A Long Walk To Water Analysis

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. Salva’s father was a rich man and sending Salva to school (Park p. 2). Salva was thinking about playing with his brothers and making cow out of clay and having a good time (Park p. 3). He was thinking about the good times when one of the brothers shot something with their bow and how juicy the food would come out (Park p. 3). Every day of Salva’s life He would raise his hand in greeting to his mother and she would go prepare him a bowl of milk (Park p. 4,5). It was all cheerful times
110). A group of 1000 boys including Salva walk to refugee camp and he is the leader and proud to one too (Park p. 80). After a few months and meeting his father Salva decides to help the people of South Sudan by making water wells at villages who don’t have a water supply (Park p. 107). Salva spoke at dozens of places about his new project (Park p. 109). Now look where he is, he has saved many lives by giving them water. The book A Long Walk to Water is written by Linda Sue Park. Salva is a boy with a brave heart. He goes through a long journey and finds his inner courage and strength. Some literary elements and devices used in this book are metaphors and similes like Salva calling a plane a big metal bird. Ater Thiep was also a lost boy who also made it to the United