External Forces: Phoebe Winterbottom In Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moon

Phoebe and Ben were both there for her. Phoebe and Sal had the same situation because both their mom’s left. Sal realized she’s not alone. Ben was there for her. He

McMurtry creates a story about his family, based on their accounts left to him in memoirs and letters throughout the years. McMurtry’s ultimate purpose is to narrate an expressive literary essay that uses humor and drama to attract the attention of the reader. While discussing cowboys and their straightforward wisdom, he concludes that cowboys’ observations turn into aphorisms. One such aphorism he finds particularly appealing is as follows: “A woman’s love is like the morning dew, it’s just as likely to fall on a horseturd as on a rose” (149). McMurtry also includes a great deal of drama and suspense as well. At one point, he recalls his grandfather’s troublesome drinking; one day his grandmother issued an ultimatum, sober up or she would leave him. “The threat was undoubtedly made in earnest, and he took it so immediately to heart that he stopped drinking then and there, with a jug half full of whiskey hanging in the saddle room of the barn” (143).

The novel Walk Two Moons shows many subplots and stories, however one is focused on much more than any of the others. This subplot shows Sal's story in Ohio, about her friends, about a woman with wild red hair, and about a lunatic.

4First we are going to talk about how Salamanca’s Forces have affected Phoebe. “I didn’t know it then, but that girl’s face belonged to Phoebe Winterbottom, a girl who had a powerful imagination, who would become my friend, and who would have many peculiar things happen to her.”(Creech 2) Let me explain, She met Phoebe Winterbottom an external

This starts when Creech writes “My mother's hair had been long and black, like mine, but a week before she left, she cut it” (85). Sal realizes the importance that the way a person's hair is styled, really defines who they are. For example, Sal’s father did not want Sal to cut hers. This creates an external conflict because Sal’s dad sees a major change in her mom and daughter after Sal’s mom cut her hair. Creech later states, “ ‘Just okay?’ Mrs.Winterbottom suddenly leaned over and kissed Phoebe’s cheek. ‘ I’m not a baby you know,’ Phoebe said, wiping off the kiss (96). Mrs.Winterbottom kissed Phoebe’s cheek and Phoebe is embarrassed in front of Sal. This creates an internal conflict because Phoebe cautiously jumps to conclusion that Sal is disturbed from her getting kissed by her mom. Sal realizes that something is upsetting Phoebe, but Sal does not mind it. Then Creech writes, “ Gramps said, ‘How’s your snake leg, gooseberry?’ He was worried about Gram, but less about her leg, than her raspy breathing” (133). Gramps is really concerned about Grams raspy breathing and we know this because he considers her breathing worse than a snake bite that is potentially poisonous. This creates an internal because Gramps is concerned for Gram and it makes him

Have you ever lost someone very important to you and you didn't want to accept it because you were really close to them? Much like Sal didn't want to accept her mother's death, but eventually she changes. In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Sal changes internally and externally because she moves and she meets Phoebe and goes through everything with her and she goes on a trip with gram and gramps to see her mom's grave on her birthday.

The second example J.D. Salinger uses to show that Holden’s depression is not only affecting him, but the people around him, is through Phoebe. Phoebe is Holden’s younger sister. Even though their ages are significantly different, they get along well with each other. Phoebe does very well in school and she also has other talents like dancing. She is a happy, well adjusted child. After Holden gets kicked out of Pencey as a result of his depression, Phoebe becomes angry when she guesses why he came home early. She angrily exclaims, “You did get kicked out! You did!” (165) Phoebe cares for Holden and his failure in school upsets her. This shows how his depression has a ripple effect and reaches his relationship with Phoebe.

Along her journey, Sal endured many internal forces. For example, on page 208, it states “All those messages invaded my brain and affected the way I looked at things”. I think this is significant to the story because it proves that Sal grew and changed because of the messages. It made her think more of others, and it made her realize the truth of the Cadaver conspiracy. Another internal force that made Sal change was found on page 262. It states “We walked in everybody’s moccasins,

Harvey Fierson once said,“never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accepts no one’s definition of your life, but define it yourself.” Throughout life many people struggle to find who they are or the person they want the world to see. One can say this dilemma stems from the human need of belongingness, as demonstrated in Maslow 's hierarchy of needs. “Day of the Butterfly” by Alice Munro depicts this idea through the relationship, that is formed between the main characters Helen and Myra. Helen can be viewed as a dynamic and round character because her personality shifted a lot throughout the story. The reader was also allowed to see her battle with “self” from the beginning to end of the narrative. Myra on the other hand, would be a foil or static character. This is due to the fact that Myra remained constant and she was the reason behind Helen’s actions and thoughts. However for this analysis we will focus solely on Helen and how her character was affected and evolved. She was a very weak-minded, submissive, and scared individual, who later exhibit qualities of bravery. At the end we can see how she began to step into who she was as an individual. Now we will look at how Helen was affected mentally, socially and emotionally.

The character of the mother executes the tell-tale signs of counterfeit happiness when she tells the murderous story of the narrator’s father’s brother. “‘Oh honey,’ she said, ‘there’s a lot that you don’t know. But you are going to find out’” (36).

Thorough examination of the character's perspective, themes of insecurity, and the authors implicated message from text to reality reveals that "They're not my husband" by Raymond Carver is bleak and weak in comparison to Dino Buzzati's “The Falling Girl” when discussing the adversity of women to uphold appearances in society.

Many might argue that sentimentalism is an act of weakness or that it’s an emotion that should only be expressed by the female sex. However, that is not true; the act of sentimentalism actually helps to prove the moral quality of a character or person. This is eminent in the story Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rowson in which the reader comes across many characters being sensible or acting sentimentally towards others.

One example that follows up the theme is when Charlotte witnessed Captain Jaggery kill Mr Cranick. All this time Charlotte thought that Captain Jaggery was a reasonable and just like her father, but really he wasn’t. Charlotte believes what’s on the outside instead what on the inside.

Phoebe, comes from the country to live with her in the house. Like a ray of sunshine, she lights up

Another example of the failure of adults is seen in Pauline Breedlove. Just as Geraldine focuses more on her desires than her child, so does Pauline in ways that also drift her away from her family. Mrs. Breedlove is a black woman who dreams she can somehow make her family appreciate her but after Pauline figures that she could not, she finds meaning in romantic movies and the Fisher Family - the white family she works for. The narrator tells readers, “More and more she neglected her house, her children, her man – they were like the afterthoughts one has just before sleep, the early-morning and late-evening edges of her day, the dark edges that made the daily life with the Fishers lighter, more delicate, more lovely. . .Here she found beauty, order, cleanliness, and praise” (127). Pauline Breedlove works for a family that is not her family and because the Fishers give her what she desires, she ends up neglecting her own family. Mrs. Breedlove fails to