Comparing Walk Two Moons And The Guest

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The novel “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech and the short story “The Guest” by Uma Krishnaswami both have a similar theme. Both of these stories reveals the theme as don’t judge someone until you know them well enough. Although these two stories share the same theme, it teaches the lesson in different ways.
In the novel “Walk Two Moons” the theme it has is don’t judge someone until you know them well; this theme is taught by using the character's words, thoughts, and feelings. In the novel, Phoebe one of the main characters states, “Like Mr.Cadaver-as I told you before, maybe Mr. Birkway helped her chop up her husband and bury him...This reveals that Phoebe thinks that Mrs.Cadaver is a bad person and Mr.Birkway is helping her. In the

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