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    In the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park‚Salva is a young boy is living through a Civil War in Southern Sudan. Salva gets separated from his family and has to walk for years to refugee camps in other countries in Africa. Salva was one of the lost boys to come live in America. After visiting his sick father in Sudan‚ Salva gets inspired to bring clean water to the people who need it in Sudan by digging wells for them.Salva relies on his family‚ outside help‚ and perseverance to survive.

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    Book Review by Alan Deutschman Leadership is about inspecting not expecting or to put it another way leaders should practice what they preach. However‚ few leaders seem to actually do it. In Walk the Walk‚ Mr. Deutschman‚ a consultant and ¬former ¬Fortune magazine writer‚ argues that ¬leaders are most effective when they rely on the power of their ¬example. People who become leaders have many options. One way a leader can lead is by becoming a ruler. Machiavellian leaders who rule tell people

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    Salva struggled to survive. He hit rock bottom‚ But he survived. What kept him going? What did he do? Linda Sue Park (author of A Long Walk To Water) wrote a book based off a real person named Salva. Salva was one of survivors of the lost boys. She made the book to show his life and the struggles he went through. The top 3 factors of his survival were him going to America‚ finding his uncle and just keep walking. The most important factor of Salva’s survival is him going to America. Salva thought

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    pressure. Walking can also protect you from certain cancers. Walking strengthens bones and can relieve joint pain and swelling. Walking can help you lose weight or manage your weight. If you walk on a daily basis it can help relieve stress and can make you feel energetic. To receive these benefits you only have to walk for 30 minutes a day‚ 10 minutes at a time. To get 30 minutes a day you can substitute things like talking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking farther away. Exercise can help

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    The story‚ The Long Walk‚ by Stephen King‚ really makes you think about what people would do for money. As the book is about a walk for teenagers‚ the last person walking wins and if they slow down too many times they lose. It seems like a very tough task itself‚ but when you lose‚ you get shot by the soldiers on a halftrack. In this book it shows young people becoming‚ mentally unstable‚ starting to become rude and hurting people they hurt them physically or making their mental state go to an all

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    persistent to make the long walk every day to get water for her family so she and her family can stay alive through the harsh conditions. Salva is a young boy surviving through the war in Sudan and must push himself to get to his end goal of safety. In the novel‚ A Long Walk to Water‚ Linda Sue Park uses walking as a symbol of persistence to show the reader how the characters must continue walking to survive in Sudan. To start‚ the author used the symbol of walking in Long Walk to

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    A Changed Life In the historical fiction novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park‚ a boy named Salva escapes from his village after the rebels attack. Before the rebels took over Salva’s village he went to school everyday. Each day after school his mother would always be waiting for him at home with a bowl of warm milk. In the historical fiction novel The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis‚ a girl named Parvana lives in Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ during the Taliban rule. Before the Taliban

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    appeal to the majority of our readers. A Walk to Remember is one of the most popular novels by the best selling‚ contemporary author Nicholas Sparks. The American writer was born in Omaha‚ Nebraska on December 31st‚ 1965. Among his most famous novels are; The Notebook (1996)‚ Message in a Bottle (1998)‚ The Guardian (2003) and True Believer (2005). All of his books were domestic and international best-sellers and were translated into more than 35 languages. In A Walk to remember‚ Sparks explores themes

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    Walk the Line Release Date: 11/18/05 Running Length: 134 mins Rating: PG-13 (Profanity‚ drugs) Cast: Joaquin Phoenix‚ Reese Witherspoon‚ Ginnifer Goodwin‚ Robert Patrick‚ Dallas Roberts‚ Dan John Miller‚ Larry Bagby‚ Shelby Lynne Director: James Mangold Producers: James Keach‚ Cathy Konrad Screenplay: Gill Dennis & James Mangold Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael Music: Johnny Cash‚ T Bone Burnett Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatre: Empire Theatres Date: 12/12/05 Time: 7:15 P.M.

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    Morning Walk The proverb “Early to bed and early to rise” is well- Known and oft-repeated. It also reflects the wisdom and experience of life embodied in it. But only a few are there who are lucky to act according to this gem of a saying. Unfortunately‚ I am a late riser because I go to sleep quite late. I have a habit of doing my lessons and homework when all is quiet‚ and almost all are in their beds‚ fn the afternoon or evening I cannot pursue my studies‚ and so‚ practice my hobby or enjoy listening

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