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    nevermore returns the traveler to the shore,and the tide rises,the tide falls(Long Fellow). The meaning is showing that your adventure may not take you where you want to go. In the book “Walk Two Moons” written by Sharon Creech, Sal goes through a lot in her life as it goes on. In the beginning of the novel “Walk Two Moons”, Sal is going through acceptance. Sal goes through an external conflict when the author writes “In the back of my closet,under the floorboard I left something there(Creech 2). Sal

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    Walk Two Moons written by Sharon Creech was first published in 1994. This story occurs during 1990’s. The story is told in first-person perspective as told by Sal (Salamanca). There are several main characters. The first three Sal, who tries to find out a secret about her mom. Her mom,who is being called by Sugar, because her last name is Chanhassen, which means sugar. Sugar was very quiet and always worries about being respectful in front of other. While Sal is very active. Phoebe is another main

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    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. One way that Sal changes internally and externally is

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    Bybanks, Kentucky who has gone through so much throughout her short thirteen year old life. Sal had to go through unfortunate events that caused her major depression, but she came to terms with everything, eventually. A major theme in the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech is that you need to learn to accept unfortunate events. There are many ways the plot relates to the theme of the story. The first way the plot relates to the story is in the beginning of the story when Sal moves, “Just over

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    “Gramps says that I am a country girl at heart, and that is true.”(Creech 1). Sal has always loved Bybanks, but the reason why changes throughout the book. In Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech uses the setting of Bybanks to change Sal with nature, memories of her mom, and her grandmother’s resting place. Bybanks is many things to Sal. At the beginning of the book,it was her home or where her belongings are. In the book it says “No, that’s not true he didn’t bring the Chestnut tree, the Willow,

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    In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech the author uses trees throughout the story to symbolize many different things. There are different kinds of trees: maple, oak, willow and aspen. Each type of tree “had a special flavour all of its own” (pg. 80) and represents a different thing in the novel. The Sugar Maple Tree symbolizes Sal and her mother. One clue to the connect between Sal and the Maple tree is that Sal’s mother wanted to name her Salamanca Sugar Maple Tree. However, she ended

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    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. First, when Sal, Grams, and Gramps arrive at the hospital, this setting becomes important when Grams dies there. From the story it states, “At Coeur d’Alene

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    think about things in a different way than before. She never really knew how to feel sometimes because she didn’t know how they would turn out. Sal couldn’t just change her problems, but she could change the way she looked at them. In the book Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, external forces greatly impact Sal’s life growing up. The first, significant external force that causes Sal to change is when her mother leaves because it affects the way she feels. When Sal’s mother is around, she feels happy

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    Important Settings for Sal “... I am a country girl at heart… and brave.” (Creech pg 1 and 12) This is how Sharon Creech, author of Walk Two Moons develops her main character, Sal. The protagonist in the story resists, travels, and returns to bybanks. With all of this, this helps Sal to grow throughout the novel. In the beginning, Euclid Ohio represents all things different and new to Sal, her new everyday normal without her mom.Sal explains at the beginning of the story “No trees… this is where

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    Ohio due to her loss of her mother. How would you react to one of your greatest fears? Such as you had to move due to the fact someone left your family. Think about how something or someone externally made an impact in your life. Well in the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Sal the main character changes due to many external forces that she went through. Early in the story Sal Experiences one of the biggest external force in the story “Just over a year ago, my father plucked me up like a

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