Walk Two Moons Character Analysis

It is important not to judge anyone because you never know what they have gone through. But two girls named Phoebe Winterbottom and Salamanca Hiddle had done the same mistake and learned from that mistake. The book “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech is about a 13 year old girl whose mother died so she goes on a trip with her grandparents to see her mother on her birthday. While she is on that journey she tells her grandparents a story about her friend named Phoebe Winterbottom and how she dealt some of the same things she had to go through. When she was telling this story they have been judging some people before getting to know them and then they learned what really happened to the people they have judged. By time Sal finished her story she was almost to her mother then a man came and told her all about what happened when her mother died but one person survived the bus crash which was her dads friend and Sal had judged that lady not knowing the real reason why her dad always talked to her but then she learned why. In “Walk Two Moons,” Phoebe contributes to the theme of the novel, which is, “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his …show more content…
In “Walk Two Moons,” the text says, “ He just turned around, walked slowly down the porch steps and on down the street. We waited until he had turned the corner before we left. We ran all the way to Mary Lou's Phoebe was certain that the young man was going to ambush us. Honestly. Like I said, she has a vivid imagination.”This proves that Phoebe misjudges Mike since she thought he was going to ambush them just because he knocked on their door. In “Walk Two Moons,” the text says, “Mrs. Winterbottom motioned for Mike to join her on the sofa. Mr. Winterbottom cleared his throat several times, but still he said nothing. Mrs. Winterbottom said, 'This is my son.” This proves that Phoebe should not have misjudged Mike because it turns out Mike is her brother and Mike is her moms