In the text “A Long Walk to Water”‚ by Linda Sue Park‚ there are many themes that are developing as we read. Some of these themes are abandonment‚ poverty‚ loneliness‚ etc. we will explore how these themes have developed thus far in the novel. When reading the text we can see the theme of poverty through Nya’s story. As stated on page 8‚ chapter 2‚ the narrators says‚ “…she looked at the bottom of her foot. There it was‚ a big thorn that had broken off right in the middle of her heel. If Nya had
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In the non-fiction novel A long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park the author focuses on the survival of Salva Dut a boy who”s behavior goes from happy and joyful to scared and timid and then being proud of who he is. The story takes place in Southern Sudan‚ Kenya and Ethiopia but there is a war going on at the time. The government in the north was trying to convert the people in the south to Muslim but they were fighting back. At first Salva was at school when the shooting started happening
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hostile environments. There is a war over religion splitting up Sudan. Rebel soldiers are fighting the government‚ and people are being displaced from the homes and families. This describes the experience of Salva‚ a 12 year old boy from the novel A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue park. In this novel individuals have to face challenging terrain and dangerous routes against the odds of survival. Main character‚ Salva Dut‚ was able to survive through an extremely challenging journey because of his
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water in the heat of Sudan. She follows her culture by going every morning to the well and get water so they could survive. And she influnces place because when it get to the dry season she has to walk farther away to get water because where she used to got the water dyed out and it took three days of a walk just to get a bucket of water for that day. But the pond wasnt as clean as our water and Nya got sick. They would have to move every 5 months to camp for closer water and then come back home. Nya
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In “Just Walk on By” by Brent Staples he discusses his personal experiences with the all too familiar idea’s that white people‚ specifically women‚ have about black men. “To her‚ the youngish black man- a broad six feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair‚ both hands shoved into the pockets on a bulky military jacket- seemed menacingly close. After a few more quick glances‚ she picked up her pace and was soon running in earnest.” This was how Staples described his experience with his first
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Daniel Huff The Long Walk Home 1) There was a lot of striking moments in this movie. But to me the most striking and memorable moment was the last scene in the movie. This was the most memorable moment because the way the black people were getting yelled at just because the wanted to be as equal as everyone else. Also I liked how they didn’t retaliate and all they did was sing. They really proved violence didn’t solve anything. 2) Miriam Thompson moral development at the beginning of the
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The novel called “A Long Walk to Water”‚ a boy named John is the main character. John is very different than me‚ and I would like to show the differences of chores and climate‚ but there are also similarities such as honoring an important person when they pass away. To tell how things are for boys in Sudan to the boys here in the U.S. In the novel‚ the females go do chores such as lead the cows outside‚ cleaning the floor and cooking while the males go hunting and protect the cattle which are very
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book was a great entrance book to Stephen King written books. Title: “The Long Walk” makes you wonder what is the walk about and what makes it so long. It caught my eye when I searching for a book by this author to read. It fits very well with the text of the book‚ not once does it make you think twice about the title. Pictures/Book Jacket/Cover/Printing: The book cover says ‘Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman‚ The Long Walk” followed by a pair of bloody sneakers. I was ready and eager to read the
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Linda Sue Park’s novel‚ A Long Walk To Water told the story about a boy named Salva Dut who is one of the Lost Boys Of Sudan that survived in the war‚ and he was a refugee boy because of the war.During the war‚ Salva lost his family and starving of hunger.Perseverance help Salva with limited food and the loss of family. One of the challenge Salva faces in A Long Walk To Water is losing his family.A Lion reach to the group when they were sleeping.When they were sleeping Marial got taking away from
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Antigone‚ the characters‚ and story line very much compare with the movie‚ "The Long Walk Home." In the story‚ Antigone‚ a young girl named Antigone is stuck in the middle of a crisis in which she must make an important decision whereas in the movie "The long walk home" Odessa‚ a black maid‚ must fight off racism and raise the family of her own as well as her employers. Both the play Antigone and the movie‚ "The long walk home" have many things in common. For example both of these tales have to do
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