In class, we read a book called “A Long Walk to Water.” I think the part of the book that impacted me the most was when Salva was the one who was leading building the well. I think this because Salva went off walking when he was a young boy. He had no family or friends to help him. He was growing up along the way. He was walking and went from alone in a small group to leading a big group of  boys. 

I think the message the author wanted to show was not to give up. This is shown in the book because Salva faced many challenges along his long walk. Some challenges were when he hurt his toe, when his friend and uncle died, and when the kid was pulling Salva under the water. Salva kept going after all of this so that shows that the author wanted to show not to give up.

I think there was symbolism when the boy was hanging on to him in the water. I think there was symbolism there because out of everyone in the water, he hung on to Salva. This symbolizes that the young kids looked up to Salva, and he decided to hang on to Salva out of everybody in the water.