Perseverance is an important theme in A Long Walk to Water and is demonstrated by Salva in this story. The first example is Salva, he had to persevere through many things. The first thing he had to persevere through is getting away from the rebel soldiers. Salva had to run away from his home and family in the hope of seeing them again. Salva encountered many occasions where the rebel soldiers killed many people around him and Salva had to keep persevering through these tragedies. In this story Salva had to grow from this, his survival makes him stronger as he watches people he knew, and people he had never met who were killed by the rebels. The second example is that Salva had to persevere through the refugee camps and the Gilo River. Salva
