(s). One of them, however, is a true story and has a very satisfying finish. A Long Walk to Water is really enjoyable for the reader to learn about the difficulties…

What is a personal journey? A personal journey is the way a person changes throughout a series of events that take place in their life. In the beginning of the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva was just a young boy who attended school daily and depended on his parents for food. But when war struck his village, he would have to be separated from his family and live on his own until he found them again. By the end of the book, Salva had grown into a much more mature person.…