Thesis Statement: In the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, Sal changes significantly from a lot of external forces in her life.
Robin Sharma once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” This quote really relates to Sal because when her mother left she was a mess and it was hard for her. Later, she moved and more things changed and things happened that she didn't expect to happen. Although, in the end she was happy in Bybanks and happy with her family and friends. In the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, Sal changes significantly from a lot of external forces in her life. One of the biggest external forces that cause Sal to change is when she moved to Euclid, Ohio because she use to live in
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At first Sal didn’t like the idea of her mom having another child. She wondered what was wrong with just having her. Later, she starts to like the idea of having a little sibling and she’s excited. When her mom has the baby, the doctors carry the baby out of the room and Sal sees her dead baby sister. Sal wanted to hold it and she thought it might come back to life. Sal says, “At first I didn’t like the idea. What was wrong with having just me? My mother, father, and I were our own little unit,” (page 135). When Sal heard that her mother was going to have another child she didn’t like it. She wanted it to just be her mother, her father, and her. Sal thought they were perfect and that they didn’t need any more kids. Her mom and dad are really excited for the baby, but Sal didn’t want any siblings. Sal says, “As the baby grew inside her. My mother let me listen to its heartbeat and feel it kicking against her, and I started looking forward to seeing this baby. I hoped it would be a girl, and I would have a sister,” (page 135). Sal is now excited for the baby and ready to have a sibling. She wants a little sister and in the book her mom, her dad, and her got to decorate the baby’s nursery. Everyone was really excited for the baby, especially Sal. She now wanted a sibling and for the family to be bigger. Sal’s dad said, “He said to me, ‘It wasn’t …show more content…
Sal already knew her mom had died, but she didn’t want to believe it. She never let herself believe that her mom has passed away. Sal’s mom died when she was going to Lewiston, Idaho. She was in a bus, and the bus tipped over killing everyone except one person, and that person wasn't Sal’s mom. Sal loves her mom and doesn’t want to think she is dead. Sal said, “On the tombstones beneath her name and the dates of her birth and death, was an engraving of a maple tree, and it was only then, when I saw the stone and her name-Chanhassen ‘Sugar’ Pickford Hiddle—and the engraving of the tree, that I knew, by myself and for myself, that she was not coming back,” (page 253). This quote shows Sal accepting the fact that her mother is dead and that she will not back home with her. She is now letting herself believe and know that her mom is dead. All Sal did was look at her mother's grave and looking at the grave let her believe. She can now live her life knowing her mom is dead and that she doesn’t always believe that she will come back. Sal said, “He was right about one thing, though: we didn’t need to bring her body back because she is in the trees, the barn, the fields,” (page 262). Now that Sal knows her mom is dead, she realizes why her dad didn't bring her body back to Bybanks. She knows that her mom is in everything, that her mom is everywhere. That’s why her dad
(Walk Two Moons, 10.) But then I realized that she had a good reason. She had lived in the same house her whole life, and she was suddenly moved to this “pint-sized,” or, “pocket-sized,” (Walk Two Moons, 11,) house, she had very good reason to be stubborn. I grew to love Sal. Her oddities, her bravery, her orneriness.
The last external force that changed Sal was the fears she gained when she heard that her mom was dead. In the novel Sal gained fears of a whole bunch of life threatening things when her mom died. On page 12 Sal says, “For example, I was terrified of car accidents, death, cancer, brain tumors, nuclear war, pregnant woman, loud noises, strict teachers, elevators, and scads of other things.” This proves that Sal developed fears when her mom died. This is because Sal’s mom picked her up when she got hurt and killed the baby so now Sal is afraid of that.
During the exposition at the beginning of the story, Wade said, “[Mom] was depressed
“Which is not much more than just a caboodle of houses roosting in a green spot alongside the Ohio River.” (Creech Pg.1) This explains how Sal the protagonist of the book “Walk Two Moons” describes where she lives. In the novel “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech, Sal the main character, in the beginning gets an offer to go to see her mother but she refuses the offer, yet she gets forced to go she still argues against them but in the end finally accepts the offer, going on the journey Sal finds out about her mother ,and grandmothers death and much more.
Have you ever read the story Walk Two Moons? In the novel Walk Two Moons by: Sharon Creech there is a main character named Sal. She has a lot of conflicts in her life. These conflicts forced Sal to change in multiple ways. One internal conflict that forced Sal to change is, Sals dad moved them all the way to Euclid, Ohio.
Yes, she was still there…”. Both of these quotes from the story showed the importance of being reassured that his “backup” plan (his mom) was always there where he could reach her. A recurring theme throughout the story can consist of being in control of your actions and your life, but also being reassured and knowing that someone will be there for help if you need
Phoebe’s mother needed to leave because she needed to sort things out. However, Sal’s mother never came back because she died in a bus crash but Phoebe’s mother did come back. Sal says, “My father started chipping away at a plaster wall in the living room of our house in Bybanks shortly after my mother left
Even though Johnny was going through his last hours alive he did not want to see his mother, he wanted to see his family: the gang. “I said I don’t want to see her.” His voice was rising. “She’s probably come to tell me about all the trouble I’m causing her, and how glad her and the old man’ll be when I’m dead. Well tell her to leave me alone.
“And even though Mrs.Cadaver told me all this... I still did not want to believe my mother was dead.” 258 Sal misses her mom causing her to feel jealousy for Pheobes mom
“I had to step back and go, I have the greatest gift in little Louis. So a child forces you to get your sh-t together. In the best way," the film producer added. Sandra didn’t felt like she’s already an adult until his baby came, five years back,
Sal experienced many common changes, yet hers were so rare. Sal goes through many changes because of where she is, or going. The novel Walk Two Moons covers the importance of the changes though the setting. The most important settings in Walk Two Moons are Bybanks, Kentucky, Euclid, Ohio, and Coeur d'Alene, these settings change Sal’s life forever.
In addition,“Walk Two Moons” dealt with with Sal’s journey being the main plot, but she might have not felt what she did, without the tales of Phoebe. In the beginning, Phoebe’s family was her mom, dad,and her sister. Yet the whole family was influential to the decisions Sal made during her journey. Sal felt that Phoebe never tried to understand her mom, while
The story begins with Mrs. Mallard getting the news that her husband had died in a terrible train accident. At first Mrs. Mallard was racked with grief for the loss of her husband. As the story progresses, Mrs. Mallard says, “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know.”
She didn’t want to share Jacob with anyone, especially her sister, but now she offers Jacob her maidservant as a pregnancy
Sal expresses his feelings about living life to the present when he meets Terry, a young Mexican girl. He is fascinated by her as time goes on and narrates: “Then, two tired angels of some kind, hung-up forlornly in an LA shelf, having found the closest and most delicious thing in life together, we fell asleep and slept till late afternoon.” (78). She makes him feel good enough to achieve the beatific. Sal speaks as if he found the love of his life.