Walk Two Moon Sparknotes

Early in their lives, two young sisters, Ruth and Lucille, experience loss and abandonment from the men in the family. Their grandfather had died in a train derailment into Lake Fingerbone before they were born, and their father leaves them while they are very young. Then their mother commits suicide, but not before dropping the girls off on their grandmother’s porch. Moreover, then, “she sailed in Bernice’s Ford from the top of a cliff named Whiskey Rock into the blackest depth of the lake (23), again into Lake Fingerbone. After only a few months their grandmother dies leaving the girls to the remainder of the family, a collection of eccentric females. The girls deal with all of this by relying on each other. Soon, their great Aunt’s,

Sal then see’s, “On the tombstone… dates of her birth and death… her name Chanhassen “Sugar” Pickford Hiddle.” (Creech, pg.253) Sal’s statement shows, that in Coeur D’Alene her mother’s grave reminds her of the memories that occur in Bybanks. After that Sal says, “In the envelope was a note from Gramps… had written was I am sorry to say that our Gooseberry died.” (Creech, pg.258) In other words, Sal believes to become heartbroken when hearing about her Grams death.

“...I think maybe she killed Mr. Cadaver and chopped him up and buried him in the backyard.”(pg. 32) Later in the book, we find out Phoebe’s theory was false and Mr. Cadaver died in a car accident. But back to Phoebe’s theory. What she said shows while Mrs. Cadaver misses Mr. Cadaver, she continues to find love, such as Sal’s dad.

Another way that Sal changes internally and externally is by meeting Phoebe. Sal changes by meeting Phoebe because she sees and goes through everything with Phoebe and she

“Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins,” -Sharon Creech. Sals development through her life was mainly because of the points in her life where she accepted a challenge instead of denying it. In Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, the author develops the theme of acceptance through Sals characterization, internal and external conflict, and the plot of the story. During the story, Sals characterization contributes to the author’s theme of acceptance. The author uses Sal’s characterization to express her feelings when she says, “I did not think we would ever leave, and yet I did not want to leave.

Every day she and her little sister had to walk through a dangerous part of town to get to the bus that took them to

Literary Analysis Essay: Walk Two Moons The concept of the Hero's Journey is common in literature. The Hero’s Journey includes specific stages like the Call to Adventure, Refusal, and Return. Sharon Creech's novel, Walk Two Moons, puts the Hero's Journey into the narrative of Salamanca Tree Hiddle, a young girl dealing with the loss of her mother and her family’s other struggles.

Suddenly while Kendra napping and Amy is out by the pool relaxing. Two knuckleheads come inside and kidnap the two girls. The desperately try to fight them but it doesn’t work. Kendra really wants her “Tubby” a stuffed animal she can’t live without. The two kidnappers names are Smoky and Hugh. Smoky and Hugh take the girls to their cabin in the woods. There demanding money for the return of the girls. But, Amy’s intelligence helps out.

Phoebe made this assumption without any knowledge of who Mrs. Cadaver really is. Phoebe is also imaginative when it comes to the lunatic that comes to her house to ask questions. She kept saying to Sal, Do you think he has a gun in his pocket? , Do you see a knife?. 42.

Leroy arrives home from a drive and finds Norma Jean in tears.” (Mason p. 50). Norma

After this happens, she starts getting notes from someone she isn’t sure of. Towards the end of the book, she finds out that the homeless man on the corner of the street has been writing these notes to her, and the reason for Sal not wanting to be friends with her any more is because he needed a break so he could make more

Phoebe thinks Margaret is a murderer. She thinks she killed her own husband. “I am very concerned about Mrs., uh, Mrs.Corpse. Her suspicious behavior suggests that she had murdered her own husband,”.... “I believe she has buried him in her backyard.” Pages 202 and 203. The reason I chose this quote is because it shows Phoebe’s perspective on Margaret changes from a murderer, to a women who watched her husband die.

Walk Two Moons “ No matter what happens… some memories can never be replaced. All the memories with Sal and her mom and her dad will never be replaced because those memories will always be remembered. In the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, one important setting is sal old house because that’s where all her memories are with her mom and dad are. Such as when Sal’s dad left a flower for her mom and when Sal went to her moms grave, and when Sal was being rude to her mom.

The Walk Two Moons tells the story of Sal which is 13-year-old. Sal is a high-spirited country girl deeply troubled by the loss of her mother 's. She gains strength from spending time in natural settings and from her Native American heritage, and many of her memories and experiences center on trees, rivers, wild berries, and mountains. Although she is rebellious and often skeptical of adults, she is open-minded and deeply compassionate. Beside that she also realized that there was a good reason why her father was not taken to her to Idaho when he got the news of her mother 's death. She understands her father advice and respected as well. Finally he released her to see by herself. She also accepts her father what he did about her mother body death. He did not need to bring her body back because she is in the trees, the barn, and the field. Because of all this, she is one of the all-time best young adult narrators. By the end, Sal was added mature qualities, like tolerance and acceptance and also learns jealousy as well but was not foolish. (Creech 276)

¨After you call the police,´ Mrs. Winterbottom said, ´call Mrs. Cadaver I think she´s home today. I´m sure she would come right over. ´¨ Mrs. Winterbottom is showing protection over Phoebe and Sal, it's not like her to say call the person who might have killed someone