Analyzing Sharon Creech's 'Walk Two Moons'

Decent Essays
Max Lanedo once said you change your life by changing your heart. In the novel walk two moons by Sharon Creech sal encounters external forces that causes her to grow and change

The first external force is that sal experiences the city sal goes to the city and she does not see any trees or anything from the country one quote is “no trees no swimming hole” the reason I chose this quote is because it shows that sal does not like the city because gramps says I am a county girl at heart and she said no trees surprised and she said it confused and agitated.

The second external force is sal against happiness. She does not need her mom to be happy she can be happy by other things. A quote is “I don’t need my mom to be happy”. The reason why I

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    In the novel, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, both internal and external forces cause the main character Sal to change. One of the first external forces that changed Sal the most was when In the story, Sal must accept that her mom left, just as Phoebe accepted that her mom left. When Sal finally accepts that her mom has left, Sal finds out her mom has died. On page 263 Sal says, "Phoebe and her family helped me, I think.…

    • 416 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Martin Luther King Jr once said “a genuine leader is not a searcher for condense but a molder of consensus.” In the novel Walk Two Moons ,written by Sharon Creech ,Sal encounters external forces that cause Sal to grow or change. The first external force that Sal experiences ,is between Sal and the move .Sal had to move to move three hundred miles strait to Euclid ,Ohio. “Just over a year ago my father plucked me up like a weed and took all of our belongings (no,that’s not true he didn’t take the chestnut tree,the willow,the maple,the hay fort ,or the swimming hole ,and that all belonged to me ) and we drove three hundred miles and stopes in front of a house .”the reason why I chose this quote was because it shows how Sal has to adapt to living Euclid ,Ohio instead of bybanks ,Kentucky…

    • 455 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Nowadays, for Aboriginal Culture to still be known as an important part of Australia’s cultural heritage it is vital that children from a young age are thoroughly educated on this significant part of Australian history. The book “Maybe Tomorrow” narrated by Boori Pryor with Meme McDonald is recognised as a powerful and moving text that tells the the incredible story of an Aboriginal male growing up in the 1950’s where white culture was dominant. This book in detail explains the high and lows, successes and failures, racism and acceptance, achievements and travesties of one man’s life. This book encourages readers to adopt a more open and healthy relationship between white and aboriginal culture. His creative and calm writing techniques allow…

    • 1553 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The desire to change is fundamental in order to succeed in life. In the novel Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelson, there is a young boy named Cole Matthews, who is filled with anger because of the negative events he experienced through his life. Due to a brutal attack towards Peter Driscal, the Circle of Justice put Cole through the process of isolation on an island. Cole struggled to be submissive in the beginning, but in the end, he was a changed boy. I agree with Edwin’s statement because through different practices and acceptance of our own mistakes, we can achieve change.…

    • 816 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    She mite be happy but like in this quote she sounds like she still…

    • 224 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    In the novel walk two moons by Sharon creech Sal uses her experiences in life to help others. When chanhassen leaves sal to go to Idaho. Sal grows through an external change. Sal goes through an internal change with Ben. Sal reflects on her own life when Phoebe’s mother leaves her.…

    • 418 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Comparison of Brent Staples “Just Walk on By” and Richard Rodriguez “ Complexion” Racism is a terrible issue in the real world that should never be experienced by the youth unfortunately as it affects many of youths of not just one race but many others such as the articles of Brent Staples “ Just Walk on By” and Richard Rodriguez. “Complexion” comparing the similarities and differences of Staples and Rodriguez 's article. Racism is a very difficult and harmful problem to encounter at a very young age that can affect one 's mentality and perceptions of oneself from then and later on in their lives. both Staples and Rodriguez had experienced racism for a very long time having firsthand experience of racism at young ages, such young…

    • 791 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Two Sides of the Moon The book titled “Two Sides of the Moon: Our story of the Cold War in Space” is the result of a collaboration between an Astronaut and a Cosmonaut. It is a fascinating account of two men from two opposite sides of the space race. In this book, the American astronaut David Randalph Scott’s (Dave Scott) account of the space race is intertwined with the account of Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.…

    • 1184 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The living conditions of slum-dwellers are way too miserable that it sounds like a long way away story or even a hypothetical scenario. It is hard to imagine what it is like to live in the slums without actually visiting and observing it. However, not everyone gets the opportunity to have this experience; and thus, the best replacement would be to read Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Throughout her book, Boo proves that the poor blame each other for every problem and that the rich also blame the poor for the faults in their governments and the markets. She proves this by examining the daily problems that the slum-dwellers face: poverty, diseases and corruption.…

    • 794 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    But never has she ever felt what love truly is, because her mom never truly loved her and she pushes everyone away because she knows she will never truly be happy.…

    • 451 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Are the State Lottery’s Helping Education, or Hurting the Poor? In Gloria Jimenez’s essay Against the Odds, and against the Common Good, Jimenez states that “…most of the tickets are bought by people who don’t have much money, people who are near the bottom of the economic scale.” (Jimenez, Against the Odds…). This statement may seem like a stereotype to the lower-class of the United States, however, is there any merit behind such a claim?…

    • 1134 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    There is little wonder that Mary Austin’s short story, “The Walking Woman,” is often read as a narrative that is teeming with feminist themes. The abundance of feminist strands within the text can hardly be gainsaid. Yet, it is the way in which Austin approaches these themes that makes the tale such a fascinating piece of American literature. “The Walking Woman” rarely veers into the realm of the explicit, instead favoring challenging ambiguity to portray its message, creating a text that frustrates definitive storytelling in concert with its title character’s denunciation of established gender dynamics. Austin’s often cryptic diction reflects the Walking Woman’s own enigmatic nature as well as her place within socially constructed gender norms.…

    • 1077 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Rhetorical Analysis

    • 1180 Words
    • 5 Pages

    One way she achieves this by bringing to light the irony behind the concept of the pursuit of happiness. Viktor Frankl put it more eloquently when he said, “It’s the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness” (Smith, E., 2013). People who seek a happy life end up spending most of their time pursuing it instead of actually being happy in the present moment. Smith even goes as far as to point out that: from a social perspective, the pursuit of happiness is associated with selfish behavior—[being] a “taker” rather than a “giver.” The psychologists [explain] happiness is about drive reduction.…

    • 1180 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    We all fall apart Thesis statement: In the story Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, there are three main themes that the plot, subplot, conflict, and characters show. Introduction A unknown person once said, “ One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go.…

    • 1277 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    3. Notes A few questions proved to measure the difference between engaged employees and those that are not engaged. They measure the core of a strong workplace. 1.…

    • 2973 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Improved Essays