The Long Walk

In today’s society, individuals are simply expected to be loyal citizens of their countries by adhering to their nation’s laws and paying annual federal taxes. Moreover, this notion has remained constant even throughout our revolutionizing history and has made the opportunity of equal rights for everyone regardless of gender or race seem almost unattainable. In Nobodies: Does Slavery Still Exist? by John Bowe and Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela, both authors expose the brutal sufferings of select individuals’ everyday lives and how these revelations have inspired ordinary citizens to stand up against their government and call for a necessary, significant change. However, the extent of contribution from a citizen’s proper role to gain…

dinner and other household chores. He then stopped persisting and asked that I come out to play with him on the condition that I would walk him to the gate down the road. I relented and got up to walk with him even against my better judgement. I must have noticeably winced since he gave me a funny look. When we got a little ways down the dirt road, he asked me, “Are you unwell?” I could only stare at him in response, for I could not tell him of what father had been doing to me. He asked me…

reaching my destination. More than the natural green scenery, I found the ups and downs of the ground, knotted roots, and tree acting like fences intriguing. This was when I noticed my love for trails. It did not matter if the trail had a great scenery or not nor did it matter if I was all alone. The word ‘trail ' originates from old French 'trailler ' which means to tow or to pull. The irony lies in the fact that the sight of a trail I have never come across before, has the power to pull/…

February 6, 2015 will always be a significant day in my life. It was a Friday, and it was also the day my aunt Pam lost her life to a tough battle with multiple different types of cancer. It was heartbreaking news, and all I wanted to do after finding out was go lay in my bed and cry. However, that 's not what happened, and the day was long from being over. It was a sunny, somewhat chilly Friday afternoon, and I was supposed to be dismissed early from my 7th period class to board the basketball…

Where were we going to live now? Back to the orange house we go. My mother was still living at this house but we had nowhere else to go. My brother Nick was spending most night at a friend’s house so it was just me and my mom and dad. They hated each other and alcohol did not help the situation. One fall night my mother was drinking as I was playing chess with my dad. They were arguing as usual and then it got violent. My mother started bashing her head through the glass china cabinet that sat…

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…

The long walk was endured my Native American in 1860’s after they were release from Fort Sumner. One of many painting is located around New Mexico but one particular painting is located on Third and Hill in Gallup, NM. Richard K. Yazzie is a local artist that collaborate with the City of Gallup create this painting. The painting is to remember the suffering that Native American have experienced. There is four part to this painting and each represent the season during the year; spring, summer,…

needs met: food, water, safety. Only after those needs have been met can they move on to thinking about their wants. Some people sadly never get the opportunity to even begin to think about the things they want because they hardly have the things they need. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park follows the stories of two people growing up in Southern Sudan in different timelines. They both face struggles beyond what people growing up in first world countries could imagine. Nya and Salva hardly…

grow older their views change and things happen in their life that they change who they want their role model to be. A lot of people choose their mothers or a certain person or character that has achieved a lot in life and stand for a specific cause to be their new role model. Films that have been viewed in class that have good strong female role models are: alone yet not alone, gone with the wind, places in the heart, the long walk home, the Harvey girls, and iron jawed angles. Alone yet not…

A Long Walk to Water Theme: Perseverance Perseverance is an important theme in A Long Walk to Water. The first example of perseverance is when Nya had to persevere on her walk to the pond to collect water. On her trip that she took twice a day, she had to face a lot of thorns and extreme heat. If Nya did not persevere, she would not be able to collect water for her family. Without water, Nya’s family and herself would die within days. But because Nya had persevered on her daily journeys, she…