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Analysis Of Walk Two Moons By Sharon Creech

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Me and my sister don’t live together and never get to see each other. So sometimes I get three of the pictures i have of her and go to my room and just stare at them. It’s kind of like sal because she has a lot of memory’s of her mom, like I do of my sister. In the novel walk two moons by Sharon Creech, Bybanks is an important setting to sal because she has a lot of memory’s of her mom there such as the singing tree, the blackberry kiss, and the postcards her mom sent her. One way Bybanks is an important setting to sal is she preserves the memory of her mom by the singing tree. Sal went to the tree when her dad left when they found out her mom was not coming back. Also she would stay there even when it didn’t sing. In the chapter singing tree sal says “when i was younger I heared the most beautiful bird sounds coming from the top of that tree.” Both of these actions show that sal is preserving the memory of her mom in the singing tree, making the singing tree an …show more content…

Another way Bybanks is an important setting to sal is she preserves the memory of her mom by the blackberry kiss. Sal’s mom would eat the blackberry’s and only from the middle not the top or bottom. In the chapter blackberry kiss, sal saw her mom eat a blackberry then “ threw her arms around it and kissed the tree soundly.” then sal went out to the tree and tried to put her arms around the tree, and kissed it right were her mom did. Both of these actions show that sal is preserving the memory of her mom by kissing the tree, making the blackberry kiss an important setting to sal in Bybanks. The last way Bybanks is an important setting to is she preserves the

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