Identity In Walk Two Moons By Sharon Creech

The book “Walk Two Moons” opens on Salamanca or Sal for short who was going to Idaho from Ohio with her grandparents to see her mother who was no longer with the family. While they are on the road her grandfather asks to hear a story so Sal tells her grandparents the story of Phoebe. She tells them about how she and her father moved from their huge farm back in Kentucky to a small neighborhood with close together houses in Ohio so that her father could be closer Margaret Cadaver who Sal did not like, Margaret’s (Mrs. Cadaver) neighbor was Phoebe. Soon, strange notes begin appearing on Phoebe’s doorstep and the only explanation that Phoebe’s young mind can think of is that there is a lunatic in the neighborhood. On top of this Phoebe’s mother

You’re ever so brave’ “ (12). Creech insists that Phoeber affects Sal by the way she is thought of, affecting her story and personality affects how the readers think of Phoebe or how Phoebe or Sal think about each other. “She invited me to her house”

Thought out a persons ever changing life, the one thing that is always consistent is their name. However, sometimes a persons identity will change so much that their own name seems foreign when speaking it out loud. This creates the need for a new name to match a new identity. Kingsolvers The Bean Trees and Lena Coakley’s Mirror Image both apply characterization, conflict, and symbolism to show how identity changes with names and labels.

Have you ever blamed someone or yourself without hearing the whole story? In the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, the main character learns a really valuable lesson. Throughout the story, Salamanca Tree Hiddle prejudged Margaret, because Sal thought she was a murderer, had a serious relationship with her dad and Sal was in denial. Salamanca learns that judging others or yourself is easier than understanding and believing the true reasons. Salamanca blames people without understanding their side of the story.

When my grandpa passed, it was hard to accept that he was gone. I cried some days, I felt sad for a couple of days and sat down in my own thoughts. It wasn’t until my mom got pictures of my grandpa from my grandma and I began to feel better. Much like this, when Sal lost her mom it was hard for her to accept that her mom died.

Change is commonly associated with everyone and everything in life. We see it in our surroundings and in the people and creatures we encounter, and is not as significant for every scenario, whether it is involved with someone’s personality, health, or the environment. Most people are not the same person they were five years ago due to the different experiences which assisted them to shed their aged skin; revealing the new persona they have acquired. Some events in our life change us for the worse or better, all depending upon the order of events and affected individuals. In the realistic fiction Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the narrator changed drastically from the beginning to the end of the novel with three major events contributing to his development.

An important setting to sal. Have you ever had to experience lots of change in little time as if the world is against you. Salamaca tree hiddle has in the book Walk two moon. She moves from place to place missing her friends and her home. In the book Walk two moons by Sharon Creech an important setting of the book is Bybanks Kentucky in the present timeline.

After all the positive and some negative stuff that happen in her family, Phoebe struggles with thinking positively about all the things that has happened to her family. First when Phoebe’s mother leaves unexpectedly one morning, causing internal and external conflicts for Phoebe and her family. In fact, Phoebe makes unrealistic ways why her mother left, then not accepting her mother left because she was not happy with who she was. The quote that proves my statement is on page 129, and it states “Phoebe prowled through the house,

In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “The Changeling”, the hardships of gender stereotypes are exposed. The contrast between a young girl’s imagination and the reality of her gender role is clear by her attempt to appease her parents. She is neither manly enough to gain the attention of her father nor womanly enough to attain the respect of her mother. Her dilemma of not being able to fit in is emphasized by Cofer’s use of imagery and repetition.

Someone once said, “ Life is a war, with blood shed and hate, but in that hate, love and warmth grows in the corner to show you, you are not alone.” This relates to Sal and Phoebe greatly, because of their similarities in their life, and their moms leaving, and them thinking the same way. In the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, the struggles Phoebe faces in subplot are similar to the struggles that Sal faces in the plot. One of the significant struggles in both Sal and Phoebe’s lives is that both moms are sad and their daughters don’t notice. Both Prudence and Sal don’t realize that their moms are sad, and carry on with their day, like nothing's bothering them.

Ever wondered about the reason why people are the way they are? Many people call this identity. This is seen best through the book, Speak. The main character, Melinda, goes through a continuous journey through high school, trying just to survive. But what shapes her identity through that journey?

War lights the barrel keg within everyone reveling their true identity, by abandoning their past beliefs. Joseph Boyden illustrates the importance of cultural identity, throughout the novel Three Day Road. Xavier shows devotion towards his culture, by constantly trying to hold onto whatever reminded himself of it. Another character, Niska, betrays herself by abandoning her culture as a result of losing her identity. Elijah also completely strips of his cultural identity when he turns windgo.

In Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Phoebe Winterbottom goes through external changes that will impact her life. First, Phoebe finds out that she has a half brother, that happened to be “the lunatic”. Next Phoebe goes crazy, trying to figure out who the lunatic was and what he wanted. Finally, when Phoebe and Sal go to look for the lunatic, they witness her mom kissing him. These three events change the way Phoebe looks at the world.

Her personal experience is socially and theoretically constructed and emotions play an essential role in the process of identity formation. Her identity is not fixed, which is portrayed by inquisitiveness that her own mother and Aunt thought she was possessed, enhanced and made this story an enriching experience. The family is the first agent of socialization, as the story illustrates, even the most basic of human activities are learned and through socialization people

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