The part of A Long Walk to Water that had the biggest impact on me was when Salva saw his dad. He visited his dad a medical center in Sudan. Salva then got an idea, to build a well. After talking to schools to get money, he eventually build a well in Nya’s village, and this connected the two stories. A possible theme in the story is to persist to complete a task. He had to persist, and despite his roughness in English, he spoke in front of a lot of different schools. Lastly, there was symbolism. This was shown when he was crossing the river, and this little boy jumped on him and choked him. This symbolizes the struggle for life.