Perseverance In Ruta Sepetys's Salt To The Sea

Perseverance is an important theme in A Long Walk To Water. The first example of Perseverance is when Salva listens to what his uncle says. His uncle uses his full name, and Salva thinks of his family. Uncle tells him to only walk as far as that bush, or clump of rocks. Salva perseveres by thinking of his family. By thinking of his family, Salva is able to keep walking even though he’s tired, thirsty, hungry, and his feet hurt. The second example of Perseverance is when Salva is in the refugee camp. He hates the refugee camp and wants to get out of there. “I only need to get through the rest of this day, he told himself. This day and no other.” (pg 73) This shows that Salva is persevering because even though he hates the refugee camp, he

Throughout Salt to the Sea many characters exhibit acts of bravery. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys takes place in one of the most saddening and violent times in history, World War II. During this time period families were separated, and children killed. The characters in the novel all demonstrate bravery in a variety of ways during their journey. However, Joana, the girl who protected and nursed the characters shows the most bravery. She defied Nazi beliefs, and saved people from being tortured, and ultimately slaughtered by the cruelty of Hitler’s followers.

In the second section of the book, “Unbroken”, the author talked a lot about the experiences of the crew that Louie was with when he joined the army. Louie ended up with Phil and several other men to form a crew with their plane, a B-24 model, which they named “Superman”. They were all great pals who went through thick and thin together, but they believed the chance of survival was slim. One day, they barely managed to get it back to home base on one mission when the enemy relentlessly attacked their plane. However, one crew member was beyond help and several more had injuries that rendered them unsuitable for battle, their plane was also unrepairable. The crew turned into 4 men without a plane, so they got several replacement crewmen. However,

One theme of Salt to the Sea is that fear, guilt, fate and shame affect everyone and causes them to do different things. Joana describes that “guilt is a hunter” (1) and that she is a “hostage to it.” (603) Every where so goes someone is loves dies or is taken from her. She lives with this guilt that she should have done more to save them, even though there is nothing more that she could really do. Florian relates fate to being a “hunter” (29) and he also repeats that in the epilogue of the novel. No matter what Florian does everything seems to still add up the same way in the end. He tries to avoid being responsible for others but in the end he ends up with Emilia’s baby and the young boy to take care of. Fate always finds a way to win in the end against Florian and he doesn't try to accept it until after the war is over.

In the book A Long Walk to Water, the main character Salva must overcome a lot of challenges in order for his survival. He is persistent, a hard worker, and just overall a very lucky young boy. These factors are very big reasons for his survival.

Ahmedi was in a tough situation. After fleeing her home with her mother in search of a better life, she was denied entrance into Pakistan for refuge. During her harrowing experience, she realized ideas that changed her for the better.

Octavia smoothed her hands over her dress for the millionth time that day. She couldn’t face her family, especially her father. She knew that she’d have to go in soon; after all, she couldn’t stay outside in the cold forever. The horrible memories in her hometown killed her. It killed

Theme #1- No matter what tyrannical environment you live in, your identity can never be changed

In the novel The Old Man and The Sea, written by Ernest Hemingway a credible author, the use of figurative language was not sparse. Figurative language enhances the story line and makes the book interesting and detailed. The most notable uses of figurative language were similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, and hyperboles.

When darkness consumes you, and the pain becomes unbearable, you look to the light; to perseverance to guide you through the hell you face. With calamitous tragedies and bone chilling circumstances, will Emilia persevere through her pain? In Ruta Sepetys’ Salt to the Sea, one of the protagonists, Emilia, faces myriads of emotional and physical hardships throughout the novel. Bruised and battered, she perseveres through her hardships, showing how much a person can endure when they really persist. Sepetys takes the consequences of Emilia’s pain and emotional damage to new heights with her war-themed novel; as a result of this, perseverance is articulated amongst many other traits that this character possesses, showing how imperative of a trait

They say that in situations where you feel that you must relax, you should listen to music and your troubles will melt away. Unfortunately, in Jane Eyre's dreadful position, she would likely need permanent headphones installed in her ears because she is always facing stressful and depressing situations in her life. If Jane was able to listen to music and choose a song that most described her life, it would be the melodious and intense “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor. This song of perseverance, self preservation, and hidden strength impeccably relates to Jane's life and the courage she kept to pull through, proving similar to the perseverance of Gloria Gaynor.

The room was small, with padded walls almost like pillows. There weren't any windows, only one door. Many people had come in and out of the room, but this man had stayed the longest. Scratches ran up the walls, blood lined each one. This was were the man had spent

The story begins with a close up shot of a Lily was holding a Jimson’s arm, begging him to trust her. He looked at her with a poker face and flung her hand away, turned his back to her afterwards. She gradually becomes emotional and cried to explain in stammer. She hugged him hard from the back. “How am I supposed to trust you again?” he yelled, struggled from her arm and ran out of the room into dark quickly then. (BGM: Scurry sound→blare of police sirens from distance, diminuendo)

Hope is the thing with feathers Emily Dickinson's poem Hope is the thing with feathers demonstrates and proves that hope is always in the soul. The title is engaging; it leaves you wondering of what's ahead. The poet uses the nouns bird, storm, soul, land, sea and me. The nouns describe

The first reflection in the luminous river was a naive girl tangled with strings. The second were those miserable memories, and the last one was a woman with ambition. As the night breeze swept the reflections away with small waves, the fatigue and stress inside me also disappeared, fully preparing me to become a mighty soldier of the army. The passion towards enlisting flared up as bright as the reflection of the moon― showing that I was ready to go forward. At that moment, I felt that even a peasant girl could be whatever she wanted to be.