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    The Sudan Lifestyle By:Akilah Pena Do you know anything about Southern Sudan? According to the book “A Long Walk To Water” people can learn more about the Sudan lifestyle. Sudanese lifestyle is nothing like the lifestyle the United States has today. Most people from the United States think that the Sudanese lifestyle is worse than the United States today. Some people assign strong people to come and live in the United States to stay strong an healthy and to give them a fun life. Southern…

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    Throughout Salva's personal journey he learned many lessons that impacted him in A Long Walk to Water making him more independent, braver and more of a leader. Salva became more independent as a person because in the book A Long Walk to Water slava was left in a barn all by himself and he had to find a way to get to the refugee camp, I can support this because in the text it states “Finally he sat up and opened his eyes no one else was in the barn. Nobody.Nothing. They had left him. He was…

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    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 Nile river which were crocodile infested. Body 1 (Challenge and survival factor 1) Topic sentence: There have been many challenges for Salva in A Long Walk To Water. Challenge Description: Salva is alone after Uncle's death.…

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    A Long Walk To Water One of the very important themes in the book A Long Walk To Water is perseverance.The first example of perseverance is when Salva was crossing the Akobo Desert. Even though he had stubbed his toe and his whole toenail came off he found the perseverance in him to keep in going with the help of his uncle.The second example to prove that Perseverance is this book's theme is when salva had survived the Gilo River. The Gilo River was a river that at the time had dangerously…

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    Throughout salva’s personal journey he learned many lessons that impacted him in A Long Walk to Water making him more independent, braver and more of a leader. Salva became more independent as a person because in the book A Long Walk to Water slava was left in a barn all by himself and he had to find a way to get to the refugee camp, I can support this because in the text it states “Finally he sat up and opened his eyes no one else was in the barn. Nobody.Nothing. They had left him. He was…

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    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…

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    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!…

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    '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…

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    Food was seen as a gift during the war because it was in such high demand. Salva was extremly lucky to have encountered a memeber of the group who happend to follow a bird to their souce of nutrients. A bees nest. Their technquie of getting the bes out of the nest wasnt eaxactly the smartest but they had to do what they ever it took to get the one thing they desperattly yearned for." It was worth it, Salva thought as he touched his eye gingerly." Even though Salva has been stung by multiple bees…

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    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…

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