Linda Sue Park

In 1987 sudan had terrible living conditions such as warfare limiting their 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. One survival factor for Salva is persistence. One example of this is “The soldiers were forcing them into the water.” (72) This shows that Salva will have to swim through crocodile infested waters and persist. A second example of this is “..as they trudged through the heat.” (73) This shows Salva will need to keep going even in the burning heat. “Salva saw the telltale flick of a crocodile's tail flop down near a man's hand…”(77) Salva will need to persist through the fear of being killed. Salva needs to persist throughout the book.…

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park is historical fiction because it takes place in 12th century Korea. Tree-Ear is an orphan who lives with his friend Crane-Man, who is disabled because of his leg. Tree-Ear has always been interested in pottery and he discovers Min who is a master potter which makes Tree-Ear very interested. One day when Tree-Ear sneaks into Min’s house and finds his pottery, he can’t help but touch it. As he is holding the beautiful pottery, Min walks in. This startles Tree-Ear…

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…

Accepting others helps 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…

Essay Outline Introduction Hook: Salva's everyday struggle has shown how difficult life can be. In Sudan, people had to go through some of his exact problems every day in the Sudanese civil war. Transition Sentence(name of the book and brief background knowledge of Sudanese war and Salva): In a Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva experiences many challenges as a result of the Sudanese War. Thesis/Claim: Challenges such as, Salva's Uncle had died in the war, Salva had to cross the…

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…

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…

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…

Could you Imagine the things people go through and done just to survive. Well in the book called “A Long walk to Water “ BY: Linda Sue Park, two characters ( Salva & Nya ) have done stuff to survive. Ethier running for your life or walking for hours to get water. In my opinion survive means a person who remains alive. But according to the dictionary it means: to continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship. A time Salva had to survived was by…

He was tied to a tree and 3 gun shots rang and my heart dropped a long walk to water by linda sue park. salva is a survivor because he was shot at while almost getting drowned. he lost he family, and became a leader to over 200 lost boys. Salva and all of the other people at the refuge cape were lead out into the desert and forced to get in while being shot at. The refugee camp was forced to shut down because the government fell and they would no longer allow refugees to live in their…