Long Walk To Water Quotes

In the book “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, Salva goes through a lot of loss and gains hope and persistence, which he learns will be necessary to succeed. This included the loss of loved ones, harsh changes in the weather, and the doubt of his ability which this helped him move through his long journey. In Linda Sue Park’s book, Salva deals with these obstacles, and other plot events by using hope and persistence which illustrates the main idea of the book.

Facing the loss of loved ones and the doubt put against ability is hard to deal with.. According to Linda Sue Park’s book, , in chapter 11 page 65-66 it says, “Marial was gone. Uncle was gone too, murdered by those Nuer men...” This quote explains this because even from the beginning of the book Salva has to deal with

According to her book, in chapter 9 page 53, it states, “It was the hardest thing Salva had ever done, taking only tiny sips when his body cried out for huge gulps of thirst-quenching, life-giving water.” This quote explains the obstacles against nature because Salva had to save his water for his journey into and out of the desert. Even though because of how warm the desert was, his body needed the water to continue his walk. He has to either decide to save his water for the walk because of how long it was going to be to get out, or drink the water and may not make it out. The changes in climate help Salva by learning how to handle different temperatures and environments. It also helps him when he has to go to a Kenya refugee camp and to swim across the crocodile-infested water. Salva eventually learned a great lesson about having to move to multiple places because of different reasons. He learns that having hope and persistence will go far. In addition, to the multiple changes in climate, Salva uses strength to get through his long