Journey To A River Analysis

The Author does have an overall message to the book. The message to this book is never to give up and have hope. Salva is forced to run away from his family to get away from war. He walked for hundreds of miles trying to get to a safe place such as the refugee camp in Ethiopia. On his journey, he lost a friend; he lost his uncle; he was ignored and was considered the runt of the group, but that didn’t put him down. He never gave up, and he never lost hope. Because he never gave up and had hope he successfully made it to the refugee camp. The same story for Nya. Nya made distant trips to the pond and back home. No matter what happened on the journey to the pond, Nya wouldn’t give up. Instead, she had hope that she would make it to the pond and back, no matter what the cost was.

The message to this book is never to give up and have hope. I know this is the message because Salva is forced to run away from his family to get away from war. He walked for hundreds of miles trying to get to a safe place such as the refugee camp in Ethiopia. On his journey, Salva lost a friend; he lost his uncle; he was ignored and was considered the runt of the group, but that didn’t put him down. He never gave up, and he never
No matter what happened on the journey to the pond, Nya wouldn’t give up. Instead, she had hope that she would make it to the pond and back, no matter what the cost was. I know that never give up and have hope is the message because on page 14-15 it states " With the water balanced on her head, and her foot still sore from the thorn, Nya knew that it would take longer than coming had. But she might be home by noon if everything went right." This shows how Nya had hopes that everything would go right and that she would be back home by midday. This also indicates that Nya never gave up because even though there was a bucket of water balanced on her head and that her foot was sore, she kept walking