. What does Salva decide to do to survive? Salva decides to use his Uncle’s encouragement and his strategy to break a task into smaller parts to survive, one day at a time.

After learning of Marial’s disappearance, Salva felt sad and afraid. He felt sad because he had lost his best friend and afraid because he knew it must have been a lion that took him. Uncle told him, “Salva, I have a gun I will shoot any lion that comes near.

Marial

Nya’s Uncle told her to take Akeer to the nearest clinic , but Nya was worried Akeer might not be able to survive the long journey. After learning of Marial’s disappearance, Salva felt sad and afraid. He felt sad because he had lost his best friend and afraid because he knew it must have been a lion that took him.

Salva realizes Marial has been killed by a lion and he becomes fearful, clinging to Uncle. Uncle speaks calmly to Salva, promising to protect him and assuring him they will soon be out of lion country. The landscape becomes greener, suggesting their nearness to water.

As they walked, Salva was able to talk to his Uncle. Salva told his uncle how worried he was that once they got to Ethiopia his parents would never be able to find him again. Uncle says, “We believe that the village of Loun-Ariik was attacked and probably burned. Your family…” Uncle stopped and looked at Salva sadly.

They tied up Uncle and made the group give them everything they had, including their clothes. Before they left, they shot and killed Salva’s uncle. Chapter Eleven Southern Sudan, 2008: The visitors leave and now the villagers must clear the land where the men said they would find water.

Salva and Uncle did not know where Marial went that night. They quickly relized that Marial had been eaten by a lion that night. Salva was very upset because Marial was his only friend in their group because they were the same age. Uncle said that he would shoot any lion that came near them.

Uncle is shot by the men. They buried uncle and stopped walking for the day. Salva feels numb and didn’t have much time to grieve, but he feels as though uncle and Marial had left him their strength. He finds himself walking faster and more boldly.

Unfortunately, Salva’s uncle was killed by a group of soldiers and Salva found himself alone once more. Salva ended up staying in Ethiopia for six years until the government forced all the refugees to leave the country..

Salva Dut was separated from his family during a civil war in what is now South Sudan. Years later, he finds his father who tells him that most of his family survived. Hearing that, Salva starts a volunteer group to build wells in South Sudan called “Water for South Sudan”.

Salva Dut was born in a rural village in southwestern Sudan to the Dinka tribe. At 11 years old, the Sudanese Civil War reached his village and separated Salva from his family. He joined thousands of boys, famously known as the “Lost Boys,” on their journey by foot to seek safety in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya.

A LONG WALK TO WATER is two interlocking stories, taking place in Sudan more than 20 years apart. In the first, 11-year-old Salva runs into the bush when his village is attacked during the civil war.

Salva’s father was successful. He owned many head of cattle and worked as their village’s judge.

Salva’s father blesses him by sprinkling him with water—a Dinka tradition when someone who was lost is found. Salva’s father never gave up hope that Salva was alive. Salva learns that his mother is alive, but it would be too dangerous to go to her because he would be forced to fight in the war.

Salva closed his eyes for a few moments, trying to picture his brothers through a haze of time and grief. He learned more about his father’s illness. Years of drinking contaminated water had left Mawien Dut’s entire digestive system riddled with guinea worms.

The lady had the ritual scars on her face. What does the woman give Salva when he first approaches her? The woman gives him two handfuls of peanuts.

Why does one man agree to bring Salva with them? The man agrees to bring Salva with them because his wife reaches out to him and wants him to because Salva is Dinka.

Why do they leave Salva in the barn the next morning? The group leaves the rebels because where ever the rebels were going they knew there would be fighiting. The group left Salva because he would slow them down.