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  • A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

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    People in Southern Sudan have dirty water, wild animals, the many wars and a lot more hardships they need to face. In the book “A long walk to water” by: Linda Sue Park, is a book that takes place in Southern Sudan and features all the hardships Salva and Nya had to face while living there such as wild animals, wars, fights through tribes, lack of water and food. Hardships Salva faced in Southern Sudan are lack of water/ food, the wild animals, and the fighting/ war. One of the hardships Salva

  • A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

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    In the book “A Long Walk to Water,” by Linda Sue Park, there are two stories that take place in Southern Sudan. Both stories overlap each other at the end. One of the stories is a fictional story and takes place in 2008 with a character named Nya. The other story is the true story of a boy named Salva and it takes place in 1980. Nya’s and Salva’s story both have social and cultural issues that they must face. One of the main cultural issue is the fact that there is no water anywhere near them. With

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

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    In the book A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, describes the story of Salva Dut ages 11 to 28. Salva is a real man who did actually survive the long and brutal journey. Salva and thousands of other young men and boys must escape the Second Sudanese Civil War. The Lost Boys are what they are being called. The Lost Boys are forced to flee their families and friends. They must be hardworking, use perseverance, and befriend people in order to survive in all the commotion of the war.

  • The Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

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    In south sudan a civil war broke out that shut down refugee camps killed thousands and one of them killed by being tied to a tree and shot. The main character in the long walk to water by Linda Sue Park is a young boy named salva. Salva is a young boy that gets separated from his family and is picked at random to go start a life in the U.S. in his journey for safety he crosses through lion country, fast rivers, and the Akobo desert all with only the support of his uncle. Salva manages to overcome

  • A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

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    Challenges could be very hard to overcome if you don't have to right motivations. A Long Walk to Water is a half nonfiction and half historical fiction novel written by Linda Sue Park. The book is about a boy named Salva living in Southern Sudan. A war breaks out forcing him to flee Sudan. During his Journey, He meet friends who help him tremendously. He walks for several years and has been faced with many challenges just trying to survive. In the memuair, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up

  • A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

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    In the historical fiction novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, a boy named Salva escaped from his village after the rebels attacked. Before the rebels took over Salva’s village he went to school everyday. Each day after school his mother would always be waiting for him at home with a bowl of warm milk. In the historical fiction novel The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, a girl named Parvana lived in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the Taliban rule. Before the Taliban took over Parvana’s town, it

  • 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

  • Summary Of A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Parks

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    In Linda Sue Parks A Long Walk to Water is set in Southern Sudan and it is about a girl, Nya who has to walk eighth hours every day to fetch water for her family. Nyas village builds a well so they can have clean water. This well makes it so that all the children may go to school, even the girls because they no longer have to fetch water. Nya meets Salva, the man that made it all happen. This story is also about a boy named Salva who walks a large journey fleeing from war after he has lost his family

  • Character Analysis: A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Parks

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    through animals, Living in America and getting used to the changes, and the hardships of traveling through deserts and to refugee camps. Salva Dut definitely proved that he was a survivor. This Paper is from the book “A long Walk to Water” written by Linda Sue Parks. The main character Salva Dut, who was eleven year old boy when the war was brought to him. Living in his home village of Loun-Ariik he had to escape out into the wild or “run into the bushes” as his teacher told him during one fateful school

  • Character Analysis Of Salva In Linda Sue Park's A Long Walk To Water

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    boy, named Salva, who lived in Sudan, until the civil war broke out. He traveled for hundreds of miles on foot. Salva lived under the image of his whole family being killed, until he found his father many years later. 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 being efficient, intelligent , and by listening to the group's leaders. Salva survives the first few challenges because, he was extremely Intelligent

  • De Palma Film Analysis

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    Every piece of cinema that De Palma directed had the same motif within the subtext of the film. A character observing a violent or violating action, and unable to stop the action from occurring. The character would try their hardest to stop the action, or search for the truth in an attempt to help themselves or another but ultimately all those involved result in an unhappy ending. When approaching the De Palma films this motif repeats throughout different movies he’s created. Due to his own personal

  • Linda Brent-Linda

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    Linda Brent - Linda is the character Jacobs is portrayed through. In the beginning of the narrative Linda does not recognize herself as a slave. Her parents shelter her which in turn allows her to hold on to her self-worth. As Linda grows older she begins to be sexually harassed by her master. She does whatever she can to spite him which gives her almost like a sense of freedom. She even goes as far as having an affair with another slave master in order to show her master that she still has

  • Linda Loman

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    patriarchal society. Miller highlights that struggle through the character Linda Loman. Linda acts as a rational and stable figure in the family during times of despair. Miller depicts Linda as a housewife which represents how society views and treats women. The challenges that Linda Loman faces throughout the play “Death of a Salesman” explicitly shows the strength women possess to function within in a dysfunctional society. Firstly, Linda acts as a stable figure within the family due to her silence when

  • Linda Simoneaux

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    Size Does Not Mean Anything One of the most important people in a child’s life is their grandmother. Linda Simoneaux is the name of my grandmother. She may only stand 5 feet tall; however, this compassionate sixty-five-year-old woman has the biggest heart of anyone I have ever known. Linda’s lightly wrinkled face unfolds some of her sadness, but most of the lines on her face shows that she is usually smiling. She was born on February 22, 1950 in a two bedroom home located in Rita, Louisiana, where

  • Linda Crew Linda Crew Summary

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    this book is simply amazing. the entire writing style is on point and smooth throughout the story. the plot thickens and is left with a nice cliffhanger that leaves you wanting more. Throughout the entire book, the author, Linda Crew, is very detailed in her feelings and just her writing in general. At about any given point of the book, the reader could simply close their eyes and be in the world of characters written straight out of Crew’s fingertips. This happens especially near the ending

  • Summary Of Linda Pastan's 'Marks' By Linda Pastan

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    female Secretary of State once said, “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” Women have come a long way in today 's world, overcoming many obstacles and stereotypes pushed against them. Linda Pastan uses her poem, Marks, to paint a picture of life as a stay at home mother, using serious sarcasm to touch on a continuous issue. Marks was written during the second wave of feminism in 1978. This was a time where mothers and wives struggled

  • Willy American Dream

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    At first glance, one may read this satirically jovial skit with the impression of Willy Loman playing both antagonist and protagonist; but after reading the play several times, one may contend that Linda, Willy’s wife silently plays an antagonistic role. Willy, a 60- year old salesman whose wife Linda, continues to guise as the supportive wife, willingly or unwillingly discourages Willy from settling into the idea of the “American Dream.” As Willy consistently drifts in and out of reality, the reader

  • Tear By Linda Hogan

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    long histories of oppression, including Native Americans, and the brutality that they endured in the past has shaped their race today. In an attempt to advocate for better conditions, Native Americans are spreading awareness for a greater future. Linda Hogan is a writer of Chickasaw Native descent and often incorporates “Southeastern tribal histories and [native] spirits and culture” (Wikipedia contributors) in her work. “Tear” takes on the perspective of a Chickasaw Native, first in the past recounting

  • American Tragedy In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

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    The prime example of an American tragedy can be found within Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Showcasing a dysfunctional family, the Loman's, and the issues plaguing each of the family members, none of them meet the depressingly low standard of the father, Willy Loman. From an overall drab and tired appearance to the flashbacks that constantly engulf him, Willy Loman stands as the highlight of what a skewed American Dream can do to a person. However, is this the only cause behind Willy Loman's

  • Linda Case Study

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    Case Study 2 – Linda By Niall Donohoe Human Growth & Development February 2016 Introduction The following is a case study on Linda, a 14 year old girl who attends respite. Linda has become very withdrawn and is displaying signs of an eating disorder. As one of her carers, I will identify who I need to talk to and what Linda’s individual needs are. I will also discuss what skills I will need and the strategies that need to be implemented to help Linda. For information and research purposes