Into The Dark Water By Lauren Tarshis

The book A long walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is about an eleven year old boy named Salva. First in the beginning of the story he is going to school when out of no where his school is in the middle of a war zone, his teacher tells him to run for the bushes but he keeps running until he could run no more. Then he meets some other people that had also ran away from the war, they had broken of into groups separating the men from the women and children, Salva was put with the children. They kept walking until they came across a barn in which they spent the night, when Salva awoke in the morning he was the only one there, the group had left him. He walked outside of the barn and found a lady rocking on a chair, she gives him some peanuts to eat

Have you ever came across a conflict between you and someone that was very close to you? In the memoir The Color of Water, by James McBride, McBride describes his understanding of and experiences with the cultures, races, religions, and family that surround him this eventually helps him to better understand himself. James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the national Book Award-winning The Good Lord bird, the #1 best selling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sund and St.Anna, which was turned into a film by Spike Lee. McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. The setting of The Color of Water occurs between the 1920s- 1990s. The character’s names in The Color of Water are James McBride, Ruth McBride Jordan, Andrew Dennis McBride, Hunter Jordan, Hudis Shilsky, Fishel Shilsky, Dee-Dee, Sam, Francis, Bubeh, Aunt Mary, Aunt Laura, Aunt Betsy, Peter, Helen McBride, Jack, Big Richard and Chicken Man. James’s experiences with racism in school, interactions with family, his research into his mother's past expose him to life outside of his comfort zone and demonstrate that you can be black, successful and loved outside of your race and his experiences and understanding of his own identity reveals his urge

"A Long Walk To Water" by Linda Sue Park shows that even though Salva left his family because of war he still moved on. Salva is 11 years old and he is a Dinka. When rebels attacked his school he ran into the bush, leavening his family behind. After that, Salva joined many groups of people walking to Ethiopia. Later, Salva met a new friend and also learned that his uncle was part of the group but, both of them died, Salva's friend waso eaten by a lion, and his uncle was shot, and killed. Salva later arrived at a refuge camp but everyone was forced to leave. After years of moving from camp to camp, Salva was given a chance to go to America but, after a few years of being there he learned that his dad was still alive but was sick from drinking

The book A Long Walk to Water is based on true story. The book is based in Africa, but in two different time periods. The first-time period is in 1985 based around a boy and his family by the name of Salva. The second-time period is in 2008 and is based on a girl by the name of Nya. In 1985, war had broken out in Salva’s village while he was at school. He ran for his life until he was safe not knowing where his family was. Until he was safe he hid out in a barn pending he had to leave. He found some people form his tribe and they set out on an adventure to find a refugee camp, until one-day Salva seen a familiar face, his uncle. His uncle then became the leader of the group and they had a long and hard journey til’ his uncle was killed by government members.

This book is like going back to in time how good it is. This summer I have read A Long Way To Water by Linda Sue Park. In the novel, there were two different times in years but they both take place in Sudan, Africa. The two different years are in 1985 and in 2008. The 1985 setting had character named Salva which at the time was 11 years old. During that time there was a Civil War occurring in Africa. In the setting year of 2008, there was a girl named Nya which at the time was 11 years old as well. She was living in a time where Dinka which Salva is and Nuer which Nya is were at war with each other.

The article “Into the Dark Water” by Lauren Tarshis is about Jack Thayer who was on the real “Titanic” and lived. He was 17. In the article it tells about him trying to get off the ship after it hits an iceberg. The article included many exact quotes from him.

The book Long Walk to the Water by the author Linda Sue park was about an 11 year African boy whom lives in South Sudan. During school he hears gunshots and flees into the brush. He than meets up with a bunch of other people who ran away and meet up with his village. Salva and the others rest in a barn but when he wakes up they had left. He stays with the barns owner and than leaves when other of his tribesman arrive. He learns from a friend that they are going to Ethiopia. Salva meets his uncle and his friend was eaten by a lion. They build a boat and travel across the Nile river and than go through the Akobo desert. After they cross they meet soldiers that shot Salva's uncle. Salva arrives in the Refugee camp.

The article “ Into the Dark Water” helped me understand what was happening by all of the quotes Lauren Tarshis put in the story. It also helped me feel how Jack Thayer a 17 - year old boy who was thankful to be on the Titanic felt about his whole journey through his quotes in the story that made me read till the end.

In the film, Trouble in Water Kim and Scott recorded their experience in how they dealt with Katerina. They refused to leave their home in order to acquire environmental justice for the poor treatment black communities were receiving. With little equipment and an unstable home, they protected themselves from the storm. Just as the couple predicted, the government had no interest in rescuing their community, let them to fend for themselves. Her husband and other people in the community had to become leaders in order to rescue families that were trapped in their homes. In the article, “The Truths of Katrina” introduced Mayor Nargin who received the funds to help rescue communities, but decided to invest the money in creating DVDs and distributed

The first encounter with Helga Crane, Nella Larsen’s protagonist in the novel Quicksand, introduces the heroine unwinding after a day of work in a dimly lit room. She is alone. And while no one else is present in the room, Helga is accompanied by her own thoughts, feelings, and her worrisome perceptions of the world around her. Throughout the novel, it becomes clear that most of Helga’s concerns revolve around two issues- race and sex. Even though there are many human character antagonists that play a significant role in the novel and in the story of Helga Crane, such as her friends, coworkers, relatives, and ultimately even her own children, her race and her sexuality become Helga’s biggest challenges. These two taxing antagonists

The concept of human fragility is explored through the characters of M.L Stedman’s poignant novel The Light Between Oceans. Set in small-town Western Australia after the First World War, Stedman explores various aspects of human vulnerability, and how the characters of the novel are damaged by their own life events. Isabel Sherbourne’s fragility is highlighted through the loss of multiple babies through pregnancy, and the post-natal depression she suffers due to this. Tom Sherbourne’s vulnerability due to his World War 1 experience is also exposed, as well as the concept of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the impact this has on Tom’s life. The death of Hannah’s Roennfeldt’s husband and the temporary loss of her own baby has profound implications on her mental health and stability. Human fragility

“The stars slowly disappeared, and in their place came a faint pink glow of another day. Then I heard, ‘A Light, a ship.’ I could not , would not, look while there was a bit of doubt, but kept my eyes away.” Newspapers all around the world wrote about the sinking, as did the passengers who survived the terrible night. Three of these accounts are: The Sinking of the Titantc,1912 by Elisabeth Sutes, and The San Francisco Call Articles. These Newspapers focus on where the sinking was, how it happened, what caused it, and what time and place it happened. The personal account focuses on what happened, what was seen, and what was felt while the ship was sinking. Although newspapers present interesting facts about the sinking, the personal account

A hero instills order where chaos exists. In many of the images in the HUffington Post article, there are people who work very hard, willing to sacrifice things like education and sleep, to provide their family with food and a better future. This helps create order in the family, allowing everyone else the chance for a job or even education. This is similar to the article, “The Man in the Water” because the survivor of the plane crash gave up everything to help others. The man was in his 50’s and he created order by allowing everybody else get back to their family and have a better future. Alfred form The Contender helped instill order as well. He learned to fight, which helped build his confidence, so he could stand up to Major and

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Attaining an honest and genuine level of self-awareness and knowledge in any walk of life is not a feat easily achieved. In Kate Grenville’s novel The Secret River we see William Thornhill endeavouring to come to grips with his environment and social standing. Subsequently in F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald’s titular hero’s internal struggle with persona and ambition; prevent him from realizing such a victory. William Thornhill’s world begins in a Dickensian London, and is then transported to the foreign lands of Australia. While Jay Gatsby’s world revolves around how he is perceived; how he perceives himself and the differences there in. Through opposing external and internal struggles our protagonist’s degree of self-knowledge diverge down very different paths.