long walk to water

setting

characterization 1

• he is lonely and he thinks about his family all the time. his name
• is Salva 
• "where is my family when am I going to see them again. It took a long 
• time to fall asleep. Even before he was fully awake. Salva could 
• feel something wrong. He lay there very still with his eyes shut.

characterization 1

• trying to sense what was wrong. Finally he sat up and opened his eyes. 
•  No one was in the barn with him." (p.12-13)

caracterzation 2

• he is lonely once more. "Marial was gone and uncle was gone too.
• Murdered by the Nuer tribe. Right before Salvas eyes Marial and uncle were 
• no longer by his side. They will never be again." (p.95)

CHARACTERIZATION 3

• he was nervous to meet his new family. 
• "Salva said hello and thank you many times these are the words he felt 
• sure about. He could not understand what anyone was saying. (p.95)

theme 1

• never leave a person in need behind 
• "he is a child he will slow us down, another mouth to feed, it is already
• hard enough to find food. He is to young to do some real work. 
• He will be no help to us Salva hung his head they will leave me 
• behind again. Just as the others had then a women reached out. 

theme 1

• Touched the arm of one of the men she said nothing. But 
• looked first at the man then at Salva. The man nodded and turned 
• to the group we will take him with us. he said Salva looked up quickly 
• a few in the group were shaking there head,grumbling the man shrugged.  
• he is dinka he said and began walking again." 

theme 2

• take care of your own no matter what 
•  salva mawien dut ariik. uncle said using salvas full name  
• loud and clear. salva lifted his head the sobing was interrupted
• by the surprise. do you see that group of bushes? uncle said,
• pointing you need to walk as far as those bushes can you do that

theme 2

• salva mawien dut ariik (p.53)

theme 3

• no matter how hard it gets keep on going 
• "exactly in the middle of his back the mosquitoes got him the worst.  
• Were he could not reach but the ones he could reach he scratched  
• until they bled. The travelers got in there boats one more time.and  
• then they paddled to the other side" (p.50)  

vocab

• dinka it is a tribe in southern sudan 
• cassava a type of melon
• inhabited it means someone lives there 

point of VIEw

• Even know life is hard you can still make a difference 
• for others. "If it hadn't been for uncle,Salva might have gone crazy 
• with fear. Uncle spoke to him in a steady voice all morning." (p.41)
• 3rd person limited 

summary

•  who This story is about to people named Salva and Nya.
• what And it takes place in southern Sudan.
• where In 1985 and 2008 its about tribes in southern sudan.
• why Trying to stay alive and getting water everywhere they went.

summary

• this story explains that salva remembers
• the challenges of getting a few dirty buckets of water.
• And the suffering of his life then when he gets older
• he offers well water to southern Sudan.