Salva Dut Essay

In the Novel A Long Walk To Water written by Linda Sue Park, a young 11 year old boy named Salva Dut showed that he was Brave, Strong and kind. He displayed all of these qualities after his village of Lunarik was attacked, and he had to flee in to the forest, leaving his old life behind.

At the beginning of the novel Salva was incredibly sad and alone. He had been left alone by his school and a old lady. He was deserted, left with nothing. After awhile another group came. They were his tribe but they still didn't accept him. Then a lady stood up and reminded them Salva was Dinka to. But they still tried to exclude him saying he slow them down. He had walked for so long and he was starving and Dehydrated. He had made a friend named Mariel. He also found his Uncle Jewiir who had been off in the war. After awhile his Uncle was the leader of the group and Salva was well feed but it was to good to last well they were sleeping his friend Mariel was eaten by a lion. Salva carried on the walk thinking about Mariel. As they walked on further Salva wanted to give up but his uncle told him "You just have to make it to that rock." After a few days of walking they found a forest. As the group settled down the rebels attacked making everyone get on there knees. They took Salvas uncle and his gun and shot him through the head.

After his uncles death Salva was excluded from the group once again. As the walk to Ethiopia continued the adults started to complain about how Salva would slow them down. Finally, after months of being tired and mistreated he made it to the refuge camp. As crowds of people pushed each other in he thought he saw his mother. He shoved every one out the way if he didn't find her now he would never find her again. After a few minutes of pushing and shoving he realised that what his uncle had told him "Almost no one survived" was just a better way to say his family was dead. Salva stood there in silence. Six years Salva had spent in that camp the shortage of food was drastic. As if life wasent hard enough one day it got a whole lot worse. Rebels, driving in on big trucks chasing them out. Salva heard someone say that they were chasing them to the river. There were crocodiles in the river. As Salva stumbled into the river he felt a arm wrap around his neck he was pulled under by the currents he felt the arms let go. He looked back the young boy that was clinging on had bullet in his neck. Salva got to the other side and ran. Some how Salva had became the leader of 1500 kids. They looked up to him and after months of walking he managed to get 1000 kids to another camp. 10 years Salva had lived in this camp and this one was worse then the last. But it all got better when Michel came. Michel helped Salva speak English and he also helped him get to New York.

As Salva looked down from the aeroplane window he saw all the cars and all the roads. When he got of the plane it was freezing. He walked forward and said hello to his new family. There were two parents and two kids. When he got home he was given a huge pile of clothes. He had a good life with his new family but one night he received a email. The email said that Salvas father was sick. he couldn't believe it his dad was alive. Salva headed to Sudan straight away. When he found his dad he was overwhelmed with happiness and to make it better his dad told him his mum his two sisters and one of his three brothers was alive. He wanted to go see them right away but the war was still going.

Salva waited till the war was over and well it was still going he went to all the schools and talked to them about his family and how there is almost no clean water in South Sudan. So when the war was over Salva gave water to everyone in South Sudan including his enemy the Nuer tribe.

This the essay I wrote based on a character named Salva Dut.

Quickly, Andy sprinted from his house tears streaming down his face a horrible thing thing had just happened. You see he lived a normal life with normal parents in a normal house. But he wasn't normal not at all. He could see things other people couldn't and hear things no one else can. He slowed down now then it all came back to him last year at his friends sleep over this lady with thin black hair and scary eyes leaped over to him and she whispered in his ear “ Kill them or we will do it for you.”  He thought it was a dream but in the morning all 8 of his friends bodies were found strung up on the washing line. And on every one of their tops was blood and written with the blood was tick tock. He went to school the next month and no one talked to him. As he walked down the hallway everyone moved and stared. And since this was to much he moved.

 Now finally he thought his life was normal but when he got up at 3:09 to grab a drink of water a red liquid dripped on his face he looked up and screamed. He stood there stunned and he broke down on the ground the lady crawled over to him he looked at her and moved back. She crawled closer making strange noises and twitching her head. He screamed and shouted but no one could hear him not even his family because they were stuck up on the ceiling with knifes holding them in place. “Tick tock.” she croaked as she ran. He sat there in tears then he realised that today was the 25th of June the same day all his friends died. He sat there on the ground crying. Suddenly a noise from the laundry broke the silence he sat up and walked in and there was his baby brother he hugged him but then the baby disappeared.

 He was confused, sad and angry. So he went to his room and grabbed his clothes some food and some comics. He wiped his eyes and left sprinting through the woods crying. He knew anyone who was close to him would die a horrible death so he had to leave his old life behind.

1. The school.
2. Rochester is nice and every one is not hungry but Sudan everyone is hungry and they have to fight for survival.
3. I think that Salvas father is right but if i was him thinking my family was dead for 16 years I would go find them.
4. Bring them together like nuer and dinka.

Zoos should be banned. As they are fun the animals are depressed. I went to the zoo when I was five and the animals were happily living their lives but now after six years of captivity they are depressed. The gorillas for example used to swing and do tricks now they just sit there and do nothing. Or the lions who hide behind the rocks instead of coming up to the glass.

Also the enclosures. The gorilla enclosures has dried up grass and a dirty river. They don't want that they want to be free and run and play. There's not even a tree in the enclosure not one. They weren't made to sit down and have none ripe food at them.

How do they get the animals? It not like oh come hop in my truck and live the rest of your life in misery. No they would have to hurt and shoot the animals. I do however agree with rehabilitation centres. Help the animals and let them go but zoos they just ruin animals lives.

part 5 discussion questions

1. I think that his leadership technics are good because he gives them two chances then he gets angry.
2. I think Salvas leading skills are different to the bosses Salva is always kind and the boss gets mad.
3. I think he helped him because hes kind and strong salva wanted to learn from Michael because hes smart.
 4. the lost boys are the orphan boys from south Sudan that were selected to go to America. I would be scared and sad but happy and excited.

Climate change

If I could get rid of one problem facing the world it would be climate change. Climate change is going to end the world and no one even cares. For example the big factories like power plants just let the pollution in the air. And the only people worrying are the people that are going to be alive when the world ends.

I've seen a lot of things about how my generation will be the ones who will have to fix this. I'm not saying that all adults don't care but still the people causing it don't even care about fixing it because it won't be there problem in the future. People with all the money like big business owners don't really care and would rather spend their money on things that are not threatening the human race.

Like when the Notre-dame fire when they spend 1 billion dollars to fix it when it could be going to saving the earth. I mean sure its a very old historical building but do you know whats older? Earth. I mean the Notre-dame wouldn't even exist if Earth didn't. I'm just saying the people who just say it's not my problem I wont be alive to have to deal with it are pretty selfish.

Not to mention the ice caps melting and all the polar bears dying.

1. I think that if salva was a adult he would have shared. if it was me as a child I would give them some and save the rest.

2. I think he wants to save the people.

3. the groups attitude changes when uncle leaves because salva has no protection. i think he will change there minds by killing there leader.

4. When he thinks about what his uncle said.