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Salva In Linda Sue Park's A Long Walk To Water

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Salva, the main character in Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water is able to survive and overcome a variety of challenges through his hard work and relationships.Salva survives the first few challenges because of his hard work. “It was hard work running back and forth between those weaving,But Salva found that the work was helping him feel a little better” (43). This shows that salva is a helper and hard work because he help his Uncle Jewiir to build canoes. “None of the travelers had money or anything of value to trade, so they had to beg for food” (47).This show that Salva is worrying to ask people for food but he is willing to walk around and ask people for food. This is not easy because when you ask people, you never know if they are

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