A Long Walk to Water

A Long Walk to Water

Beginning of chapter 3 why did they tell nya story first?

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The author of A Long Walk to Water decided to use alternating viewpoints in the structure of his novel. We can only infer that he meant to present Nya's struggles first..... then to expound them and make them more easily understood by contrasting and comparing her experiences with Salva's.

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