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Examples Of Heroism In Walk Two Moon

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Walk Two Moons: A Heroine’s Journey
Many typical adventures in classic novels follow a pattern of events using the archetype, the Hero, which defines the nature of their journey. However, some stories don’t fit the layout of a Hero’s journey, which is often more limited to the interpretation of a male’s heroic quest involving accomplishing amazing feats and deeds in order to prove one’s masculinity. The alternate story pattern created for a heroine’s journey defies the general perspective of heroism, instead highlighting the bravery in defying expectations of one’s character and refusing to stay in the place that has been set by the heroine’s community. Walk Two Moons is a book written by Sharon Creech, which tells of a teenage girl who retraces …show more content…

Sal must leave her home to escape the paralysis that life has imposed upon her given her mother’s unexplained disappearance and embark on the journey which puts her in her mother’s shoes to find peace in her past and discover herself. Sal explains, “My father was right: my mother did haunt our house in Bybanks, and the fields and the barn. She was everywhere. You couldn’t look at a single thing without being reminded of her.(Creech 188)” In the beginning, Sal couldn’t bear the thought of leaving her home and moving, but she later realizes she needed to leave and follow her mother’s path in order to make peace within herself so that she could return …show more content…

Specifically in the layout of a heroine’s journey, the mentor doesn’t go to the heroine, rather the heroine finds her own mentor to learn what she needs and eventually leaves by her own decision. In this book, Sal’s mentor is actually Phoebe’s story and her family, who don’t even know that Sal’s mother left. While not consciously mentoring Sal with what she needs to know, being around Phoebe after her mother left allowed Sal to watch her own story from a different perspective. Sal reflects on this after returning home saying, “Phoebe and her family helped me, I think. They helped me think about and understand my own mother.(Creech 273)” Sal responds similarly to Phoebe upon the sudden absence of their mother because they can’t fathom a logical reasoning for their mothers’ choice. One can’t explain all of the awful things in life, like cancer, death, war and murder, but this opportunity let Sal understand her mother’s perspective and come to terms with it logically rather than with crazy stories and false

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Robin Sharma once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” This quote really relates to Sal because when her mother left she was a mess and it was hard for her. Later, she moved and more things changed and things happened that she didn 't expect to happen. Although, in the end she was happy in Bybanks and happy with her family and friends. In the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, Sal changes significantly from a lot of external forces in her life.

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Another external force that made Sal change is phoebe's mom going away. The last way that Sal learned to accept things is that phoebe met her “long lost” brother. One external force sal learned to accept things that she doesn’t want to is when her mom died on a bus from Bybanks, Kentucky to Lewiston, Idaho.

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From raising her sister after their mother died to overseeing her mother 's legacy foundation, Phoebe has steadfastly been the responsible one in the family. Now aiding her father in his quest for the presidency, she finally realizes that ignoring her own needs might not be in her best interests.

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In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech the main character Sal is changed by both internal and external forces. An internal force that changes Sal is on page 35 when Sal states “ One day about two weeks after she had left, I was standing against the fence watching a newborn calf wobble on its thin legs. It tripped and wobbled and swung its big head in my direction and gave me a sweet look ‘Oh!’ I thought I am happy at this very moment in time.”’

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Toney Robbins once said, “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” Heroic figure Guy Montag’s decisions are not the only matters that impact his destiny. One being, The Mechanical Hound. Another being, his job as a fireman. Lastly, his interactions with Clarisse.

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To answer that question – no. I think that the world is full of heroes. They don’t need powers or superhuman strength, or turn green. It doesn’t matter how old they are, it doesn’t even matter if they’re living or not. Heroes are heroes because of the good they bring upon others and the good that they believe in.

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In the novel “Into the Wild” Chris McCandless is portrayed as a hero. Chris possesses many heroic traits but he lacks one very important quality. One of Chris's most heroic traits throughout the novel is bravery. Another one of Chris’s heroic traits is determination. The trait that Chris seems to lack throughout the novel is responsibility.

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Sal already knew her mom had died, but she didn’t want to believe it. She never let herself believe that her mom has passed away. Sal’s mom died when she was going to Lewiston, Idaho. She was in a bus, and the bus tipped over killing everyone except one person, and that person wasn't Sal’s mom. Sal loves her mom and doesn’t want to think she is dead.

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The concept of “The Hero’s Journey” plays a major role in nearly every piece of fiction humanity has created since its inception, from epic poems to blockbuster movies. In many ways, works of fiction and some pieces of nonfiction could not exist and would not make sense without the concept of a Hero’s Journey; it allows the reader to comprehend and follow the progression of characters over the course of the story. While Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road may not display most of the archetypal qualities found in classic Hero’s Journeys such as J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad, it most clearly exemplifies the qualities of a Hero’s Journey through the Boy’s character in relation to the mentor, tests and enemies, and the

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The Heroism of Odysseus and Louie Zamperini Emptiness is all they feel, there must be a way home, but how will they find it with so many obstacles in the way. In the books Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and The Odyssey Homer by Robert Fitzgerald, both main characters Louie Zamperini and Odysseus have proven that they are heros in the story. They are both lost and are in search for their way home although often, certain things get in their way. Through this tough journey they defeat each enemy that comes their way, well through a long period of time of course. The great Louie Zamperini was an olympic athlete who was very known in his town, he got drafted to the military during the war against Japan.

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A person’s identity changes much over time. The reasons may vary, from life experiences, friends, or merely growth, people go through a multifold of changes during his or her lifetime. In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, we accompany thirteen year old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, as she walks her late mother’s footsteps to Lewiston, Idaho in an attempt to better understand why she left. Amid Sal’s sojourn to Idaho, she reveals her best friend Phoebe’s story, which veritably is merely a camouflage for her own, or as she discloses in the first chapter, “The reason Phoebe’s story reminds me of that plaster wall and the hidden fireplace is that beneath Phoebe’s story was another one. Mine.”

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There are few fictional characters who so accurately depict the ancient archetype of a hero as Odysseus. In Homer’s The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Odysseus is departing from the Trojan city of Troy in order to reach his home country of Ithaca. Throughout the course of his journey, Odysseus is faces multiple challenges testing his leadership, vigor, and wit in order to prove himself to be a true hero. He accomplishes this by bringing about multiple heroic feats and upholding the impuissant and helpless.

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Heroism, tends to be difficult to define and remarkably ambiguous in literary works. In the Odyssey, however, Homer clearly defines a hero as a humble, determined, and loyal individual; thus, according to Homer, it is not enough to claim to be a hero, but it is also important to exhibit those qualities that Homer values as heroism. Odysseus, despite claiming heroism, upholds these traits inconsistently, as seen in his taunting of Polyphemus. In contrast, Telemachus, Odysseus’ overlooked son, dramatically grows up over the course of the epic and ultimately reveals his truly heroic qualities by the end of the poem. Thus, because Odysseus claims to be a hero, but fails to remain humble, determined, and loyal throughout the epic, he is not a hero.

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