Lost Boys of Sudan

As the war drove in, 20,000 young boys had to flee their homes. In South Sudan around 1979, Abraham Alter was forced to flee his home after the civil war. Abraham Alter was only nine years old when he had to flee. The war caused over 20,000 boys to flee their homes. Only half of them survived the long walk to Kenya. This is how 9-year-old Abraham Alter survived the walk through the desert. Abraham Alter survived with not a lot of food and water when he crossed the desert to Kenya. He got to…

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…

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 day Africa still isn’t much different and that Nya has to walk 8 hours a day just to get one container of water. Salva is a much braver boy then I would have been at his age, he not only survived the war in sudan by himself but also did one of the…

importance of hygiene, latrines, and hand washing with soap from our hygiene sessions in their village, the brothers decided to construct their own latrine. The boys faced incredible challenges like poor soil quality, heavy rains, and their own physical limitations—Mariak needs crutches to walk, and Deng is blind. But despite these obstacles, the boys did not give up. They dug a three-meter pit latrine and built a hand washing facility, both of which are fully functional. Now Deng and Mariak are…

different settings in this book is Southern Sudan and the United States. A difference between the two settings is that one setting takes place from 1985, and the other setting takes place in 2008. I would rather live in the United States because I think there is more opportunities in the United States than Sudan. For example, in the United States, you don’t have to be worrying about walking 8 hours to get your family’s water like you do if you were living in Sudan. If you lived in the United…

Me and Martha from Lost boy, lost girl have a few similarities. Both of us share our family structure and our lifestyles. Martha’s lifestyle is very unique. Martha is part of a Dinka tribe. Her whole world changes when a civil war breaks out in Sudan. She has to escape the militia before they get to her and her sister Tabitha. Already you can see that Martha will have to stay close to her sister and depend on her “family’” to help take care of them. From the story you can see that Martha loves…

absolutely stood out to me was when Lopez and other kids were in the huts after kidnapped. Children kept on dying each morning. "Looking closer I noticed these sleepy boys did not stir at all. They were dead." Lopez said. (Page 12 lines 6-7). This is a very horrific thing to…

task despite difficulty and delay in achieving success . There were five stories that were read but three that really stood out and best represented the act of perseverance . The three texts were Mother and son ,The trapeze act and lastly the the Lost boys . These three stories represent what perseverance means, and that is being brave and courageous and not giving up . The first text that demonstrates perseverance is mother and son . This text demonstrates perseverance because the mother is…

In A long walk to water, Linda Sue Park tells the story of a lost boy refugee, destined to cover africa on foot, searching for his family and safety. The story takes place in southern sudan, 1985.In the beginning of the book salva lived a normal life, but it takes a turn when out of nowhere a war began, and salva was told not to go back to his village and just go to the bushes where is is safe.Salva than became a lost boy finding a way to cope with this type of situation where he don’t know…

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!…