Ms. Reisch Class 2 10/26/16 yott h A.Long Walk To Water Essay te gk HE I" ov na’ > pretty sure you've wondered how individuals survive challenging environments in A Long Walk To Water, time to find out. Nya is a young gisl that needs to walk 8 hours every day to fill a container with dirty water. Salva is a boy who seems SS to have lost his family in a war, he has nothing but determination, perseverance, Shovld onl bravery, and at one point a group to keep him going. Some survival factors that helped FOCUS JA Salva and Nya in ALWTW consist of both Salva and Nya using their perseverance, Slug access to water, and relationships with other people. goed cinice of SUVA] FACHS ot, a as ot 6 This paragraph.will be about how perseverance helps/serves as a survival factor ss ee for Nya and Salva in ALWTW. Once tragedy struck Salva had little to nothing to rely on e114] until he started believing in himself a lite more. Nya drank dirty water and had to walk 8 hours everyday, she did it despite the miles and taste of the water. Salva ran into the bushes when he was instructed to by his teacher. When the war started, he couldn't find his family but he traveled with two groups to keep himselt safe; one of which being a group lead by his uncle and the other being lead by him. Nya walked 8 hours to a pond everyday to get dirty water even though it was dirty and hard. Perseves really 10. , gut] helpful survival factor and it was able to help both Nya and Salva. Klow that you" 0 wet, © JY] learned about perseverance in this pat of the book, let's move onto another part speak ne Oe When Salva lost his uncle and his friend in the wild he traveled with the part of the" Yeodoy- Mos Sey] grou that was lef and started fesing more determined. This example explains how © xx _ | doctor and he said she needed some boiled water( ird example support my)topic sentence and ce Nya perseveres whelrtér sister is ill and it helped her sister survive.Qlow that you'véyearned about the perseverance survival factor I'll tell you about the access 10 Walér survival factor. ie © | Salva perseveres and uses it as a survival factor. oh Akir was ill Nya took her to the This paragraph will be will teach(fou About access to water in ALWTW. Nya fadraccess to dirty water that she had to walk a long way for and Salva had a water that he had to conserve when walking with the group. Nya walked eight hours to get dirty water from a pond for her family to drink. This shows that Nya has access to water and it helps her family and herself survive. (ow I'm going to tell Youabout other parts of the story that include access to water. (0 speak W He readerve git te Salva gave water to the Nuer, despite them being enemies with the Dinka, This water was clean and Nya no longer had to walk to the pond. Nya now had access to clean water and this would help her survive. When Salva was with the group he had a limited| access to water, he had a container with water in it that he was running out of. When Salva was with his group he'd eat things like honey, beeswax and animal meat. For fluids Salva would have to rely on conserving his container of water. Now that I've told you about access to water in ALWTW let's move onto the next topic. ‘This paragraph will be about Nya and Salvas’ relationships with other people Salva and Nya both have friends and family, my first example will be about Saiva's uncle when he was travelling with the group, he was able to protect Salva. Salva's uncle when carried a gun and used to be in the army, they thought he'd be best for leader. Salva's ungle protected Salva and comforted him. Salva's uncle helped him survive by cating for him and making him feel safe. I'l tell you more about Nya and Salvas’ relationships with other people in these next sentences. Nya had a family that she would walk eight hours to get water for(this(to me)Sjows how much she cares for them. Having a relationship with them could help e's feeling down ang, needs someone to look to for support. Kfichael(Salva's Aid Worker)earéd a lot for Salva and wanted to teach him about english an + him get to ‘America to meet his new family. Michael being by Salve's side really helped him in the camp. That's all | have for my survival factors, | hope you've leamed about how individuals survive challenging environments in ALWTW.~ Now you know how individuals survive challenging environments in ALWTW, specifically some of the survival factors that helped Nya and Salva in the book. 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