A Long Walk to Water

There's many factors that leads to one's survival. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is a creative non-fiction story about the life of one of the Lost Boys from South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War; whose name is Salva. His journey wasn't the easiest in fact he was at risk for dying at any given second. There were multiple factors contributing to his survival, his uncle, determination, and physical resources. Salva's uncle was one of the main factors. He gave Salva the will to go on so he doesn't lose sight of what's important. Traveling across the hot dense desert isn't easy. Given the circumstances survival wasn't likely. But Salva proved that with willpower the toughest challenges can be overcome. While entrenched in the ongoing war, Salva needed physical resources to survive this includes people and necessities such as food and water. Although Salva's journey wasn't easy the reward was worth the effort. So factors such as his uncle, will power, and the obvious physical resources pushed Salva to become a successful person. One of the main factors of survival was Salva's uncle. When Salva was in desperate times uncle contributed to his wellbeing. Uncle has offered him advice to cope, a need to go on, and food to keep him fed. It's very hard for a person to move on especially for Salva. Salva was alone. He didnt have any support emotionally or phyisically , but when he finally thought he made a friend who could relate to him, a fatal even occurs that causes dalav's friend Marial to pass .On page 41, the author states, "Salva I will shoot any lion that comes near." It's an unfortunate situation. Just as Salva thought he's made a friend, he becomes alone again. Salva's now reassured that he's protected from the wildlife which gives him sense of relief.Salva knows that he has a person that could potentially be the difference between life or death in the given situation. When walking in the desert, it was very understandable