The Survival Of Salva In A Long Walk To Water

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Imagine, hot sand, no shoes, very little water, and starving in the desert with barely any hope for survival, this is what Salva had to go through everyday. Salva is a character that must endure these harsh problems in Linda Sue Park's novel, A Long Walk To Water. Salva is a young boy from Southern Sudan, who has to run away from his home and family because of the war. Salva must face many challenges that will make him stronger. The factors that were helpful for the survival of Salva in a harsh environment was a drive to find his family, he was quick witted, and his Uncle.
Throughout the novel Salva had a drive to find his family which helped him survive. Salva used to live with his family until the war came but then in order to survive he …show more content…

Uncle was there for Salva, he fed him and gave Salva a friend and someone to take care of him. Uncle helped Salva a lot like for example, Park states that “None of the travelers had money or anything of value to trade, so they had to beg for food. The exception was Uncle: the fishermen gave him food without having to be asked...Uncle shared his food with Salva… the sugar-cane juice soothed the sharpest edge of Salva’s hunger”(Park,47). Uncle shared his food with Salva and if he didn’t share with Salva, Salva would have not survived. Uncle was a key aspect of Salva’s survival, without Uncle everyone including Salva would die of starvation. Uncle also helped with managing Salva’s water supply. Uncle needed to be there for Salva, to help him with tough decisions that were to complicated for a young child. Park observes, “‘No Salva’, he murmured. ‘You are too small,and not strong enough yet. Without water you will not survive the rest of the walk. Some of the others-they will be able to manage better than you’”(Park,58). Salva was originally going to share his water with the other people who were about to die but Uncle stopped him because without his water he wouldn’t be able to survive. Uncle basically saved Salva’s life because he warned him not to waste his water, but to conserve

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