LANGUAGE ARTS PRESENTATION

WALK TWO MOONS

Literary Analysis

by: giovanna, beatriz, fernanda and rafael

PLOT STRUCTURE

COSTACURTA

The structure or organization of events that make up a fictional story.

CLIMAX

FALLING ACTION

RISING ACTION

Sal discovers that her mother is dead and she is not coming back.

RESOLUTION

EXPOSITION

Gram has a heart attack and dies.

Sal, Gram and gramps are going on a road trip. Sal tells about stories with phoebe.

Sal finally accepts the death of her mother and the fact that she is not coming back

Sal is moving to Euclid, Ohio.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Indirect characterization is when the reader discovers a character through his thoughts, actions, speech, and dialogue Direct characterization is when the author describes a specific character.

• Sal is the narrator of the story,
• high-spirited girl
• had lost her mother
• dark hair and dark eyes.

Sal uses Indirect characterization.

• Phoebe
• Sals best friend in Euclid
• high-strung girl obsessed with order and propriety.
• Phoebe has blond hair and light eyes,
• she is a direct characterization.

• Sal’s mother
• spontaneous and joyful
• she left for a trip some years ago and never came back.
• Sal's mother uses indirect characterization.

• Margaret Cadaver
• red-haired
• Sal's next-door neighbor and friend of Sal’s father.
• Margaret Cadaver uses direct characterization

SUMMARY

In Walk two moons we have the main character, Sal. Her mother had left Sal and her family when her mother left for a trip and never came back. It was a mystery so Sal and her grandparents went on a road trip to discover what happened with her mother. This was a way Sal's family found to release emotions through catharsis. During this roadtrip she tells the story of her friend Phoebe.

THEME & TOPICS & Literary devices

Theme

TOPICS

• Family & friends
• Guilt and Blame
• Finding self

The main theme is the feelings and emotions of grief as a response to death and loss, the discovery of self-identity, and hope.

• Self discover
• Grief
• Hope

PERSONIFICATION

CATHARSIS

SIMILE

when human characteristics are given to something non-human. ''Rush, rush rush'' whispered the wind.

When you release strong feelings or emotions. But where is catharsis in Walk two moons?

Is a comparison of two unlike things; ''He was as happy as a clam in high water"

BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS

Two things that touched us are the fact that Sal’s mother left and Salamanca’s grandmother died. Sometimes we don’t care about important things that we can’t live without, like our mothers and grandmothers. Value them because one day she won’t be here anymore. Love them like they love you <3

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