Walk Two Moons, By Sharon Creech

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“Don't judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins” (Creech 45) Sal's mother goes through many places on her journey and keeps connection with many others. In the novel “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech, The protagonist ,Sal, resists, understands, and accepts the situation at one point or another in the story. In the beginning,Sals memories ly in Bybanks, Kentucky, the last moments of her family all together and happy. First sal states, “ I have lived most of my thirteen years in Bybanks, Kentucky.” (Creech 1) In other words, Sal grows up here all of her childhood memories with her whole family together, throughout the story she refers to this place a her one and only home. Then Sal had a flashback, “It was something that happened a couple of years ago… My father and I had already eaten breakfast… When my mom walked in.”( Creech 29). Sal points out her life before everything fell apart, her …show more content…

She observes “ and there, on a little hill overlooking the river and the valley, was my mother's grave.” (Creech 235) Basically, the whole story revolves around her mother and her disappearance but Sal figures it out and Sal had to accept the fact that her mother lies dead and will never to return. Later on Gramps sadly states “ I am sorry to say that our gooseberry died at three o’clock this morning” (Creech 238) In other words, one of the last people she can connect with will never be there anymore,the two had a special connection that the world rippes away. After thinking it over Sal says “one day I realized that our whole trip out to lewiston had been a gift from Gram and Gramps to me.” (Creech 241) In making this comment, the long journey finally over. We had seen how it all plays out,and she learns and discovers lots. In the last spot of the journey, many dramatic events occur, Sal finally can accept the whole situation with it all making

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