A Long Walk to Water Blog Reflection

 A Long Walk to Water Blog Reflection

* Parker, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

Instructions: As you are reading A Long Walk to Water, use this blog as a reflection tool about the story line and overall metanarrative of forced migration. 

Guiding Questions:

1. Explain why Nya is tasked with the chore of carrying water back into the village. Explain the social value of gender in 2008 South Sudan. 

2. Explain the reasons for civil war in Southern Sudan during 1985 (Salva's storyline). 

3. Describe the beauty/body modifications associated with the Dinka tribe. Explain the relevance of this tradition in folk culture. Explain how globalization can affect folk culture. 

4. Explain the cyclical migration of Nya's village to a lake each year. Explain the ethnic conflict that hinders the migration.

5. Nya's village water is contaminated. Describe the stage of the epidemiology transition model that Nya's village is in. Explain the reason for this. 

6. Explain the significance of burying Salva's uncle. Explain how this represents the Dinka culture. 

7. Explain the living conditions of the refugee camp in Ethiopia.

8. Explain why Salva has to escape the Ethiopian refugee camp. 

9. Explain the living conditions of the refugee camp in Kenya. 

10. Describe the United States Immigrant selection criteria. Explain America's immigrant policy. Explain how this immigration policy affects America's politics, economics, demographics, and culture. 

11. The theme for Salva's story is "hope and persistence". Explain how the themes of hope and persistence are relevant in modern migration patterns. 

12. The theme for Nya's story is about water. Explain the symbolism and significance of water in Sub-Saharan African villages. 

13. Explain the changing role of females in the developing regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. 

14. Explain the all Ravenstein migration laws that pertain to this story. 

15. Define refugee. Define internally displaced person. Define asylum seeker. Explain which term best reflects Salva's journey. Justify your answer. 

16. Explain the political, economic, and cultural effects of Salva's migration on Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. 


MLA Reference Citation:

Park, A. "A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park". Byustore.Com, 2020, https://www.byustore.com/9780547577319-Long-Walk-To-Water-Jfbslr. Accessed 6 Oct 2020.

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