A long walk to water by Linda Sue Park discusses the story of a girl named Nya and her journey to find water. First‚ Nya‚ 11‚ walks half a day everyday 1 or 2 times in the blazing heat to fetch water at a pond in Southern Sudan for her and her family to survive. Secondly‚ Nyas family leaves 5 months a year to live by the big lake to survive. Also Nya’s little sister Akeer had a horrible stomachache she couldn’t even speak Nya said that she has seen it before it starts with a stomachache then diarrhea
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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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Long walk to Forever I’m what they call A.W.O.L Was a private first class in the Artillery. Hitchhike since two days‚ On the fringe of a city‚ Near fields and woods and orchard. In the early afternoon‚ I knocked on Catharine’s front door. I want to give Henry a rosy bride‚ By taking a walk with Catharine. One foot in front of the other‚ Through leaves‚ over bridges. That will be my present. I’ve never done anything like this before‚ Time to time‚ I softly
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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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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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In this true story‚ Salva started off as a young boy who thought he would be coming home from school everyday to have a fresh bowl of milk and spend time with his lovely family. He never thought that one day he would not be coming back home. In the nonfiction novel‚ A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park‚ the author focuses on how Salva Mawien Dut Ariik survived his treacherous journey‚ how his character changed from a young boy to a young adult‚ and how he worked toward his goal step by step and
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Gie Gie‚ from A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park and The Water Princess by Susan Verde‚ go everyday to fetch water. They have their similarities and they also have their differences‚ they both go and get water for their families and Princess Gie Gie has one trip to the pond and Nya has two trips to the pond a day. For example there similarites are that they both go to the pond and collect water‚ they both have to walk a long way‚ but Nya walks by her self and Princess Gie Gie walks with her mom
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The Long walk Mariah Martinez The Long Walk of the Navajo‚ or also known as the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo which was a deportation of the Navajo people from their reservations in 1864 from what is today’s Arizona and New Mexico by the United Stated Government to be forced walk to Bosque Redondo. The Navajos were aggressively moved from place to place at gunpoint from the United States soldiers and even their homes were being raided leaving behind cattle‚ land‚ and their personal belongings . Threw
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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
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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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