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Loneliness In Sharon Creech's 'Walk Two Moons'
¨You never know the worth of water until the well is dry¨ In the story Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. This message is left on the foot of Phoebe´s porch by a neighbor named Mrs. Partridge. What I think what Mrs. Partridge is trying to tell us is that you never really know what something is worth until you lose it. All though this applies to every character in the story, it mostly applies to Phoebe, she is facing feelings which are loneliness and fear because her mother has has disappeared . The character in ¨Walk Two Moons¨ shows loneliness because Phoebe lost someone in her life which was her mother. Phoebe used to not appreciate her mother as much. In the text it states “I am, I am, I am! Phoebe shouted at her mother.” Once Phoebe's

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