The Meaning Of Family In Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons

The strange ones, the chaotic or crazy ones, the normal ones, and unfortunately, the broken ones, which is Sal’s family. In the novel Walk Two Moons, each family can be categorized as something. Sal’s family can be categorized by the broken one. Phoebe’s family is the chaotic and crazy one. And finally, Ben’s family is categorized as strange. The author Sharon Creech of the novel Walk Two Moons had the idea of writing this novel to show the readers the amount of different type of family there is and how they are happy in their own way. Family is one theme of the novel but can be considered as not an important theme to some people, but to me it is. Even though the author doesn't mention family many times, one of the main things in the book is family. One phrase that I memorized from the novel is “don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his mocassin” (Creech, 51). You can’t judge a family until you know the truth of what the family has already passed

Although they endure some vague differences, the similarities in the character relationships in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Oates and “Fences” by August Wilson are remarkably clear and merit a rigorous investigation. Therefore, focus will be placed on the relationship differences and/or similarities of comparable characters in each writing, to expose how the family dynamics of parents, children, and siblings can often be influential, ambiguous, and frequently even lacking.

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.

On the way to Lewiston, Idaho, Sal sees beautiful green trees, bright sunny sky, and the long road ahead to very important places. Many settings change Sal and impact her with their great importance. In the story, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Sal visits many places which have importance, including a hospital, graveyard, and her Bybanks home.

The person who she once was is almost entirely lost and she knows that her life will never be the

My mother grew up on a street consumed with abandoned houses, needles and filth. She was born into a lifestyle with limited luck. From the very beginning, she was the older of three siblings, two sisters and one brother forced into responsibility—just her luck. She was given a mother, which this is okay, but of course her mom had to be strung out on drugs and alcohol—just her luck again. I could go on and on about the misfortunes in my mother’s life but then I wouldn’t be able to drain you all with the despairs in my dad’s life. He on the other hand had nine brothers and three baby sisters him being the eldest as well that’s just his luck, he grew up with a strong southern minded mom, but no dad and that’s just his luck. From the dangers of the neighborhoods they grew up in to the exposure they got from walking on the streets they figured they had the worst deck of cards.

Where she was told that her heart problem which she had when she was younger might come back , it is a defect in the septum between the heart's two lower or pumping chambers (ventricles). She was told that she grow out of it when she was younger but they were afraid that I would come back . these meant that katheryn had to go in for multiple blood test and x-rays and also had to take five different pills in the morning and night. But katheryn still had to go to school she attended , Oxon hill high school where her older brother Russell Hawkins attended. He was the only person katheryn know all her friend had gone to a different high school . And to make it worse katheryn wasn't even able to start school until the third day n which made it worse because she had to walk in a class of kids just staring at her which made so nerve that she went home and cry that she never wanting to go to that school again but as the months and years at Oxon hill katheryn made friends and learned her way around the school . And at this time katheryn was still seeing her father now every other weekend where she start to let him into her life more . Around the eleventh grade, her father told her that he was going to have to get a heart transplant

“My father started chipping away at a plaster wall in the living room of our house in Bybanks shortly after my mom left us one April morning” (Creech 3).Sal went through tough times. In the book, Walk Two Moons, By Sharon Creech, Sal the main character, goes through tough times when her mother disappears, When she moves to ohio, and when she leaves Bybanks. Sal’s view of Bybanks, Kentucky is important to sal because she made a lot of memories there. My first piece of evidence is, “I’m a country girl at heart, and belong at this fro farm.(1)”

The character I selected from Walk Two Moons was Salamanca Tree Hiddle (Sal for short). Sal is important in the novel because she had a troublesome past by her mom died and had to move to Euclid, Ohio when she did not want to, but started all over again. By starting over she got her the farm back. Another way she got a new beginning is that she got the swimming hole, and the letters her mother gave her. In the text it says, “We’re back in Bybanks now.” (Creech 260). This quote relates to Sal’s shape a cloud because when a cloud is gone it can comes back again better. This quote also related to Sal’s color white because white means new beginning. This relates to the quote by telling how both of the shape and color means new beginning.

Although I grew up in a family that was filled with love and happiness there were also heartache and pain. That is why I am able to connect with the story Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin with regarding the two brothers (which is myself and my sister) and the different paths they each took. The younger brother who decided to go off and make decisions on his own than that of his older brother. The older brother who went the total opposite and but tries to encourage his younger brother to make better choices. It wasn’t till the end of the story when the older brother began to understand more and more about his brother. This story compares to my sister and I with myself attempting to guide her in right path. We both grew up in a single parent household

Romare Bearden, a great artist that expresses many feelings throughout his photos. He expresses different types of feelings and meanings through colors, background, character demeanor, and even the posture of the characters in the picture. My favorite painting by Romare Bearden has to be "The Family"(1941) due to the fact that I had a personal connection to the picture. I never knew of Romare Bearden's other painting that related to this one which is "The Family"(1975). This is a similar picture but the family isn't as depressed as the family in the first picture. This family doesn't seem to be struggling and

In the novel Walk Two Moons, Sal Hiddle is an important character. The reason why Sal is so important is because she narrates her life in Euclid, Ohio with Phoebe Winterbottom. The traits that Sal has are unique and is a country girl. By Sal narrating, it show importance by telling her story from her point of view about her time in Euclid, Ohio. The text states, “Two blocks from Margaret Cadaver’s was the place where my father and I were now going to live.”(Creech 10) This quote shows change can be a big impact on life because when Sal moved, it made a big impact on her life like new meeting friends. This red square represents an unperfect life because when sal’s mom left, she felt devastated and when she had to move to a place that is not

In the book walk two moons by Sharon creech sal experiences external and internal changes when she moves to a new place and leaves everything behind her.

Have you ever felt paranoid thinking your family is perfect? Or having a family member leave you? Well if you have, then you aren’t the only one. In the novel, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Phoebe changed through internal and external forces when her mom left. She started changing when her mom left. which made her imagine, and get paranoid if phoebe’s mom was going back home, but then her dad got a call that her mom was coming back so they cleaned the whole house,to look professional.

I remember the day just like it was yesterday, the pale color and coldness of her skin. The sky was clear blue, soft, with a touch of red, and the trees seemed stiff in their bright green shade. The wind was blowing with its humid dry air. And All I could do was stand silently in disbelief, caught up in my own thoughts and calm as I ever been. Wondering what I could have done differently to change the course of time, life had taken us upon. Since that very day a chunk of my heart was ripped away, and broken into pieces… “Oh how I miss her so much.”