Character Analysis: A Long Walk To Water

“Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope.” (Page 117)
-Salva Dut
In Sudan the water is the hardest thing to get, imagine you going to walk 5 miles to get a 45lb water jug, then put on your head and walk another 5 mile all the way back home, but the water in the jug is full of insects and bacteria that can make you sick or even death after while the natural water will dry up so you and your family have to move with it and you walk again for miles they hope to find water and they won’t get killed by humans or animals. Salva is changing this cycle of moving with the water by raising money for them, but he could not have done it if he was not a water follower himself and his story shows how he has become a leader.
He was the leader of the “lost boys of Sudan”. He inspires people that if you believe, you can do it. This part of the story takes place in 1980’s. Nya is a Historic fictional character she is set in the 2000’s and is a Nuer. Her job is to watch siblings and get water for the family. She is scared of the Dinka tribe killing her or her family. Hope is a feeling that his father still alive and will find him. Perseverance is to never to give up and have hope.
In the novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, the character of Salva has to persevere through many hardships in order to survive the harsh environment of Africa as well as the loss of his family and