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External Forces For Sal From Walk Two Moons

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“Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.” Salamanca Tree Hiddle also referred to as Sal is 13 years old moving from Bybanks Kentucky to Euclid Ohio after her Mom left to Idaho. Explain how external forces cause Sal from Walk Two Moons to grow or change. In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, the main character Salamanca Tree Hiddle has experienced many external forces that have helped her grow; her mom having a miscarrige, her mom leaving, and moving to Ohio. Sal’s family was expecting a baby, but sadly after she was born it passed away. In chapter 23, online page 97 “The Badlands” when Gramps offered a pregnant woman who was dabbing her face with a handkerchief. Which frighted Sal she went off to look around because it reminded her of her mom while she was pregnant. On pages 137-139, Sal thinks about the night the baby passed away. The baby died while in the womb strangled by the umbilical cord unfortunately. ‘’They took out all my …show more content…

Pages 1 and 2 Sal explains how she feels moving “my father plucked me up like a weed and took me and all our belongings (no, that is not true - he did not bring the chestnut tree or the willow or the maple or the hayloft or the swimming hole or any of those things which belong to me.” She had so much love for all the little things back at home and she had to leave them. Page 9 when Sal makes it to her new home she didn’t even bother to interact with Marget Cadver(the reason she moved) she did not want one thing to do with her. Sal shared many happy memories in Bybanks especially the singing tree, the tree had empathy for Sal by being sad when Sal is sad and singing when she's happy. Whenever Maregt was mentioned Sal did not want to talk to her or about her, she tried to avoid her at all costes. But when she retuned to her hometown after the passing of Gram she felt happy again a empty place in her heart was

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The last external force that changed Sal was the fears she gained when she heard that her mom was dead. In the novel Sal gained fears of a whole bunch of life threatening things when her mom died. On page 12 Sal says, “For example, I was terrified of car accidents, death, cancer, brain tumors, nuclear war, pregnant woman, loud noises, strict teachers, elevators, and scads of other things.” This proves that Sal developed fears when her mom died. This is because Sal’s mom picked her up when she got hurt and killed the baby so now Sal is afraid of that.

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“’Eh, Nephew!’ he said in a cheerful voice. We are together now, so I will look after you.’” (pg 35 chpt 6) Help from loved ones is essential for Salva’s survival. Support from his uncle helped his mental

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To support this is example is the quote on page 253 that states “ The sheriff parked the car and led me up the path toward the river, and there, on a little hill overlooking the river and valley was my mother's grave.” This is a very important internal force that changes Sal because this is the point in the story when Sal finally realizes that her mother is actually died. Like who would not be changed by finding out that your mother the one who brought you into the world is dead. Also imagine if you were Sal ok imagine if you were told by the person who sat next to your mom on her death bus that she was dead then to go on this crazy trip just to find out that it's true that your mom is dead. I don't know about you but that would crush me, so just think how Sal was feeling and how much this changed her mindset of having her mother in her life again.

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I visualized her walking up the driveway. I visualized her opening the door. It did not happen,” pg (184). Sal is different, she knows that her mom is dead, and she still fantasized about her mom.

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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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And I was hers. And that belonging-to-each-other thing will never happen for me again” shows that her mom was her strongest supporter. Conversely, dad was not that reliable. It obvious that living without mom is vast and hazy. Dad only take responsibility of the family after Mom got sick.

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At this point in the story, his uncle was the only person who he was close with and he was murdered right in front of Salva’s face. Now Salva doesn’t have any family, friends, and he’s not sure how his birth family is doing. So, he must survive and live off of people who don’t like him to get to a refugee camp that kicks him out, due to the instability of their government. After that horrid event, he was forced to watch his friends be murdered to get rid of the refugees. Although many horrible events happened in Salva’s life up to this point in the story, he will continue to go on and to be

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