A Long Walk To Water Quotes

Giana Diaz

In A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, characters face many challenges and use their inner strength to overcome them. During a time of conflict in Sudan, Salva uses his inner strength to find his family and to keep going. A theme that is present throughout this novel is that people with inner strength always find a way to keep going. Salva demonstrates this by using his strength to stay strong, to find his family, continuing the journey to Ethiopia, and by using his uncle's words as his inner strength to keep going. Salva uses his inner strength as courage to stay strong in order to find his family. This is seen in the beginning of the book when Salva is at the rebel camp and the soldiers order them to separate into two groups, men in one group and women, children, and elderly in the other group. Salva sees someone his age entering the men’s group, so he follows. When he tries to enter, that is when a soldier points a gun at his face. “If I die now, I will never see my family again. Somehow this thought strengthened him enough to keep

Salva is trying to figure out what to do with his life now, and he finds himself losing hope. When Salva loses hope, Salva remembers his uncle's words. “Whenever he found himself losing hope, Salva would take a deep breath and think of uncle’s words. One step at a time. One problem at a time-just figure out this one problem” (Park 110). This quote shows that Salva still remembers his uncle's words years later. His uncle’s words are his inner strength and they keep him going day by day. He just has to figure out one problem at a time, he tells himself, and he gets through the day. Salva definitely showed inner strength because he thinks about positive words from his uncle day by day. Salva has proven again and again that his inner strength keeps him going every