The Long Walk

Theme. A theme describes the message or the lesson that the author is trying to share. In the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, the theme is nature can present many challenges to humans. For example, on page eight it states, “Then she picked up another thorn and used it to poke and prod at the first one. She pressed her lips together against the pain.’’ This shows how Nya stands out from the rest of us when instead of crying to her mom like most of us would, she took another thorn…

concept of the Theorized that the "self" emerges from our ability to assume the point of view of others and imagine how those others see us, depending on the identity of the interactions that they meet or create into a society. In the book, The Long Walk written by Brian Castner, explains the story of Brian Castner…

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…

Never Give Up What if you were forced out by rebels and had to leave your own family behind? A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, is a realistic fiction novel. This story is a dual narrative. In the first storyline, Nya is a eleven year old girl, who is in the Nuer tribe, she lives in South Sudan. She must fetch water two times every day. In the second storyline, Salva, who is also an eleven year old boy, part of the Dinka tribe, and lives in South Sudan. Salva is forced to leave South…

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…

days of your life.” Bob Marley’s words perfectly capture the wild spirit of civil resistance, a non-violent act meant to cause a change in laws that goes against a ‘norm’, but doesn’t necessarily break a law. Odessa explores this concept in The Long Walk Home while she joins the Montgomery bus boycott to fight for equality among the races. While Odessa’s story is fictional, it is in fact based on a real event. Rosa Parks war arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white…

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…

Our day started every day around 4:00 – 5:00am with take down and folding the tent to carry in our backpack, filling 4-5 liters of water to prepare for the long hike during the day, putting all personal belongings in the backpack, cleaning the fire pit and the campsite using leave no trace techniques. We then hiked 4-12 miles every day depending on the itinerary. When we arrived at the campsite at the end of the day, we participated in the activities we had signed up for. We would then set up…

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…

The long walk had been bear by Native American in the 1860’s after they were discharged from Fort Sumner. There are countless murals in New Mexico depicting The Long Walk, but there is one in Gallup, New Mexico located on Third and Hill that stands out. Richard K. Yazzie is a local artist that collaborates with the City of Gallup create this painting. Those painting is to recall the torment that Native American have encountered. Furthermore, there are four parts to this painting and each…