Nuer language

A is for the Akobo Desert because Salva crossed this desert with Uncle. Salva was young boy when he crossed the desert with his group on his way to the Itang refugee camp in Ethiopia. B is for Blood because there was blood when the Janjaweed found Salva’s group. They took Salva’s uncle and killed him. There was also blood when the people were being shot as they swam across the river. C is for Crocodiles because Salva’s group swam through crocodile infested waters. As they swam many people didn’t live because they were shot or eaten by a crocodile. D is for Dinka because that is the name of Salva’s tribe. The Nuer and Dinka tribe are fighting and have been for years. E is for Ethiopia because Salva’s group travels to a refugee camp here. Ethiopia is located to the East of Sudan, Salva’s native country. F is for Fear because…

One detail that supports the claim is on page 22, “We will take him with us.’ This detail supports the claim because if the group were to leave him and reject salva, then he would have starved, or gotten killed all by himself. Since the group accepted him, he was able to live in unity, safe and protected. Another detail that supports the claim is on page 83, “ A woman in the crowd began singing a song of celebration.” This detail supports the claim because Nya’s family was encouraged by the…

A Lost Boy is Found Salva was one of 40,000 lost to survive a life in Sudan. Linda Sue Park wrote the book A Long Walk To Water. The book is about a boy named Salva and his journey while growing up away from him and walking from refugee camp to refugee camp in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Eventually he got selected to go to The United States of America and still loves in New York today. Salva is a survivor because he persevered through new settings and areas, overcame wild obstacles, and…

dilemmas. In both stories, culture, time, and place affect their future, who characters turn out to be and their survival. Culture is the beliefs of a certain group of people. The way your parents raise you usually affects who you are. In the book A Long Walk To Water, two tribes, the Dinka and the Nuer, are analogous in miscellaneous ways but they are enemies. For example, Salva and Nya both value cattle as a person's wealth…

Evans-Pritchard, and Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives, by Jon D. Holtzman, the lives of pastoralists in southern Sudan are discussed. In the selection by Evans-Pritchard, we learn about a group who’s social and economic structures rely heavily on cattle. Cattle cannot be tended by a single family alone, so several families may tend and protect their cattle together. The cattle belong to the head of the household, and even among his death, the family is reluctant to break up the herd, at least until…

Throughout “The Story of Tom Brennan”, the character of Tom is clearly forced through a highly stressful time, being the repercussions of his brother’s actions. As a consequence, Tom is forced to grow as a person to adapt and survive in the new context. This notion is clearly represented in the line “That was the morning Tom Brennan came back forever”. The use of high modality in “forever” depicts to the responder that after the capricious events that encompassed Tom’s life he was able to return…

is a war torn country in Northern Africa just south of Egypt and the country of Sudan. The country gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Since December 2013 when a struggle for power in the government erupted, the country has been marked by civil war. Between the beginning of the war and the end of 2015 over two million people have been displaced from their homes. The constant fighting has been between the government forces led by current president Salva Kiir representing the Dinka tribe…

"My Epic Hero" Every hero has had a life changing situation that has well, changed their life and created the type of person they are now. Whether it was a fight they lost, or won or someone they defeated or a journey it turned their whole life around. Their perspective on life was no longer the same. That is exactly what happened to the Greek hero Odysseus. Odysseus was not always a hero. He was just like any other commoner, he lived with his wife Penelope, and son Telemachos. Odysseus was the…

Somehow, Salva managed to survive through adapting to new cultures, winning the battles of dangerous situations, and losing loved ones throughout the book. In A Long Walk to Water, Salva had to adapt to a new culture to become an American. When Salva discovered that he was one of the “lost boys”getting re-homed in America, he didn’t think it was him. Salva explains, “He might be wrong. It might be another boy named Salva. I won’t look too soon… from far away, I might see a name that looks like…

am feeling depressed or upset about something I just turn on the radio and listen to whatever is being played or I might pop in a CD of my favorite artist. Music speaks to my emotions. After, listening to it from being depress or upset it soothes and relaxes me. The music that makes me happy is Gospel. I love being in the choir box on Sunday morning singing for the Lord, as the bands plays along. I also love to hear all the different bands that we have at my church. I especially, love the…