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Thesis Statement: Three major themes that show up throughout the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, are you never know the worth of water in until the well is dry, as well as, sometimes you have to accept even the worst things in life, and finally, we're all only human. Someone once said, “Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on” This can so easily be connected with Sal, we right noThe three major themes that show up throughout the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, are you never know the worth of water in until the well is dry, as well as, sometimes you have to accept even the worst things in life, and finally, we're all only human. Sometimes you have to accept the worst things life. This is a major theme that …show more content…

We’re all only human is major theme in Walk Two Moons that can easily be relatable within modern day society. We mainly see this theme in our main characters mothers, with both of them feeling the need to be perfect, even though that’s impossible. When Mrs.Winterbottom finally comes home, along with her son, Mike, she then proceeds to ramble saying she’s sorry she’s not perfect. I think this shows that Mrs.Winterbottom felt the pressure to be perfect, because that’s what their family’s “reputation” was, perfect. Sal’s mom also felt this pressure, with Sal’s dad being “perfect” in her opinion, she felt as though she needed to live up to his standards though she just couldn’t.Mrs.Winterbottom says, “Mrs.Winterbottom sat down on the sofa and began to cry. It was a terrible, terrible moment. It was hard to make any sense out of what she said at first. She was talking about being respectable and how Mr.Winterbottom would never forgive her, but she was tired of being so respectable. She had tried very, very hard all these years to be perfect, but she had to admit she was very unperfect. She said there was something she had never told her husband, and she feared he would not forgive her for it,” (page 234).Telling her family she wasn’t perfect and she was sorry for that, had actually made Mrs.Winterbottom cry.This quote shows that for years Mrs.Winterbottom had tried to be …show more content…

All three of these themes really helps you go in depth into the story. You realize how many times each of these pop up, which events they popped up in, and how important those events even were. We see you never know the worth of water until the well is dry with Sal as well as Phoebe, maybe even Mrs.Cadaver. When Sal’s mom leaves because she feels rotten in comparison to Sal’s father, we find this is a major event because we now have an insight as to why she left, she didn’t feel perfect, even though she was only human. Sal accepting her mother death was a terrible thing in her life, yet she had to and was also a key event in the story. These themes can all easily be integrated into our modern day society. Such as when you lose a relative, you have to accept their death even if you desperately don’t want to or when said family member dies you don’t realize how much they mean to you. Or with all the stereotypes and expectations we sometimes forget that we’re all only human. Tell people close to you you love them, you’ll never know when you’ll lose them. Make sure they know you appreciate them, but most of all, always know that nobody’s

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