Lina Sue Park’s emotive narrative A Long Walk to Water is based on Salva Dut’s real life conflicts, highlighting his tenacity through the adversity that he faces. Furthermore, it was able to capture the intolerable levels of privation that refugees experience. The eleven-year-old protagonist of the narrative, Salva, has been isolated from the rest of his family. Having to walk from his village to a refugee camp, he suffers greatly from thirst and hunger. Experiencing more hardship, devastation, and violence than any human should have to in a thousand lifetimes. Readers have no trouble empathizing with Salva, as the war drives him from his home. His strong will and tenacious mentality helps him not only survive a terrible circumstance, but